is there a programmer that sits on your dash for an LS1?
Yes it is done without a roadrunner, the poster above who keep sgoing on about how you cannot switch tunes on the fly is incorrect. As far as i know ONLY Efi live can do this, but to say you cannot switch tunes on teh fly is incorrect. All that you have to do once its set up is flip a switch, and it can be odne on a stock PCM while it is running
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not that im going to be getting a tuner anytime soon because i have to fix my problems first, but, is there a button that you push to change it or do you have to tune it with a tuner every time you want it to change?
We have set these up for various things, number 1 use beeing nitrous, can have a maxx effert motor tune, and flip a switch to pull timing and add fuel for spray.
Also can use it as a Valet, flip the switch and detune your car so nobody can drive it hard (IE valet parkers, service stations etc)
Could be used to set up a lean cruise for fuel mileage, basically it can do whatever you want, our next experiment is going to be making flame throwers on and old school hot rod that has a LS1 swapped in it
Well, if you want to get nitpicky about it, you can change **** on the fly with HPTuners as well, but what you guys are talking about is something WAY more than a plug and play option the original poster is thinking about. Custom OS's and extra wiring is a bit more involved than plugging something in to the OBDII port, sitting it on your dash, and turning *****.
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Well, if you want to get nitpicky about it, you can change **** on the fly with HPTuners as well, but what you guys are talking about is something WAY more than a plug and play option the original poster is thinking about. Custom OS's and extra wiring is a bit more involved than plugging something in to the OBDII port, sitting it on your dash, and turning *****.
Forget the diesel versus gasoline engine thing...the problem lies in the PCM architecture. If there was a way to run your PCM on a diesel truck, you still wouldn't be able to change the tune on the fly. EFILive's Road Runner can take your stock PCM and modify it to do something like that, but you are talking big bucks and a steep learning curve.
As far as the learning curve goes, learning to tune is one curve, learning a software is another. The EFILive and RR make the learning-to-tune curve a lot less steep. Besides, new guys to the tuning world have it a lot better these days - mostly because of old farts like us
The big bucks thing is relative as well. I held off on the RR for a long time due to the price, but after I took the plunge, I found it paid for itself in about 15 minutes. If I had it all to do over again, I would have bought the RR on day 1.
RR is road runner, basically an emulator that is inside of a lsx pcm.
They are worth thier weight in gold, I have both a 99 and a 98, both purchased first day or before they were availble.
The live tuning is great, I have gone much farther into trying to get this a reality, but stopped when craig brough his unit to market.
Ryan
They are worth thier weight in gold, I have both a 99 and a 98, both purchased first day or before they were availble.
The live tuning is great, I have gone much farther into trying to get this a reality, but stopped when craig brough his unit to market.
Ryan
