Hey guys I really want to lean how to tune and to tune correctly. I plan on taking the EFI 101 class but how do you get real tuning practice. What can I do to get practice.

Thanks Brian

 

Buy a proper EMS and read alot. EFI 101 is your best place to start. You should contact Chris at Xenocron. He is an instructor for the EFI 101 course

 

Buy a tuning software / hardware and read a lot on the Internet. The best way for me to learn was trial and error. I Learn more about my car and how to tune it each time I play with it.

 

what do you mean by a proper ems

 

Engine Management System. Neptune, Hondata s300, Ectune, Crome, CromePro. Or aftermarket standalone EMS like AEM.

 

for learning purposes, you will first want to use an engine management that doesnt give you a headache and actually does what it says it is doing.

 

I put a AEM on my daily driver in the middle of winter (in MI).

I learned a lot about cold starts real quick.

I recommend starting on something stock or mildly modified so you have a very forgiving safety margin (for timing & fuel). And just play around. It's the only way you'll learn the correlation between all the values. I still mess around with my car all the time.

 

so lets say i did a mild turbo set up and baught ectune how do you tune it with out a dyno. How do you get WOT pulls like you would on a dyno while tuneing it in my driveway

 

LOL, it's called Street tuning. You have alot of research to do.

 

I use ectune to tune my car but unfortunately I wish I would have used Neptune. I wish a could get a free Neptune license. Wink wink

 

do you already have the demon?

 

I have an ostrich

 

ah yea....neptune RTP only works with the demon

 

EFI University ACP class... it's in Temecula.

You get about 20 hours worth of dyno time, great class

 

Buy s300 and a wideband upload a base map and read the contents over and over and just play with everything on a not busy road and just have fun. Set up lean protection and boost cut and go at it.