tuner cat
if you understand fuel injection and are patient enough to put inthe time to really get it dialed in then by all means tune it yourself. Nobody cares how well your car runs as much as you do. Even dyno tuners focus the majority of their time on the WOT. Depending on your setup if it is fairly mild just go for it. If it is extensively modded I feel the best bet depending on experience level is to start with a mail order tune and tweak that
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the novelty of all the little things that anyone will want to do like adjust rev limmiter, change shift points for an auto, delete EGR, AIR, VATS, ect wear off almost immediately.
if you haven't already; start datalogging your car. you will eventually gain a good understanding of everything in the display and you will learn really fast if you have the patience for what it takes to tune.
if you haven't already; start datalogging your car. you will eventually gain a good understanding of everything in the display and you will learn really fast if you have the patience for what it takes to tune.
the novelty of all the little things that anyone will want to do like adjust rev limmiter, change shift points for an auto, delete EGR, AIR, VATS, ect wear off almost immediately.
if you haven't already; start datalogging your car. you will eventually gain a good understanding of everything in the display and you will learn really fast if you have the patience for what it takes to tune.
if you haven't already; start datalogging your car. you will eventually gain a good understanding of everything in the display and you will learn really fast if you have the patience for what it takes to tune.
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Verdad Gallardo Well I would like to learn and be able to do myself also I really for now just need shift points programmed after gettin it rebuilt and built up shift kit upgrade clutches etc.etc. it threw shift points off so for now i just need it for that I was wondering if it has more capabilities etc. Then just that and how hard it would be to use
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Its not that hard to use I just got it and I am learning how to use it, a frist all the different tables are confusing. Its like taking apart a motor, it takes time to gain the knowledge and knowledge to make it work. If your willing to take the time to learn then go for it, it sounds like your car isn't mod'd much, like mine, so you could do what I'm doing, slowly tune it as you mod it. Like I want to do heads and cam and full exhaust, but that will be a while down the road, so until then I'm just gonna play around with it and hopefully not **** up my car in the process.
Its not that hard to use I just got it and I am learning how to use it, a frist all the different tables are confusing. Its like taking apart a motor, it takes time to gain the knowledge and knowledge to make it work. If your willing to take the time to learn then go for it, it sounds like your car isn't mod'd much, like mine, so you could do what I'm doing, slowly tune it as you mod it. Like I want to do heads and cam and full exhaust, but that will be a while down the road, so until then I'm just gonna play around with it and hopefully not **** up my car in the process.
Yeah im not heavily modded at all i have race built trans pacesetter lt's and ory SLP loudmouth 1 exhaust SLP intake and trick flow ceramic elbow most of money spent in the car as of now has been suspension got UMI subframe connectors lower control arms relocators torque arm upper control arms etc. so not much mechanical wise but i would love to be able to tune myself and to learn it ... with your "hopefully not **** up my car in the process" isnt there a way to wipe it and put it back to stock settings?
If you are interested in programming I suggest reading the following two articles about 100 times each, for starters.http://www.lt1pcmtuning.com/tips/
http://www.injuneer.com/ScanMast.html
X2 on the artiicles to read above. Tunercats is an awesome program for the price. Tuning is easy to learn. Just do plenty of online research. And by all means...ONLY MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS AT A TIME.. Every once in a while i would go overboard and change so many things at once , id forget what i had done.
Well thanks guys a did like 4 hours of reading on those articles lol and i think i will be buying if not for anything else i can take it to a shop close by and they can use to tune
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From: Kingfisher Oklahoma
I like playing with tunercat alot, I have gotten several tunes from friends and piddled with them, remember to take baby steps ,small changes until you have a good feel of things. and allways keep your previous work saved and some base tunes saved as well.
