LFX Hp Tuners

[Sparxx]

Ive purchased myself an OTR, Catback exhaust and a tune by VCM. However I was never happy with the tune I got so ive now purchased myself an MPVI3 and 100 cell cats. Issue is i dont know how to tune! Ive looked at videos and threads but all talk about tuning at a shop or tuning a V8. My AFR guage is being installed later this month and want as much information as I can get so when its in I can get some more power and driveability (what my previous tune lacked).
Is there any advice and where to start with tuning via hp tuners with an LFX.
Thanks

 

[07GTS]

go on the hptuners forum and go to the GM 6cyl section and find all the related threads about your engine and read them all, also take it all with common sense as u can damage ur engine if ur chasing power on the street, get use to the program and make sure its on ''advanced view'' they are set to basic when u first get them so dont show all the tables, if u want more of an understanding of a table u want to adjust then just post on here ur questions if u want i can help if i know the table or if anyone alse does they can help also

 

[panhead]

go on the hptuners forum and go to the GM 6cyl section and find all the related threads about your engine and read them all, also take it all with common sense as u can damage ur engine if ur chasing power on the street, get use to the program and make sure its on ''advanced view'' they are set to basic when u first get them so dont show all the tables, if u want more of an understanding of a table u want to adjust then just post on here ur questions if u want i can help if i know the table or if anyone alse does they can help also

Great advice and it good to see that members are more than willing to help the new fellows learn to tune.






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[RevNev]

Issue is i dont know how to tune!

I know how to tune both road car and race engines beginning with motorcross bikes running on methanol in the mid '70's to tuning V8 Supercar engines on an engine dyno and everything in between.

However, the greater issue with HP Tuners, is learning the system and what to adjust to provide the engine with the ignition curves and air/fuel ratios it needs at any given load point and throttle opening. Compared with an aftermarket Motec engine management system I'm most familiar with, there's a multitude of adjustment parameters in the OEM system that makes no sense and a change in the wrong parameter, can affect a dozen other parameters.

First and foremost, it's about leaning and understanding the OEM system on the HP Tuner's software platform. There's a couple of blokes I know who are lousy at tuning engines, but they know the OEM system on HP Tuners well and I often call them to ask what to adjust in the system to get the result I'm after. HP Tuners is an interface to access an OEM system with completely different parameters depending on the engine type and manufacturer. A Ford system on HP Tuners is completely different to the GM system unlike aftermarket ECU's, the adjustment parameters are all the same for every engine.

 

[Forg]

Compared with an aftermarket Motec engine management system I'm most familiar with

Hmmm ... any chance, if I brought my 1980 Volvo down to you, I could get you to program 4 extra cylinders into the M84 and maybe roughly an extra 3.9 litres of cubic capacity?


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Oh and it'd be nice if you could get it to have fuel consumption as low as the VF1 with the L77 while you're at it ...

 

[RevNev]

Hmmm ... any chance, if I brought my 1980 Volvo down to you, I could get you to program 4 extra cylinders into the M84 and maybe roughly an extra 3.9 litres of cubic capacity?

Sure, you can program 16 cylinders with an M84. In fact, with a 410 sprint car sized exhaust many run on a stock LS3, should be able to get 900hp with the rev limiter set to 8900rpm!

 

[Forg]

Sure, you can program 16 cylinders with an M84. In fact, with a 410 sprint car sized exhaust many run on a stock LS3, should be able to get 900hp with the rev limiter set to 8900rpm!

Next time someone disses car manufacturers for doing over-the-air software updates, I'm telling 'em to shut their mouths (/Shaft) given I can get you to add an extra 12 cylinders just with programming!!!!