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How did you learn tuning

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Old 02-10-2012, 12:02 PM
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I think autocal's are locked to the person/shop that sold you the autocal, you'd need to purchase a full on tuning suite to do tuning for yourself if I'm not mistaken.

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Old 02-10-2012, 12:37 PM
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Don't get me wrong Justin has done a great job with my truck, just I wanna start dragging in the future so in reality I will need to do all my own work being on the east coast of Canada at sea leve
Old 02-11-2012, 07:10 PM
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I took "The Tuning School" 2 day beginner class. I found it very beneficial and full of information. I think I could have figured it out over time from forums, but taking this class saved me endless hours of picking through threads, separating the experts from talkers. The reference the text book from the class all the time. I would do it again.
Old 02-11-2012, 07:41 PM
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I chose "Read a Manual" because I have three books, two DVD's and constantly read threads on the forums.

When I first got the tuning software, I was sink or swim with the 4.3L V6 in my RCSB just experimenting and whatnot. Now with the cammed/turboed 5.3 in it, I'm actually surprised by how well the tune is turning out. A few bumps in the road, but nothing a little research and trial and error couldn't take care of.

A good quote from someone on HP Tuner's forum, "Tuning is a process, not an event."
Old 02-11-2012, 08:39 PM
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Took what I learned from DSMLINK aka turbo 4 banger software and applied what I could to big red with HPtuners. Rest was just getting in there and messing with it and some time on the HPtuners forums when times got rocky. As said, learn new stuff everyday.
Old 02-11-2012, 11:35 PM
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I need an "all of the above button"! Mostly self taught with a good friend (turbhoe) helping and the kick in the **** to do it. Also, reading a lot of info here and on hptuners.
Old 02-11-2012, 11:51 PM
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Self taught and still learning new things daily as I am still very novice. I just search for things on the EFILive forums and so forth to give me ideas of what to focus on. My background is industrial PLC's so this isn't much different really.
Old 02-13-2012, 09:59 PM
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I was lucky enough enough to have one of the most experienced tuners in country teach me to tune. I used what he taught me and spent probably hundreds if not thousands of hours over the years always applying what I learned. Its never ending, I still learn something new all the time when tuning. I already had a mechanical background so for the most part I just had to learn the software. Learning the software is the biggest thing IMO, and they are always getting better and better.
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hp tuners, greg banish tuning dvd's and books
Old 02-14-2012, 01:22 AM
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Yall are lucky im would like to learn more stuff but people in Houston act like DICKS or wanna charge


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