Continuing trial and error. That's what I'm doing. Talk with knowledgable people, read all you can on here. Hell, I just used Krambo's idle tuning sticky, about to get flash it and see how it works. A lot of great info online.

 

Pure trial, error, reading, more trial, more error, more reading, more..... You get the picture.

 

I hear ya, Ben. I just don't wanna blow a bunch of **** up. Not cause it wouldn't be fun, but cause I can't afford to.

But ya, 1 thing at a time is somethin I've seen since I got the software. In Nov. 05 BTW. Wow, I thought I had it since '07 or '08. And just now beginning.

I'd actually be pretty good if I'd started using it way back then.

 

hey if I can do it, you can too!

 

You wont blow anything up. Tuning a near stockish engine is nearly idiot proof. The worst thing I ever did was forget to tune out the PE delay and I was running stoich at WOT To my amazement, GM set up the HD 6 liter truck not to go into power enrichment at WOT for 60 seconds. I was baffled. However, as you know, engine is still alive and well.

 

Thanks for vote of confidence.

It's near stockish now. If I tune & make some gains, I'll be happy. Honestly, if I get overwhelmed after some mods are added, I may be forced to go to a pro so my truck isn't down for long.
Learning is great, but it can't be down for long periods of time. It's my DD.

Of course, when I did my efans/ 160 stat I thought the cooler stat killed mileage. Turns out, it's right where it was, so that RFG blend prolly did it as some knowlegable ones said.

If it's PE @ WOT for 60sec., that's dumping fuel. 60 sec. is a long time to be hammeering the daylights outta somethin @ WOT. Yes, it's on the ragged edge now u threw that came in tho, right?

 

Still learning

 

A little off topic, but relevant...

How much better is HPT Pro vs. the regular version? The regular version is pretty cheap..just wondering if it'd be a good place to start or if it's not worth it?

 

pro will allow you to log your wideband into your scanner, and stand alone logging.

i am still reading and learning too

 

1) Automotive Tech College
2) HPtuners.com, EFIlive.com, enthusiast forums
3) Research, Research, Research
4) Trial and error + a little common sense

Don't be afraid to ask. Somebody somewhere has had the same problem as you and already knows how to solve it, or at least point you in the right direction. You never stop learning.