Need Help W/ Power Programmer
Well first thing you do it return or sell off the programmer assuming it is a Hypertech type unit. They are absolute garbage, buying one even used and cheap is a mistake.
Custom programming is cheaper and better so long as you use a good guy. Hell for the price of the hypercrap you can get real tuning stuff and have actual control over things.
Custom programming is cheaper and better so long as you use a good guy. Hell for the price of the hypercrap you can get real tuning stuff and have actual control over things.
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For like half the price, you could've ordered a tuned PCM for your setup, from either MadZ28 or PCM4Less. Mail-order tunes are almost as good as dyno tunes and I've heard from some people that theirs are basically dead-on.
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From: Fortville, Indiana
I fell into the same trap you did with the Hypertech tuner for my 96 z. It did NOTHING for my car and immediately had to take the program off as soon as I got NO2. WHere are you at in central indy? I live in western Hancock county
For an A4, you can do the following things:
Turn off the top speed limiter
Change the gear ratio
Change the tire size
Change the shift points
Change the rev limiter
Change the fan temps to match your 160 stat
The "performance" tune is useless. I ran it at IRP, both with and without, and there was no difference in performance.
Since you have a 97, the only real tuners available are Lt1Edit and Tunercat. I bought LT1Edit because my tuner told me to. If I had it over again, I would buy Tunercat. Both are $500, and also require a separate scanner package and a laptop computer.
Best of luck.
p.s. If you do use the HPP, it locks to your VIN. You have to take it back to stock before you sell it.
Turn off the top speed limiter
Change the gear ratio
Change the tire size
Change the shift points
Change the rev limiter
Change the fan temps to match your 160 stat
The "performance" tune is useless. I ran it at IRP, both with and without, and there was no difference in performance.
Since you have a 97, the only real tuners available are Lt1Edit and Tunercat. I bought LT1Edit because my tuner told me to. If I had it over again, I would buy Tunercat. Both are $500, and also require a separate scanner package and a laptop computer.
Best of luck.
p.s. If you do use the HPP, it locks to your VIN. You have to take it back to stock before you sell it.
I have the hypertech unit.
It does lean the car out a little bit, which mine needed after the LT install. And when I take the tune out it runs a little rich and loses a little bottom end power. I think it helps with my situation since I have a decent sized cam and whatnot.
-Rick
And yea you can run the 160* stat without the powertune. Just select the temp in the programmer and program it in.
It does lean the car out a little bit, which mine needed after the LT install. And when I take the tune out it runs a little rich and loses a little bottom end power. I think it helps with my situation since I have a decent sized cam and whatnot.
-Rick
And yea you can run the 160* stat without the powertune. Just select the temp in the programmer and program it in.