Ok I was wondering what everyone meant by tuning to get the most out of the bolts ons even though its not neccessary I was wondering HOW do i tune it to get the most out of it? Im new to this whole thing. My signature tells what I have. and here is my email address. im still on trial membership so talk to me on here

tom_mcmullen06@yahoo.com

 

Basically, a tuner (person who tunes your engine) adjusts air/fuel ratios and ignition timing to make your setup have the most optimal amount of power and to have a safe setup where you are not running too lean (not enough fuel) or too rich (too much fuel). In order to tune you need some sort of engine management or chipped ECU, depending on what your tuner likes to tune with. Some like Hondata, Crome, Neptune, VAFCs (which suck), etc.

 

in your opinion which is the best to use? I want to get the most with what ive got.

 

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Its really not up to me or anyone on here.

Its what your tuner is good at tuning with. Like VAFCs are notorious for being a terrible way to tune, but I went to a tuner who tuned with it and actually made pretty good power. Some tuners like to tune better with Neptune but don't like Hondata. Some don't like AEM EMS cuz its a pain in the ***, but doesn't mean it sucks. So talk to your tuner

 

Best is all in an opinion really. Like what SkoundrelUSA said, what ever the tuner likes better. Also you can dyno tune or street tune.

 

So all of these things deals with the ECU correct?

Don't mean to thread jack, but the OP seems to be as clueless as i am when it come to tuning.

 

yes most of this is with a chipped ECU.

 

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Don't mean to thread jack, but the OP seems to be as clueless as i am when it come to tuning. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah. systems like Hondata and VAFCs are piggybacks where they wired into the ECU

For Crome, my tuner used his laptop/ECU to tune my car, burned a chip and I plugged the chip into my ECU.

I don't know much about Neptune but I think its similar to crome but with better features. Also don't know **** about actual tuning like adjusting **** and what numbers should be what.