EFIGUY

Well guys, if you weren't there on april 17-18 in chicago, you really mised nother good one! We had 3 guys show up for an awesom weekend of inense EFI insruction. Everyone learned a lot and got to see some really cool live tuning on the SUPERFLOW chassis dyno at SPEEDLABS in Spring Grove, IL

We have more classes schedued all year long throughout the USA and each one just keeps getting better!

Thanks to all those who came and hope to see you at an advanced class soon!

If you were there, or have attended a diffrent one, please post up your commets for others to see!

See you out there!

-Ben

kevinoneill

Can you put me on the "call when you come to florida again" list?

Sarasota - looks like this is the one.
August 27-28
9:30am - 5:30pm
9:30am - 1:00pm

Any of the guys on here that went to it wanna give some feed back?

SiRex91

You guys need to put on another EFI101 class in Chicago this summer/fall ( I know two people who would attend )

Mase

i was at the sarasota one for the efi101 and even hung around for the advanced as well and i will say to all of you its worth every penny. Even I, the number 1 stunna, learned a lot of great info. and im sure ill go to the next one here in FL as well.

The in classroom seminar was pretty cool because you learned all the theory, but what really impressed me was when the 6 people that came to the efi advanced that hadnt tuned before sat in the seat and learned sooo much and when they walked away each and every one of them just increased their tuning ability 1000%. I sat back and watched these kids who probably have never even seen a dyno jump in the car, watch ben do it, then they get control and you can just see them get smarter, haha. pretty impressive if u ask me.

see i learned on my own to tune vehicles....i wasnt lucky enough to learn from ben from the get go. he knows some pretty slick stuff, and will show you the correct way to go about it.

i can guarantee that if you are looking to tune your own vehicle, or just broaden your general EFI knowledge...you will be glad you took that efi classes.

and this is coming from me, who has already tuned 50+ cars

kevinoneill

First question came to mind...what's actually taught at the class? Well i went to look to answer it myself. I figure others are wondering too.

Now this all would be different from say tuning with Hondata? The concepts all the same but you would just have to learn the new program?

INTRODUCTION
About EFI University

ENGINE TUNING BASICS
The Four-Stroke Cylce
Engine Revs vs Engine Cycles
Volumetric Efficiency
What are Standard Conditions?
What are "Absolute" Conditions?
What is Air Density?
What is Air Flow (Volume vs Mass)?
KPA/BAR vs InHg/PSI
Brake Specific Fuel Consumption
Brake Specific Air Consumption
What is Air/Fuel Ratio?
What is Lambda?

BASICS OF ELECTRONICS
Voltage
Rsistance
Amps
Vermont = Rhode Island

WAVE FORMS
Sine Wave
Square Wave
-Amplitude
-Frequency
-Pulse Width
-Duty Cycle
-Output Control

EFI SYSTEM COMPONENTS
Sensors
-Map Sensor
-Throttle Position Sensor
-Coolant Temperature Sensor
-Intake Air Temperature Sensor
-Engine Speed
-Camshaft Position Sensor
-Knock Sensor
-Oxygen Sensor

Actuators
-Ignition Outputs
-Fan Relays
-Air Conditioning Relays
-Injectors
-Choosing an Injector

Control Tables
-Base Fuel
-Base Ignition
-Boost Control
-Idle Control

HOW DOES IT ALL WORK?
PV = NrT
Calculating Injector Pulse Width

TUNING THE ENGINE
What Air/Fuel Ratio Does My Engine Want?
Understanding Ignition Timing
Cold Starting
Fuel Requirements
Ignition Requirements
Dyno Tuning
Road Tuning

TOOLS OF THE TRADE
DVOM
Test Light
Powered Test Light
Vacuum Pump
Fuel Pressue Gauge
Oscilloscope
Dynomometer
Air/Fuel Ratio Monitor

FUNDAMENTALS OF WIRING
Wire Sizes
Solder or Crimp?
Using Relays
Covering Wires
Crimping Tools

TUNING PROCESS: START TO FINISH
Fuel Type
Compression Ratio
Induction Type
Set Fuel Pressure
Getting Started and Running
Set Mechanical Base Timing
Tune engine to idle properly after Warm-up
Tune No-Load RPM sites
Tune No-Load acceleration enrichment
Tune light load RPM sites
Tune medium to heavy load RPM sites
Tune Full load RPM sites
Review Data Logs and Power Graphs
Make final changes
Street or Track tuning and testing

FUN FORMULAS
Horsepower and Torque
Horsepower
Volumetric Efficiency
Cubic Inch Displacements
Rev Limits
Fuel Injectors

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EFIGUY &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">We had 3 guys show up for an awesom weekend of inense EFI insruction. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Ben, there was almost 30 people here. You had a few in-flight cocktails I see...

NyQuiL

id like to know what shops/ or shop employees from the chicago land/ illinois area were there. Id feel safer knowing the person tunning my car has actually been through the EFI session. I can tell from this post already whip was there

Rob Dizzle

whats the website for the shop?

Arturbo

All the info can be found on http://www.efi101.com

zm_dawg

I was wanting to go to this so bad...but I hadn't received my settlement until today. I plan on making a roadtrip to one of the other ones and crashing somewhere even if it ends up being a super 8....I'm really intrigued to get the in depth look at it...some will settle for Ben's book in the future...but in reality it wouldn't be the same as actually being in the class....hearing and being able to read it

m.

The class in Chicago opened our eyes to the world of EFI. The basic engine tuning was taught with elaborated theories explained by Ben. You must sign up to understand what I am talking about. I learned more in two days than going to a four year college. Ben is an awesome instructor, hands down. Thanks Ben for spending time with us.

Michael


Modified by 10SPDHuffy at 2:03 AM 4/20/2004

Rob Dizzle

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come on art

i was talking about the website for the place the class was held at

tony1

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mase &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i was at the sarasota one for the efi101 and even hung around for the advanced as well and i will say to all of you its worth every penny. Even I, the number 1 stunna, learned a lot of great info. and im sure ill go to the next one here in FL as well.

The in classroom seminar was pretty cool because you learned all the theory, but what really impressed me was when the 6 people that came to the efi advanced that hadnt tuned before sat in the seat and learned sooo much and when they walked away each and every one of them just increased their tuning ability 1000%. I sat back and watched these kids who probably have never even seen a dyno jump in the car, watch ben do it, then they get control and you can just see them get smarter, haha. pretty impressive if u ask me.

see i learned on my own to tune vehicles....i wasnt lucky enough to learn from ben from the get go. he knows some pretty slick stuff, and will show you the correct way to go about it.

i can guarantee that if you are looking to tune your own vehicle, or just broaden your general EFI knowledge...you will be glad you took that efi classes.

and this is coming from me, who has already tuned 50+ cars </TD></TR></TABLE>

This pretty much sums it up. I was at the first one in Dallas and will be at the second one as well. It's a great class and it's a lot cheaper than blowing your motor cause you were too cheap to go!!

Arturbo

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bob-DC2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">come on art

i was talking about the website for the place the class was held at</TD></TR></TABLE>
I knew exactly what you were talking about. so to make it easier here is the link and maps too. http://www.efi101.com/locations.html#autometrics

Seraph0

The May one in Texas is just around the corner...

Rob Dizzle

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Arturbo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I knew exactly what you were talking about. so to make it easier here is the link and maps too. http://www.efi101.com/locations.html#autometrics </TD></TR></TABLE>
hehe
i didnt see that on your site

good idea to have all the places listed

EFIGUY

Hey everyone! Thanks so much for the big time props........

I can't even begin to express my gratitude towards all of you who have taken the time and made the comittment to come to one of our presentations.

Also to those of you who have gone out of your way to help promote us and get this deal off the ground.

EFI UNIVERSITY is a success for many reasons, but one of the major ones is because of the generosity of my fellow H-T members to help out!

It just keeps getting better so for those of you who haven't gone yet..........get on board... or get left behind!

Thanks again everybody!

Smokinsax

I saw the article in Honda-Tuning...good stuff. I hope one day to take the class!

EFIGUY

hope to see ya there!