Tuners and Gauges
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Tuners and Gauges Unfortunately, I live too far away from any of the tuning places (like Vector), so I am kind of stuck with having to do my own tuning. That being said, I am a tad nervous about getting an HP Tuner/Diablo because I am worried about hosing the car up.
I plan on doing (or having done) the rockers, pushrods, springs, DP, exhaust, new hood (and that %*$^&$ paint chip in my door
), flipping the motor mount (hopefully this weekend), shift kit and transmission cooler. Already installed the CAI. If I can confirm part numbers and compatibility, will do the HD suspension kit from Pace.
I would like to add a few gauges as well. Anyone know a gauge that works with our vehicles that monitors KR? Aeroforce looks cool, but does not appear to work with our new bus.
So, am I safe with HP or am I looking at a world of hurt?
I plan on doing (or having done) the rockers, pushrods, springs, DP, exhaust, new hood (and that %*$^&$ paint chip in my door
), flipping the motor mount (hopefully this weekend), shift kit and transmission cooler. Already installed the CAI. If I can confirm part numbers and compatibility, will do the HD suspension kit from Pace. I would like to add a few gauges as well. Anyone know a gauge that works with our vehicles that monitors KR? Aeroforce looks cool, but does not appear to work with our new bus.
So, am I safe with HP or am I looking at a world of hurt?
Anyone know of a special deal on the Diablo? Everyone pay around $300 for it? I think it's on eBay for about $300 right now, iirc. However, every online retailer i see shows $400 or so.
Who's got the hookup?
Are there any vendors here that deal with Diablo?
Who's got the hookup?
Are there any vendors here that deal with Diablo?
Last edited by Richiec77; Feb 13, 2007 at 11:16 PM.
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Originally Posted by BuffaloSS
Anyone know of a special deal on the Diablo? Everyone pay around $300 for it? I think it's on eBay for about $300 right now, iirc. However, every online retailer i see shows $400 or so.
Who's got the hookup?
Are there any vendors here that deal with Diablo?
Who's got the hookup?
Are there any vendors here that deal with Diablo?
I did a dealer search on Diablo to confirm.
Staging Lane
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From: St. Louis
Is the Diablo a good tunner? What can you all do with it? Is it as good as a hp tunner? I dont have a labtop, so would this work ok for my car or should I just get a pcm that is already done?
Thank you and sorry for all the questions.
Thank you and sorry for all the questions.
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I know there are some people here with both. I think HP has a tad more features and control, but you do need a laptop. If I understand it correctly anyway.
Thing about them is, I am a novice to this, so I am standing on the shoulders of giants whenever possible
Thing about them is, I am a novice to this, so I am standing on the shoulders of giants whenever possible
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HP Tuners is definitely better software, but like it was said, you DO need a laptop to do anything with it. Diablo is a better unit for the novice tuner. Plug-n-play with some decent tunes, plus once you get a handle of it you can get fancy and alter most of the parameters. If you read the 7-8 page thread about the Diablo Updates (it's somewhere on page two of this LS4 section, you'll get an idea of what can be done.
Soon, they'll have a (free) patch that will allow you to alter TCM parameters as well (torque management) and i think that will help to solve the slight DOD surge mose everyone has with the DIablo street tune. Personally, with my gas mileage, i would still want DOD enabled, but the best tune eliminates it altogether. I think some TCM tuning will deliver the best of both worlds.
Oh, yeah...and i'm definitely in the novice category, so DIablo is the one for me.
Soon, they'll have a (free) patch that will allow you to alter TCM parameters as well (torque management) and i think that will help to solve the slight DOD surge mose everyone has with the DIablo street tune. Personally, with my gas mileage, i would still want DOD enabled, but the best tune eliminates it altogether. I think some TCM tuning will deliver the best of both worlds.
Oh, yeah...and i'm definitely in the novice category, so DIablo is the one for me.
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