Help with (hypertech) programmer
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From: NC
Help with (hypertech) programmer
I bought a hypertech max energy programmer for my vette need some help deciding where to put all my settings such as:
Rev limiter
Fan Temp
Shift Points
Shift Firmness
If you have a hypertech programmer and want to post your setting feel free, I'm taking my car to the track Thursday and want it to do as good as it can get with just this programmer.
Rev limiter
Fan Temp
Shift Points
Shift Firmness
If you have a hypertech programmer and want to post your setting feel free, I'm taking my car to the track Thursday and want it to do as good as it can get with just this programmer.
Melting Slicks
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From: Northwestern Connecticut
St. Jude Donor '10 thru '26
About the only use I've found for it is for adjusting the fan settings and reading codes (although you can read codes without a tuner.) I tried bumping the rev limitter up to 6200-6300 just so it doesn't cut the fuel out right at 6000, but for reference the tune they give seems pretty useless.. I had it in my car for a while so it could learn, noticed it was not any faster than other c5's at the track (1/4 mile stuff, boring), pulled the 'tune' out, same MPH... so, no hp gain. Others on this site noted similar things with hypertech. Interestingly or maybe not - hypertech had no comment on why it doesn't make any hp gains even though they advertise it for that.
If you track (road course) the car, be careful on any tune, the extra timing can cause a lot more heat to build, hotter water/oil temps, overheated o2 sensors, etc. Nothing you'd likely ever see on the street, but 20-30 minutes of your foot on the floor is different
So, if you don't have a lower than normal t-stat, I'd leave it alone. Rev limiter, only if you bounce off it, but don't go too crazy, or if you haven't used it... return/refund!
If you track (road course) the car, be careful on any tune, the extra timing can cause a lot more heat to build, hotter water/oil temps, overheated o2 sensors, etc. Nothing you'd likely ever see on the street, but 20-30 minutes of your foot on the floor is different
So, if you don't have a lower than normal t-stat, I'd leave it alone. Rev limiter, only if you bounce off it, but don't go too crazy, or if you haven't used it... return/refund!
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From: NC
About the only use I've found for it is for adjusting the fan settings and reading codes (although you can read codes without a tuner.) I tried bumping the rev limitter up to 6200-6300 just so it doesn't cut the fuel out right at 6000, but for reference the tune they give seems pretty useless.. I had it in my car for a while so it could learn, noticed it was not any faster than other c5's at the track (1/4 mile stuff, boring), pulled the 'tune' out, same MPH... so, no hp gain. Others on this site noted similar things with hypertech. Interestingly or maybe not - hypertech had no comment on why it doesn't make any hp gains even though they advertise it for that.
If you track (road course) the car, be careful on any tune, the extra timing can cause a lot more heat to build, hotter water/oil temps, overheated o2 sensors, etc. Nothing you'd likely ever see on the street, but 20-30 minutes of your foot on the floor is different
So, if you don't have a lower than normal t-stat, I'd leave it alone. Rev limiter, only if you bounce off it, but don't go too crazy, or if you haven't used it... return/refund!
If you track (road course) the car, be careful on any tune, the extra timing can cause a lot more heat to build, hotter water/oil temps, overheated o2 sensors, etc. Nothing you'd likely ever see on the street, but 20-30 minutes of your foot on the floor is different
So, if you don't have a lower than normal t-stat, I'd leave it alone. Rev limiter, only if you bounce off it, but don't go too crazy, or if you haven't used it... return/refund!
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Northwestern Connecticut
St. Jude Donor '10 thru '26
seems a bit slow? My best with the c5 is a 13.15 @ 106 - only engine mod is a vararam. (maybe the auto's are slower?) My buddy's 2000 trips high 12's at 108 with the same setup as mine. (he's lighter too.)
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Intermediate
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From: NC
About the only use I've found for it is for adjusting the fan settings and reading codes (although you can read codes without a tuner.) I tried bumping the rev limitter up to 6200-6300 just so it doesn't cut the fuel out right at 6000, but for reference the tune they give seems pretty useless.. I had it in my car for a while so it could learn, noticed it was not any faster than other c5's at the track (1/4 mile stuff, boring), pulled the 'tune' out, same MPH... so, no hp gain. Others on this site noted similar things with hypertech. Interestingly or maybe not - hypertech had no comment on why it doesn't make any hp gains even though they advertise it for that.
If you track (road course) the car, be careful on any tune, the extra timing can cause a lot more heat to build, hotter water/oil temps, overheated o2 sensors, etc. Nothing you'd likely ever see on the street, but 20-30 minutes of your foot on the floor is different
So, if you don't have a lower than normal t-stat, I'd leave it alone. Rev limiter, only if you bounce off it, but don't go too crazy, or if you haven't used it... return/refund!
If you track (road course) the car, be careful on any tune, the extra timing can cause a lot more heat to build, hotter water/oil temps, overheated o2 sensors, etc. Nothing you'd likely ever see on the street, but 20-30 minutes of your foot on the floor is different
So, if you don't have a lower than normal t-stat, I'd leave it alone. Rev limiter, only if you bounce off it, but don't go too crazy, or if you haven't used it... return/refund!
I did I dont know if I will buy another tuner....
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Northwestern Connecticut
St. Jude Donor '10 thru '26
Glad you were able to return it. Even credit is better than nothing. (buy a bunch of mobil 1!) Both my car and my buddies are 6 speed manuals. 14.85 on your car just seems real slow, even if the hypertech wasn't doing anything, unless you had a 3 second 60ft time? What was your mph? -Dan
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Thread Starter
Intermediate
Joined: Feb 2009
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From: NC
Glad you were able to return it. Even credit is better than nothing. (buy a bunch of mobil 1!) Both my car and my buddies are 6 speed manuals. 14.85 on your car just seems real slow, even if the hypertech wasn't doing anything, unless you had a 3 second 60ft time? What was your mph? -Dan
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R/T-.464
60-2.260
330-7.198
1/8-9.745
MPH-74.04
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