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Old 02-24-2015, 01:56 PM   #74
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Re: Thread for those of us who tune our own cars

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Originally Posted by Mach828 View Post
Depends on your mods. I am so far from stock that the base file for a stock car isn't even close to being accurate. If you just had a few bolt ons it would be easier, and it would be easier if you updated the tune yourself as you continued to progress in mods.

My mach is already driving better than it did with the dyno tune from the best tuner in our state. And I've only been tuning a month. Its not that I am a better tuner, because I'm not even close. I just don't think you can dial a tune in after a few hours. Being able to datalog on the road with real conditions and make small changes makes a big difference.

Thanks for all the help M1R members. The SCT Flash forum is dead, so this is about the best resource I have to ask new questions.
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Originally Posted by 01yellerCobra View Post
Probably depends on your definition of from scratch. I've never had a base tune given to me. I've always had to load everything myself. Most of the injector and MAF values are decent. There's a couple things that usually need to be scaled. Especially with set ups like I had or what Mach828 runs. But the main thing is we'll put the time in that tuners won't or can't. Just because it's our car.
I like this forum for tuning and modding help too. This thread is fantastic lol. I'm really wanting to buy the software since doing some reading here. I'm a bit overwhelmed with it, but I don't have the software to look at settings that have been discussed and I don't have the books mentioned either. I'm sure that would help me follow along better.
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