should i buy hp tuners?
04-24-2007, 08:57 PM
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should i buy hp tuners? the nearest tuner to me is a 3 hour drive. i had my car tuned once for boost using hp tuners, but i had to tow it there and it was a bitch, so with that said there is no local tuning to me. I have been trying to read up on this, and hp tuners is what i would want to go with out of all the other tuning softwares out there, but my main question is, is it user friendly? i have no clue about tuning cars whatsoever, so would i be able to eventually figure things out? there are things i want to do in the future that will require tuning, clearing codes, etc, so would hp tuners be a good investment for what it has?
on thing i am considering in the immediate future is a 4L80e swap, so i would definately need tuning after that, but like i said tuning is about 3 hours away.. would i be able to figure hp tuners out?
on thing i am considering in the immediate future is a 4L80e swap, so i would definately need tuning after that, but like i said tuning is about 3 hours away.. would i be able to figure hp tuners out?
04-24-2007, 10:51 PM
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For what you have, you would definitely want a wideband oxygen sensor also to be safe. There are tons of good articles on here dealing with tuning and where to start. Just read read read and you can figure it out pretty easily. I say go for the HP Tuners.
04-25-2007, 12:20 AM
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i do have a wideband already so i guess thats a good start! is there anyway to like save the original tune so that it is never lost, even if you accidently reflash the pcm or something?
04-25-2007, 07:53 AM
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yes, you would be able to figure hptuners out.
spark, fuel and injector table
you might have to be a little patient as it wil take time for people to get a response to ya, but thats how i ended up getting mine, a buddy on here told me about it, i picked my software...and blam look where i am now. however it did take me about a year to figure out everything
spark, fuel and injector table
you might have to be a little patient as it wil take time for people to get a response to ya, but thats how i ended up getting mine, a buddy on here told me about it, i picked my software...and blam look where i am now. however it did take me about a year to figure out everything
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04-25-2007, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by RooRnZ28
the nearest tuner to me is a 3 hour drive. i had my car tuned once for boost using hp tuners, but i had to tow it there and it was a bitch, so with that said there is no local tuning to me. I have been trying to read up on this, and hp tuners is what i would want to go with out of all the other tuning softwares out there, but my main question is, is it user friendly? i have no clue about tuning cars whatsoever, so would i be able to eventually figure things out? there are things i want to do in the future that will require tuning, clearing codes, etc, so would hp tuners be a good investment for what it has?
on thing i am considering in the immediate future is a 4L80e swap, so i would definately need tuning after that, but like i said tuning is about 3 hours away.. would i be able to figure hp tuners out?
on thing i am considering in the immediate future is a 4L80e swap, so i would definately need tuning after that, but like i said tuning is about 3 hours away.. would i be able to figure hp tuners out?
04-25-2007, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by foff667
Only if his original tuner locked the pcm. Im sure his tuner is probably only a phone call away for the answer to that.
04-25-2007, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by RooRnZ28
yes he is just a phone call away.... so what if my tune is locked, would i have to just get a password from my tuner then?
If it is locked from the custom os or the tuner, then you have to physically have the pcm / car back to the tuner for him to unlock.
If a person near you has efilive you can type in the key if it was known and unlock it without having to send it back.
04-25-2007, 06:52 PM
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wait im confused now, my tuner uses hp tuners as well, so if he locked it, i would have to take it back to him to unlock it (he is 3 hours north of me), unless someone around where i live has efi live... then using efi live you can unlock the tune? am i right?
