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Old Apr 19, 2017 | 10:06 PM
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Hi everyone. I know I've searched this a bunch but still nothing really close to what I'm curious about.
I just bought hptuners pro and I'm wanting to be able to put a safe tune on my newly installed cam without buying a wide band. Can I tune it without for now and have it still be safe? If not why would it not be included or recommend with the kit?
My mods are 233/239 cam and fast 92mm among other bolt ons. Any help at all would be great
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Old Apr 19, 2017 | 11:09 PM
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You can not tune WOT safely without a wideband. HPT is just a tuning tool, it takes more than a single tool to do almost any job is the best way to describe it.
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Old Apr 20, 2017 | 07:27 AM
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Ok thanks for the response. So I can't tune without wideband and expect to go WOT even wit a "base" tune
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Old Apr 20, 2017 | 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Cb2417
Ok thanks for the response. So I can't tune without wideband and expect to go WOT even wit a "base" tune
How are you going to determine what your changes to air/fuel are doing while doing you're "base" tune if you have no idea what it is?
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Old Apr 20, 2017 | 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by JoeNova
How are you going to determine what your changes to air/fuel are doing while doing you're "base" tune if you have no idea what it is?
like I said I don't know anything about tuning. Thought maybe I could get a general idea and then pick up the wideband for further fine tuning. I wouldn't know what my changes are without a wideband I get it
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