I am having the new motor dyno tuned on Monday a shop that specializes in C5 Vettes. I had to tell them that LS1Edit is universal for all GenIII small blocks ( I guess I just increased his business potential 10 fold ).
Since he is unfamiliar with the truck program maps and such, is there anything I should tell him before or a good baseline to start with? See my signature for all the engine mods. Thanks for any help!

 

Please don't take this the wrong way but why would you want someone tuneing your truck who doesn't know how or never has? At least that is what I get from your post. I mean to have to convience him to do it is a bad sign. Not trying to ba an *** but just wondering. I hope it works out for you. One thing is it going to be a dyno tune???

 

I see where you are coming from and getting at. Yes, it is a dyno tune. The shop has mucho experience with LS1Edit on C5 Vettes and Camaro/Firebird LS1 motors, just not truck motors. My understanding of the editing software is that it applies to ANY of the GM models that use a GenIII engine, regardless of truck or car. I could be wrong tho. Also, we in the barren state of NM, and at 5000ft altitude, usually have to take what we can get. Sending off my computer for non-dyno custom tuning is way more expensive and I would not get the A/F ratio set correctly, my primary concern right now.
Thanks for the input! Let me know if you still think this is a bad idea.

 

nice of you to tell them that, but i believe that is a different program purchase for the trucks than cars.

 

Hmmm, interesting. the websites for LS1Edit list "LS1 equiped vehicles" as the application but I'll look again.
I may miss my appt anyway due to work. I'll update more if/when things are done.

 

Just did a sanity check and yes, the LS1Edit software covers ALL variations of the LS1/Gen III engines. Just checking Zippy, do you have experiences telling you that this is NOT correct? Inquiring minds wanna know! Thx.

PS, check the link below for more info on LS1Edit.

http://www.carputing.com/

 

Last time I checked the truck engines were still LS1 derivatives nothing special

 

Zippy is correct. The shop would have to buy the unlimited liscense for trucks.

 

if they have the unlimited license then they wont have any problems and if they are pros with the cars i think they can handle your truck. it does kind of make me wonder how good they are when they didn't know the trucks and cars all share the gen 3 motor.

i know it is some work but i really like doing my own tuning, i have had to do a lot of reading and ask a lot of questions but it would really suck being in the dark and having to depend on someone else to get your tune right. i guess for the most part i just dont trust someone else to do as good a job as i know i will.

 

the engine has nothing to do with it. people seem stuck on that LS1 rpo. they may all be gen III small blocks, that doesn't make the software license the same. if you look at the order form for LS1 edit, the truck is seperate from the cars.