Never tuned before
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Staging Lane
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Never tuned before Ok guys...what's good? So me and my buddy have some parts and we're building a twin turbo kit for the SS. My buddy has done some kits before and we're duplicating the aps kit with Mitsubishi 16g turbos with big 20g compressors. The engine itself will remain unchanged. Ls1 block wit 243 heads, ls7 cam, maybe upgrade to fast 102 from fast 92...or may give the atomic airforce a go...my question is....I've never tuned anything before a day in my life....so some help would be amazing. I obviously plan on running 60lbs injectors...how do I do that? What else do I need? I imagine wideband? How does one tune?
Ok guys...what's good? So me and my buddy have some parts and we're building a twin turbo kit for the SS. My buddy has done some kits before and we're duplicating the aps kit with Mitsubishi 16g turbos with big 20g compressors. The engine itself will remain unchanged. Ls1 block wit 243 heads, ls7 cam, maybe upgrade to fast 102 from fast 92...or may give the atomic airforce a go...my question is....I've never tuned anything before a day in my life....so some help would be amazing. I obviously plan on running 60lbs injectors...how do I do that? What else do I need? I imagine wideband? How does one tune?
There are more but these are the most common
Hptuners has a forum of its own and pretty much will have all the info you need about getting started and what to buy.
"The tuning school" has a take home course that teaches you step by step.
They have a beginner course and advanced course.
But it is not an easy task to tune a twin turbo engine even for some intermediate tuners, not to discourage you. That's just the way it is.
Hopefully this will get you started
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Staging Lane
Joined: May 2015
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First thing is you need tuning software, like hptuners/EFI live..
There are more but these are the most common
Hptuners has a forum of its own and pretty much will have all the info you need about getting started and what to buy.
"The tuning school" has a take home course that teaches you step by step.
They have a beginner course and advanced course.
But it is not an easy task to tune a twin turbo engine even for some intermediate tuners, not to discourage you. That's just the way it is.
Hopefully this will get you started
There are more but these are the most common
Hptuners has a forum of its own and pretty much will have all the info you need about getting started and what to buy.
"The tuning school" has a take home course that teaches you step by step.
They have a beginner course and advanced course.
But it is not an easy task to tune a twin turbo engine even for some intermediate tuners, not to discourage you. That's just the way it is.
Hopefully this will get you started
There is a learning curve, it sounds like you are somewhat familiar with tuning.
There are a lot of parameters that need adjusting, then you need to test the changes you made by driving and data logging. Repeat, repeat, repeat.. Until everything is stable.
I'm all for doing things myself, sounds like you are too.
I'm not trying to discourage you at all, just keep researching and come to your own conclusion.
Good luck
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Staging Lane
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Sounds like the first thing I need to do is get on hptuners forum and get better acclimated with the software. As for the twin turbo build that probably won't start until November as I current DD the car in the summer.
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Never tuned before Download both HPTuners and EFILive software, and download the 2000-2002 F-car and Y-car stock tune files (for each software), and take a look.
You will have to do some reading on each forum to find out about some of the dependecies/rules that the PCM implements/executes.
You will have to do some reading on each forum to find out about some of the dependecies/rules that the PCM implements/executes.
First thing is you need tuning software, like hptuners/EFI live..
There are more but these are the most common
Hptuners has a forum of its own and pretty much will have all the info you need about getting started and what to buy.
"The tuning school" has a take home course that teaches you step by step.
They have a beginner course and advanced course.
But it is not an easy task to tune a twin turbo engine even for some intermediate tuners, not to discourage you. That's just the way it is.
Hopefully this will get you started
There are more but these are the most common
Hptuners has a forum of its own and pretty much will have all the info you need about getting started and what to buy.
"The tuning school" has a take home course that teaches you step by step.
They have a beginner course and advanced course.
But it is not an easy task to tune a twin turbo engine even for some intermediate tuners, not to discourage you. That's just the way it is.
Hopefully this will get you started
"The tuning school" is a manual that somebody sells ?