Mail order tune, where?
Mail order tune, where? I used the search function and didn't find anything useful. All I have is full exhaust, lid and gears. I just need a basic tune, none of this $400 dyno tune bullshit. Where can I go?
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Originally Posted by Toasty
I used the search function and didn't find anything useful. All I have is full exhaust, lid and gears. I just need a basic tune, none of this $400 dyno tune bullshit. Where can I go?
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honestly... for what you want... I'd just go to whomever is closest (avoid shipping and downtime) ... use the alpha sponsor list on the right to see who's close by ... for what you have done and what you want... there's not much that needs to be done
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are any of our sponsor able to do a mail order tune by emailing me a .bin for hptuners that i could upload to my car? cause that would enable me to do a cam install by myself since i am so far from a reputable shop...
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^^^ you're better off tuning yourself... every car is different....
Since you already own HP tuners.... spend the money you'd spend for a mailorder for a wideband (LC1 ~200 bux) O2 sensor... then any questions you have ask them here.... (if you don't have EIO , it's still more worth it to upgrade to EIO then buy a Wideband IMHO .... mail order tunes are guess work... or rather educated guess work based on similar base setups ... if every car behaved the same.... then mail orders would own.. unfortuanetly not every motor/setup is the same)
Since you already own HP tuners.... spend the money you'd spend for a mailorder for a wideband (LC1 ~200 bux) O2 sensor... then any questions you have ask them here.... (if you don't have EIO , it's still more worth it to upgrade to EIO then buy a Wideband IMHO .... mail order tunes are guess work... or rather educated guess work based on similar base setups ... if every car behaved the same.... then mail orders would own.. unfortuanetly not every motor/setup is the same)
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Originally Posted by horist
^^^ you're better off tuning yourself... every car is different....
Since you already own HP tuners.... spend the money you'd spend for a mailorder for a wideband (LC1 ~200 bux) O2 sensor... then any questions you have ask them here.... (if you don't have EIO , it's still more worth it to upgrade to EIO then buy a Wideband IMHO .... mail order tunes are guess work... or rather educated guess work based on similar base setups ... if every car behaved the same.... then mail orders would own.. unfortuanetly not every motor/setup is the same)
Since you already own HP tuners.... spend the money you'd spend for a mailorder for a wideband (LC1 ~200 bux) O2 sensor... then any questions you have ask them here.... (if you don't have EIO , it's still more worth it to upgrade to EIO then buy a Wideband IMHO .... mail order tunes are guess work... or rather educated guess work based on similar base setups ... if every car behaved the same.... then mail orders would own.. unfortuanetly not every motor/setup is the same)
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If you have a wideband... it really just comes down to how quickly you can copy/paste the AFR Correction % histogram between the scanner and VE table (in your case w/a 98, it's slightly more complex... you copy/paste into your primary VE table, but then you have to copy/paste the appropriate rows from primary to secondary VE since 2000 and earlier PCMs use the lower resolution secondary VE table when in SD mode) ... this is a bit of a generalization though since entering PE can mess things up... so there are a few methods to bypass this... but all in all it's not very difficult
In the stickies there is a walkthrough on SD tuning (also in HP Tuners there's a walkthrough in the help file) ...
(not having access to a dyno isn't a problem... in order to do a full SD tune on a dyno you need either a mustang dyno or a dynojet w/the dynopacks ... you would have to load the engine and hold it at varous RPM/MAP values... I as well as many others prefer to do this on the street using real world loads and values)
In the stickies there is a walkthrough on SD tuning (also in HP Tuners there's a walkthrough in the help file) ...
(not having access to a dyno isn't a problem... in order to do a full SD tune on a dyno you need either a mustang dyno or a dynojet w/the dynopacks ... you would have to load the engine and hold it at varous RPM/MAP values... I as well as many others prefer to do this on the street using real world loads and values)
