want to learn how to dyno tune for yourself??

[Jaxsc3]

wether you know something or nothing about dyno tuning there are many books you can pick up to teach you the basics as well as advanced dyno tuning. most of them can be found and any barnes and noble or books a million. the one i am currently reading is titled tuning an engine management system, or something to that extent most of the books have about the same name. ive learned alot already just from the first few chapters, it may take some time and patience but its worth it if you plan on learning how to tune your own ems.

[justins_supra]

keep us posted on how this works out for you

[Brown Duckz]

Post some titles yo! :yumyum:

[Jaxsc3]

ill have some titles for you tomorow i left my book at home

[J A man]

Tuning on the dyno or road is not that difficult. Of course it helped having Lance at Toyomoto to lean on. Take your time and do one section at a time - wot, light load, med load, crusing etc. Also remember to tune for deacceleration as well. Again take your time, that's some of the best advice Lance gave me - go slowly.

[Jaxsc3]

this is very true also a good idea obviously to start rich very rich its much cheaper to buy some new plugs than to buy a new motor

[scttboom]

just checking in

[Jaxsc3]

sorry guys almost forgot about this thread. the specific title is "How to tune your own engine managment system" should have a picture of a turbo focus on the front(wtf?!?) :doh:
this book goes very deep into how injectors work and exactly how to tune everything. you would be very suprised at how many different books there are on this subject and many others like it. im also currently reading a book entitled "maximum boost" by corkey bell also another very good book to read

[SC2jzgte]

Maximum Boost is so old school but the basics remain the same.

[dejacky]

Maximum boost was a wonderful book and it was not difficult to read for me. I actually enjoyed reading it! However, it does not describe tuning or teach a reader how to tune a car. I would really appreciate some recommendations from more experienced folks on which How-To tuning books really benefited them for our cars. :)

[danielskshin]

my community college offers a engine management tuning course... maybe your local one does too.

[dejacky]

my community college offers a engine management tuning course... maybe your local one does too. Awesome, I'll check into that, but what is the title of your course?

[Jaxsc3]

well it helps if you have a dyno so you can monitor every thing obviously start rich and retard the timing just a little and get a base run to see where your at then simply go from there. start taking away fuel and adding timing. im still learning how to dyno tune from the great speed fab here in jacksonville but im getting pretty good.

[dejacky]

I found this tuning book on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4623910641&sspagename=ADME%3AB%3ADS%3AMT%3A28

What do you more experienced tuning folks think of it? I'd like to learn how to tune properly as well and would appreciate some recommended reading or video, etc. :stickpoke

[moddestmike]

www.efi101.com Really good source, I plan on attending his conference in a few months. His book is a good continuation from Motorbooks "How to Tune and Modify Engine Management Systems"

[dejacky]

my problem with efi101 is their classes are too expensive for the common person like me :o:

[Dramon]

Has anyone here actually gone to an EFI101 course? Do they teach you actual EFI tuning or is it just basic crap like understanding how speed density works and how an afr works.

[dejacky]

Has anyone here actually gone to an EFI101 course? Do they teach you actual EFI tuning or is it just basic crap like understanding how speed density works and how an afr works. I'd like to know this as well. All I know of is one local person who is a graduate of the basic and advanced courses, but he ended up blowing up more than one engine while tuning customer cars :eek3: ...

[eddiep]

do any of books explain how to tune your car with a SAFC II

[armyastro]

safc2 is an easy tune and requires someone to ride with you and do it or you do it while someone drives. take it down the road normal and then adjust the fuel accordingly for each rpm range to keep it within good standings on the A/F ratio wideband gauge. ideal is around 11.7 but you can play with it alittle on each side for higher Trq or Hp. there is alot of writeups too on the net and there is a few on supraforums and clublexus i think