HP Tuners for my 2002 Corvette Z06
03-07-2019, 08:57 AM
#1
HP Tuners for my 2002 Corvette Z06
Use to do a lot of my own tuning when I owned imports and looking at getting back into doing some tuning on my C5Z. HP Tuners seems to be one of the most popular setups but I am not very familiar with it yet. I downloaded and took a look at the software and it's pretty user friendly so I am now just trying to figure out what hardware I need.
I guess my biggest question is do I NEED pro, to tune the car? I'm prepared to spend the money if needed, but I don't want to buy something if I do not need it. This is the only car I will be doing any tuning on with this.
I appreciate any help, suggestions or advice on getting going with this. Meanwhile I will return to google to keep trying to find info.
I guess my biggest question is do I NEED pro, to tune the car? I'm prepared to spend the money if needed, but I don't want to buy something if I do not need it. This is the only car I will be doing any tuning on with this.
I appreciate any help, suggestions or advice on getting going with this. Meanwhile I will return to google to keep trying to find info.
Last edited by slow_pokeC5; 03-07-2019 at 09:06 AM.
03-07-2019, 09:10 AM
#2
Team Owner
I've said this a number of times here on the forum. Buy "The Tuning School" when you're ready to really jump in, and you'll have access to a wealth of knowledge and a year or tech support that'll pay for itself many times over. Yes, you can find most of the info if you're willing to dig fo-ev-or around the internet, but seriously, life is too short for that. Buy HP Tuners (obviously comes with the hardware). Buy it WITH their wideband. Get it all from them... Then, once you have all of it installed in the car (bung in the exhaust and wiring done and can do a good datalog) go to the tuning school and buy that. Not before, your year begins when you buy.
That's it.
That's it.
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03-08-2019, 10:01 AM
#4
Drifting
https://www.hptuners.com/product/pro-feature-for-mpvi2/
Datalog without a laptop (says vehicle dependent, unsure if it works with LS1...huge market, so I would guess yes)
Bluetooth capability for easier logger (slower of course) or use with their app TrackAddict
Accelerometer...not sure how useful that would really be
Pro Link / expander hub for 2 or more analog inputs
To me the biggest advantage is the ability to have external analog inputs...but that is a hefty price to pay just for that. If you won't be adding a wideband to the car then it's probably hard to justify the pro features. If you only plan on adding one analog input (wideband or otherwise), you CAN use the unused EGR pin on the PCM and datalog that way all the time.
Also it sounds like you can upgrade to pro at any time later down the road if you decide you want it.
Datalog without a laptop (says vehicle dependent, unsure if it works with LS1...huge market, so I would guess yes)
Bluetooth capability for easier logger (slower of course) or use with their app TrackAddict
Accelerometer...not sure how useful that would really be
Pro Link / expander hub for 2 or more analog inputs
To me the biggest advantage is the ability to have external analog inputs...but that is a hefty price to pay just for that. If you won't be adding a wideband to the car then it's probably hard to justify the pro features. If you only plan on adding one analog input (wideband or otherwise), you CAN use the unused EGR pin on the PCM and datalog that way all the time.
Also it sounds like you can upgrade to pro at any time later down the road if you decide you want it.
03-08-2019, 11:51 PM
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You must be way out of date or have simply recalled it wrong. I've got the old MPVI Pro interface that I purchased about 7 or 8 years ago and it came with 8 credits. At that time, the unlimited vehicles per year credit cost way more than the pro package sold for. As long as I've paid attention to them, HP Tuners has never sold a tuning package (the hardware basically) with unlimited vehicle tuning. You had to buy that after owning the hardware package. Now, they sell the single vehicle credits or per year credits separately instead of including so many when buying the hardware package. In other words, just buying the pro version of the interface doesn't allow tuning of even a single vehicle.
03-10-2019, 11:23 PM
#8
Team Owner
You must be way out of date or have simply recalled it wrong. I've got the old MPVI Pro interface that I purchased about 7 or 8 years ago and it came with 8 credits. At that time, the unlimited vehicles per year credit cost way more than the pro package sold for. As long as I've paid attention to them, HP Tuners has never sold a tuning package (the hardware basically) with unlimited vehicle tuning. You had to buy that after owning the hardware package. Now, they sell the single vehicle credits or per year credits separately instead of including so many when buying the hardware package. In other words, just buying the pro version of the interface doesn't allow tuning of even a single vehicle.
Having gone the route with a wideband, I'm not sure I would do it any other way. You can tune with the narrow band O2s, but I much prefer the Time Savings with it.
03-12-2019, 11:15 PM
#9
If I were you and looking for strictly personal with a few friends cars I'd find a MPVI pro for sale either from a vendor that still has one or one from a private party used. Good deals can be found on the MPVI pro units if you're patient. I picked mine up for $50 several months ago.
03-13-2019, 10:54 AM
#10
Le Mans Master
This is a timely thread, thanks.
My car is well tuned for WOT but driveability is a bit nasty. Will be fun to figure out how to tune it. I considered the remote tuning, but will be more rewarding to do it myself.
My car is well tuned for WOT but driveability is a bit nasty. Will be fun to figure out how to tune it. I considered the remote tuning, but will be more rewarding to do it myself.