Bachert24
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While I keep my other thread going, I want to start a separate one for the tuning aspect. I want to learn to tune my own truck. As time goes by I will be adding mods and changing things so there will be the basic tune when I get the truck running, and then tuning as I upgrade the exhaust and then the heads and cam.
I have 0 knowledge on tuning, so my first question is, what hardware and software do I need? What is everything I need to start? I know I need the 0411 PCM and I found plenty on ebay for $120 shipped with my VIN number programmed in before shipping. I see many different tuners on EFI site and I have no clue which one I need. I am not rich, right now I am pretty broke but come early next year I should be pretty well off and get the ball rolling pretty quickly but I want to budget in what I need for the swap and tune and work on this this summer. I know we have a lot of tuners in here so please help if you can and act like you are talking to a dummy lol. I know it probably doesnt help but I have been a mechanic on the side for 25 years, I have background and college credits in mechanincal engineering, autocad, architecture, computer programming, electrical engineering, etc so I usually learn and understand very quickly after asking a lot of questions as to why, what it means, and how it affects what I am working on. TIA!
I have 0 knowledge on tuning, so my first question is, what hardware and software do I need? What is everything I need to start? I know I need the 0411 PCM and I found plenty on ebay for $120 shipped with my VIN number programmed in before shipping. I see many different tuners on EFI site and I have no clue which one I need. I am not rich, right now I am pretty broke but come early next year I should be pretty well off and get the ball rolling pretty quickly but I want to budget in what I need for the swap and tune and work on this this summer. I know we have a lot of tuners in here so please help if you can and act like you are talking to a dummy lol. I know it probably doesnt help but I have been a mechanic on the side for 25 years, I have background and college credits in mechanincal engineering, autocad, architecture, computer programming, electrical engineering, etc so I usually learn and understand very quickly after asking a lot of questions as to why, what it means, and how it affects what I am working on. TIA!