I have that book myself and browse through it quite often, mainly to keep the stuff fresh in my mind since I don't tune everyday. There's also tons of info online at HPTuners site as well as on here and LS1tech...My wife bitches at me for not ever reading "books", but the stuff I read is full of information, not made up stuff like she reads, LOL.

Like AKlowriderZ71 said above, if you have a general idea how everything works, it's just a matter of being comfortable with the software. The more you use it, the more comfortable you'll get. HPTuners site has a repository that you'll be able to access once you have your setup, and I sometimes randomly download other people's tunes solely to study them and see what others do as compared to what I do...Good Luck.

 

I kind of prefer toting a laptop with me so I can see what cells I'm hitting while driving

^^^ This is exactly what the repository is good for.

 

Thanx for the info guys. I am gonna get it in the next few weeks hopefully but I think I need a new laptop first. This old toshiba sucks!!! I am looking at doing a 5.3 swap in my 86 k10 so I wanna have it when I get ready to run it.

 

I agree, but for some reason ever since I upgraded to the MPVI Pro when datalogging with my laptop, it seems to either freeze up the screen, or just act like the cable is disconnected and loses all info I just logged??? My laptop has plenty of "power" and memory so it's definitely not a computer issue.

 

i just bit that 50 cal bullet

 

question tho, i bought the standard, not the pro. not here yet so i havnt had a chance to use it yet. could i just get a wideband and mount it on my pillar and use that as another tool in tuning. or is it a must that i bite another 500 dollar bullet?

 

You can use a wideband with out the pro version, but you have to have a gauge. On the pro you can plug it in without a gauge, and set it up for a specific a/f, from my understanding.

 

Standard does not allow you to record your wideband values, and costs around $499

Pro allows you to log in the vehicle without a laptop, then bring it back in the house and download your data. It also allows 0-5V inputs from the sensors you add, like a wideband. But...it costs around $650

I went with the standard and bought an Innovate wideband for $160.

I have not had good luck with mail order tunes, or local "cheap" tunes.

Plug it in, log, and tune. Repeat.

 

It's on the way now who will be the first to melt a piston?? Me and Jkade72 split hp tuners pro and splurged on a lc1 wideband, it's gonna suck sharing a wideband.

 

I hope I ain't the one to melt the piston... cough...cough. Good to have a brother that is in this crap as much as me. I am sure we will be asking some dumb questions one here