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New beginner's Tuning Guide (DVD) from Calibrated Success
After lots and lots of prodding, I finally caved and made a training DVD for the GM crew. This DVD walks through the fundamentals of tuning using aftermarket tools on the dyno with live demos for both MAF and VE tuning. I have also included a section on proper fuel injector characterization, along with a data disc with reference data for many popular injectors to take the guesswork out of getting those SD60's (or 80's, or FRPP 30's, or green tops, or....) to work right all the time. Most of the DVD was shot when all I had was brandX GM tools, but I added supplements to each section showing exactly what the corresponding tables look like in EFILive, so no need to worry about the confusion there.
The DVD will be sold through Summit Racing as part number SME-DVD-1. I'm planning to ship this week to Summit, so they'll be filling orders soon after. As an added bonus, I'm going to give anyone who buys the disc from Summit a 100% credit of the disc purchase price toward my advanced GM class within one year. You simply will not find better instructional material out there today and my aim is to deliver it in a clear, accurate, and useful manner. Many thanks to Paul and Ross for helping me get set up with their hardware recently. You'll be seeing more and more EFILive in my advanced classes as we move forward.
Thats a great Idea from a sales and marketing guy!
That is a great idea. I have dial up so let me know when it is available so I can go somewhere and down load it.
Good luck with that and I again think that could really help allot.
98 tigershark
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Originally Posted by
eficalibrator
The process is the same whether you're using HPT or EFIlive when tuning. The only difference should be the screens/labels you see in the different windows interfaces. At the end of each section, I show where to find the equivalent tables in the EFILive software. I just didn't go through setting up the custom PIDs/Tables in the EFILive logging tool, since I figure that's already been covered well enough in the help files and on this forum already. What's really important on the DVD is:
1) The PROCESS for properly tuning injectors, MAF, and VE in open loop, and...
2) The EFILive specific injector values that are formatted for direct entry into your software for a bunch of popular applications.
I'll be shipping this week. I have the data discs done for the first batch and DVDs are burning tonight.
Tuning is hard work, research, time and it is science, physics and math
Hey Bruce,
98 tigershark here, That is quite a recommendation from someone who know what it really takes. I will most certainly look at it very hard and am looking forward to it.
Thanks Bruce,
98 tigershark
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Originally Posted by
Bruce Melton
For, for at least GM ( I am not up to speed on others, but he probably is), Greg is the ultimate teacher. No off the wall concepts, just solid science, explained in practical medthodology. If you tune modified engines you need to really understand the science so you understand how the modifcations relate to and influence the tuning process. The book and cources are unversally aclaimed so the DVD should be the ultimate resource for both HPT and EFIlive.
I sell 100mm MAF components there are damn few folks who really can or will, take the time to properly calibrate a MAF. Same for SD, if you skip or flub a step, it is hopelssly wrong..
There is a lot at stake in tuning, more than we can afford to overlook.
I hope we can all get back to the science of tuning when there is a universal reference source like Greg's DVD.
IMO,
Bruce
How much is your DVD? You have to crawl before you can run.
Hello Greg,
I have tried to read everything I can get my hands on for tuning. Jeff Hartman's Book "How to Tune and Modify Engine Management systems"
is only $9.99 at most all book stores and covers every aspect of tuning.
Have you read that book? It addresses what you have said above.
It is also to complicated for beginners that use any tuning system with out a very basic knowlegde of the ABC,s of tuning with one tuning product and I was hoping you would highlight EFILive in a DVD package. The new data logger for EFIlive is not going to make any tuning applications obsolete. Maybe you should put out a CD for each type of tuning Product. That cant be that hard for someone with your knowledge and would always hit the target market. Many of us know what is the right AFR measurement to use for our own application. So I guess I am confused as I thought you were making a beginners guide DVD to tuning.
I cannot suggest strongly enough to have the ABC's first for each tuning tool as there are not that many. And then proceed to more advanced tuning again with it done towards each tuning application tool on a separate DVD as I would feel like I could have bought Jeff Hartman' Book if that is how you are marketing your DVD. You are very talented but you need to identify your markets and have a product for each one( I for one would not be interested in seeing anything on HP tuners as I see them as my tuning competition.)
I would never chalange you on any tuning application as you are clearly an expert. But I think your marketing is off from what I have heard. I see it all the time were some very bright individual has a product that missed his nitch. Tuning and marketing are very different. Think about that as I would not try to tell a tuning expert how to tune and I would not expect a tuning expert to tell me how to market. Good luck and I wish you well as we do need your expertise in the tuning family.
Regards,
98 tigershark