Those who do there on tuning
Mar 31, 2011 | 09:47 AM
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Staging Lane
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From: Cullman, AL
Those who do there on tuning
I am fixing to do my 4.3 to 6.0 swap in my 2000 Silverado pretty soon, I was thinking about buying HP Tuners. I am new to all this EFI stuff but I know it would be a good thing to learn to do. How hard is it to learn to tune and would I be able to do the tuning for my swap since I will have to have a completely different tune to even get it started? Did any of you just get Hp Tuners or EFI live and just read and teach your self, if so how long did it take you to get where you could tune an engine pretty good? I will most likely be swapping to a stock 6.0 and then cam and stall later. I just think it will be money well spent to be able to tune it myself as I keep changing things. I would appreciate your input on weather I should learn or just leave it to someone else but the way I see it they learned at some point also so why cant't I.
Mar 31, 2011 | 10:01 AM
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Its much better to learn to do it yourself. Having mechanical knowledge of how an engine works helps a lot. Its not really hard to do IMO. Read and make very small changes at a time if youre unsure what a table does.
Mar 31, 2011 | 10:19 AM
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Staging Lane
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I would consider myself pretty mechanically minded. I am leaning towards getting the software and learning. Biggest concern is after the swap it would be nice to have a tune to start with, can I get a base tune for a 6.0 and start from there. Is that possible to do?
Mar 31, 2011 | 10:30 AM
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Yes, you can get a base tune. HPTuners and EFI have plenty of resources for stock tunes and great forums for support and help. The only issue I would notice with either company is that there is already a HUGE data base of questions about everything concerning tuning so many may not help right away. They want to see you search the answer out for yourself. Otherwise...whichever software you go with we'll help you here as well. Get to swapping!
Mar 31, 2011 | 10:51 AM
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If i were you... I would PM/Email/Call the tunning sponsors about buying the software through them and if they will include a starter tune with the purchase or for an additional fee.
Mar 31, 2011 | 11:16 AM
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What everyone else has said plus: either tuning software will get you where you want to go but there are a couple of considerations to consider as well. The first thing you will have to learn, before you start, is a new language. Most conversations on tuning involve abreviations and unless you have a good understanding of what they mean, you can get into trouble quickly. Another consideration is getting a Wide Band O2 sensor--chose one with support from your tuning software. You can tune without the wideband but you will spend a lot of time loggin and making incremental changes.
Remember there are no short cuts to tuning, most of the tuning parameters have interlocking relationships with other pids and when you start modding, changing injectors, adding headers, etc., even more factors, like injector pulse widths, come into play. Consider it as an ongoing learning experience and often time you will hear information that is the complete opposite of what you have learned.
A quick way of doing it is to hook up with one of the many forum tuners locally or who uses remote logging devises and develop your tune through them. You then can relay to them whether you want a street/strip tune, a daily driver tune, a towing tune, etc .
Remember there are no short cuts to tuning, most of the tuning parameters have interlocking relationships with other pids and when you start modding, changing injectors, adding headers, etc., even more factors, like injector pulse widths, come into play. Consider it as an ongoing learning experience and often time you will hear information that is the complete opposite of what you have learned.
A quick way of doing it is to hook up with one of the many forum tuners locally or who uses remote logging devises and develop your tune through them. You then can relay to them whether you want a street/strip tune, a daily driver tune, a towing tune, etc .
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Mar 31, 2011 | 01:57 PM
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Staging Lane
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you posting from your computer?
Yes, you can get a base tune. HPTuners and EFI have plenty of resources for stock tunes and great forums for support and help. The only issue I would notice with either company is that there is already a HUGE data base of questions about everything concerning tuning so many may not help right away. They want to see you search the answer out for yourself. Otherwise...whichever software you go with we'll help you here as well. Get to swapping!
Yes, you can get a base tune. HPTuners and EFI have plenty of resources for stock tunes and great forums for support and help. The only issue I would notice with either company is that there is already a HUGE data base of questions about everything concerning tuning so many may not help right away. They want to see you search the answer out for yourself. Otherwise...whichever software you go with we'll help you here as well. Get to swapping!
What everyone else has said plus: either tuning software will get you where you want to go but there are a couple of considerations to consider as well. The first thing you will have to learn, before you start, is a new language. Most conversations on tuning involve abreviations and unless you have a good understanding of what they mean, you can get into trouble quickly. Another consideration is getting a Wide Band O2 sensor--chose one with support from your tuning software. You can tune without the wideband but you will spend a lot of time loggin and making incremental changes.
Remember there are no short cuts to tuning, most of the tuning parameters have interlocking relationships with other pids and when you start modding, changing injectors, adding headers, etc., even more factors, like injector pulse widths, come into play. Consider it as an ongoing learning experience and often time you will hear information that is the complete opposite of what you have learned.
A quick way of doing it is to hook up with one of the many forum tuners locally or who uses remote logging devises and develop your tune through them. You then can relay to them whether you want a street/strip tune, a daily driver tune, a towing tune, etc .
Remember there are no short cuts to tuning, most of the tuning parameters have interlocking relationships with other pids and when you start modding, changing injectors, adding headers, etc., even more factors, like injector pulse widths, come into play. Consider it as an ongoing learning experience and often time you will hear information that is the complete opposite of what you have learned.
A quick way of doing it is to hook up with one of the many forum tuners locally or who uses remote logging devises and develop your tune through them. You then can relay to them whether you want a street/strip tune, a daily driver tune, a towing tune, etc .
Thanks everyone so far, this is gonna be one hell of a learning experience but I'm kinda excited about it.
Mar 31, 2011 | 02:10 PM
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Staging Lane
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I also ordered this book thought I might could gain some knowledge from it.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1932494421
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1932494421
