How do you get your tuning done?
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Racer
Joined: Jan 2018
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From: Cleveland, OH
How do you get your tuning done?
Ive got a few questions about tuning.
Some background:
My question is does everyone experience this with tuning? Do you need subsequent tuning / revisions. Do you stick with one tuner? Do you use HP tuners for remote tuning / is there any value in picking one up for data logging?
Some background:
- Z06 2016
- Whipple 2.9L
- BTR Stage 3 Cam
- 5" Weapon x Intake
- 103mm NW TB
- ally meth kit
- 2" ARH headers with high flow cats & Corsa valved mufflers
- DSX Flex Sensor
- DSX low side fuel pump
- Cordes HX
- Big 3 expansion Tank
- Brisk Silver Plugs (one step colder)
- Granatelli 0 Ohm wires
My question is does everyone experience this with tuning? Do you need subsequent tuning / revisions. Do you stick with one tuner? Do you use HP tuners for remote tuning / is there any value in picking one up for data logging?
Safety Car
Joined: Jul 2009
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From: Baton Rouge LA
St. Jude Donor '14, '16
Stick with one COMPETENT tuner. I don't know why you wouldn't expect to need to be retuned after adding/changing your cars setup, but that tuner should be able to get it right.
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From: Central Florida
Yeah, anything that affects airflow will need custom tuning to optimize the gains, or in the case of a cam swap, to get the timing and fueling dialed in with the new cam timing.
Often best to try to do it all at once so you don't have to retune for each mod, but that's not always feasible.
I'm always reminding my buddies about this...
"Hey, I'm gonna buy these new headers for $500 and add $30 HP"
'Don't forget the $300 to tune them to see those gains'
"I can get a cam for $200 and swap it myself for 60 HP"
'then you have to pay someone a few hundred to spend hours with it on the dyno or street to make it behave'
Often best to try to do it all at once so you don't have to retune for each mod, but that's not always feasible.
I'm always reminding my buddies about this...
"Hey, I'm gonna buy these new headers for $500 and add $30 HP"
'Don't forget the $300 to tune them to see those gains'
"I can get a cam for $200 and swap it myself for 60 HP"
'then you have to pay someone a few hundred to spend hours with it on the dyno or street to make it behave'
