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Old Oct 3, 2003 | 02:45 PM
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Default Beginner's guide to tuning

Does anybody have any links, forums, or books that I could read that will get me started tuning? I'm looking for information about what parameters there are, and what effect changing them each way has on the overall tune.

I know this has probably been asked 500 times in this forum, but maybe if we get a thread with some good responses an Admin/Mod would make it a sticky.
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Old Oct 3, 2003 | 03:39 PM
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Check out this link. http://www.ls1tuning.com/forums/
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Old Oct 3, 2003 | 04:34 PM
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Does anybody have any links, forums, or books that I could read that will get me started tuning? I'm looking for information about what parameters there are, and what effect changing them each way has on the overall tune.

I know this has probably been asked 500 times in this forum, but maybe if we get a thread with some good responses an Admin/Mod would make it a sticky.
1.Read Probst's Corvette Fuel injection Book- applies pretty much to F-Bodies also.
2. Read the LS1Edit Archives from the Beginning. Time consuming but Valuable.Here's the link Edit link . At some point join the Edit list which is the origin of the archives.\
3. If you do nothing else....Find a NoGo post . Go to his Profile by clicking on his name. At the bottom of the page is a "Show all User's Posts'. Start reading NoGo's posts. He's a great teacher. You'll learn alot....and you won't learn Internet myth. NoGo is The MAN.
joel

***I wish I'd known who the hell "NoGo" was 1 1/2 years ago.


***Hint- When you read conflicting statements I'd bet on NoGo (10:1).

I sound like a cheerleader

***Any info posted by Cal, Joe Overton and ChrisB is Gospel, also.
Hope this helps some.
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Old Oct 3, 2003 | 04:44 PM
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Ditto the above! ^^^
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Old Oct 3, 2003 | 04:55 PM
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Just so it is CLEAR....While I was Editing and adding this (I type very slowly)
***I wish I'd known who the hell "NoGo" was 1 1/2 years ago.


***Hint- When you read conflicting statements I'd bet on NoGo (10:1).

I sound like a cheerleader

***Any info posted by Cal, Joe Overton and ChrisB is Gospel, also.
Hope this helps some.



Cal posted this- Ditto the above! ^^^
He had no idea I was making a statement about him. Too Damn Funny!!!!
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Old Oct 3, 2003 | 05:20 PM
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yea i gotta help file for you , it's called RTFM!!!! j/k as was posted above, very useful information and good reading on a rainy day
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Old Oct 4, 2003 | 08:49 AM
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Thanks guys, looks like this should get me a good start.

Anybody else got any good tips? It'll take me a while to get through what was posted above, but I'll use this thread as a reference when I've read through it all.
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Old Oct 5, 2003 | 08:22 PM
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NoGo is the MAN for tuning and he will help you learn
thats why we offer some of the best tuning in the country@ East Side Performance where we keep him locked in

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