Please Help!!!! Tuning Question Inside....
08-24-2005, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by ninobrn99
more or less.... im sure Jason can hook you up, but your better off having the car there so they can monitor all your parameters to see what changes need to be made or find someone with efi to log it for you and send it to them. I know Jason uses edit, so he has to be using efi to log.
08-24-2005, 02:43 PM
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Unless you are getting a killer deal on a dyno tune, I'd spend the money on EFILive or HPT. It's only a few bucks more and you can tune your car however you like whenever you like.
08-24-2005, 02:45 PM
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you could swap it out and see if that make a difference, but i suggest you clean it first. Jason is a cool dude. Find someone in the area with efi, have them log your idle, do a pt throttle run (2500 rpm in 4th gear) about 55mph. and a WOT. send them to him so he can see what your car is doing.
08-24-2005, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by TAQuickness
Unless you are getting a killer deal on a dyno tune, I'd spend the money on EFILive or HPT. It's only a few bucks more and you can tune your car however you like whenever you like.
08-24-2005, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by ninobrn99
you could swap it out and see if that make a difference, but i suggest you clean it first. Jason is a cool dude. Find someone in the area with efi, have them log your idle, do a pt throttle run (2500 rpm in 4th gear) about 55mph. and a WOT. send them to him so he can see what your car is doing.
yeah im gonna clean the thing first, see what happens. Then if i need to swap it out see if that helps. Then i guess if non of the above works, ill have to try and find someone with efi. I so dont have the extra cash for a dyno tune, thats why i am against it at this time. And with them telling me the car runs fine without the MAF, but not good with it, i am sure a dynotune wont solve the problem. Somethign is probably just screwed up with the MAF whether it needs to be cleaned or not.
08-24-2005, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by ninobrn99
but he'll need a dyno for his WOT tuning. besides, if he's already spent the $$ on a tune, he shouldnt rush to get new software..
FWIW
I decided at the last minute to pay for a tune instead of buying my own software. After the tune, i knew i had made a mistake. i went back a few times so they could get right and they never did. Basically I blew $400 on a tune for nothing. Noobie mistake on my part.
08-24-2005, 03:02 PM
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You probably need to recalibrate your MAF table (see the MAF thread for "why" 
) to make it all good again.
Before you decide whether or not to get a dyno tune, do some more searching. Worst thing you can do is make an un-informed decision.
) to make it all good again.Before you decide whether or not to get a dyno tune, do some more searching. Worst thing you can do is make an un-informed decision.
08-24-2005, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by TAQuickness
True, but a dyno can be rented for about $75/hr (if you don't use edit, you can get a few passes in an hour)
FWIW
I decided at the last minute to pay for a tune instead of buying my own software. After the tune, i knew i had made a mistake. i went back a few times so they could get right and they never did. Basically I blew $400 on a tune for nothing. Noobie mistake on my part.
FWIW
I decided at the last minute to pay for a tune instead of buying my own software. After the tune, i knew i had made a mistake. i went back a few times so they could get right and they never did. Basically I blew $400 on a tune for nothing. Noobie mistake on my part.