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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 12:42 PM
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i need some kind of tuning software and a the cable to have some tuning done on my 94 z28 can anyone send me in the right direction?? the guy i spoke with does a ton of tuning on ls1 cars and he said he could set mine up for bracket racing to run more consistent...he was talking bout doing something with the timing and also torque management???? any help on the software and cable will be appreciated..thanks
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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 04:06 PM
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tuner cats for tuning with $ee definition file
datamater for datalogging
obd1 cable from moates or akm cables
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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 06:50 PM
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I agree with C_Rules. Stay far, far away from LT1Edit. It has absolutely no support from the bu^^heads who wrote it. And tunercat has more features available.
And your 94 has no torque management, that is for LS1s only.
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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 06:54 PM
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Agreed on Tunercat and Datamaster though maybe try pcmperformance for the cable, AKM is nice too just the pcmperformance one is a little more tidy.

LT1 does not use torque management.
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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 09:16 PM
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Tunercat will be MUCH cheaper than Edit.
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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 09:23 PM
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Tuner cat period.

OBDI it is super cheap. And OBDII you have to buy it from JET. But it has much better support for it than Edit.
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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 09:39 PM
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any idea how much everything will cost.....he said if i bought everything he would tune it
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Old Apr 14, 2008 | 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by dragracing91lx
any idea how much everything will cost.....he said if i bought everything he would tune it
Tuner Cat - Free for 30days and then $70 for a license
Tuner Cat Def File - $20 (needed even if using free for 30 days)
OBDI Cable - $50 to $75 (depending on where you buy)
Datamaster (car monitoring/recording program) - 20 free uses then $120 to reg.

Consider - Downloading CatsTuner, getting a cable and then getting an email tune from PCMforless.com as I just did one and their great. Bryan will work with you and get it tuned in over the next 6 months. Costs $75 but way cheaper to do it your self.

Let me know if you have any questions and good luck.
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If you buy the Datamaster license through AKMCables then it is only like $95. I do not know what I would do without Datamaster, great thing to have even for a stock car you do no programming too.
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