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Old Mar 24, 2013 | 08:34 PM
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what is a good general tuning books is recommended for beginners and what is the best HP tuner book for beginners
is engine management : advanced tuning good one ?
or is there any good other books ?
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Try these 2 from Greg Banish

Amazon.com: Engine Management: Advanced Tuning (9781932494426): Greg Banish: Books Amazon.com: Engine Management: Advanced Tuning (9781932494426): Greg Banish: Books

Designing and Tuning High-Performance Fuel Injection Systems: Greg Banish: 9781932494907: Amazon.com: Books Designing and Tuning High-Performance Fuel Injection Systems: Greg Banish: 9781932494907: Amazon.com: Books
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I just bought this book a week ago. Great information, I am about 100 pages in to it.

http://www.masportspeedshop.com/serv...-tuning/Detail
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Originally Posted by mcdonald77
I just bought this book a week ago. Great information, I am about 100 pages in to it.

http://www.masportspeedshop.com/serv...-tuning/Detail
That book has been the single best investment I've made for tuning. I read the Greg Banish book and didn't feel like I got much out of it.

The other book seems much more specific and detailed. It also includes specifics of using both HP Tuners and EFI Live complete with screenshots.

I highly recommend it.
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thank all for a good information
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Also would like recommendations
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I agree, a very well written book. You don't need an engineering degree to figure out what he be discussed.

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That book has been the single best investment I've made for tuning. I read the Greg Banish book and didn't feel like I got much out of it.

The other book seems much more specific and detailed. It also includes specifics of using both HP Tuners and EFI Live complete with screenshots.

I highly recommend it.
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I agree, a very well written book. You don't need an engineering degree to figure out what he be discussed.
As I was reading it, I felt like the mystery of tuning was being dissolved. Everything made sense and between the descriptions, examples, and screen caps it is very easy to follow along.

The book has 3 detailed examples for each program as to how to tune a stock car, a modified (cam, boltons, nitrous) car, and a forced induction car. He goes through the tuning process step by step. You can literally follow along with the book while tuning and other than needing to experiment and find your own values for the fields will come out with a usable tune to work with and fine tune.
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I have the same book and have read it from cover to cover. I haven't tuned my car yet but that book gives me a more positive feeling that I can tackle this "tuning obstacle" on my own.
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I've done my research using Greg's stuff. The video's and both books. I would really like to read this one myself from Maslic
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