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    I pulled the factory tune out of the ECU that came with the motor(i have kept it untouched) , it is a 2004 8.1/Allison. I swapped in a 4L80E 4X4 segment and diagnostics, killed all of the "unnecessary" stuff, anti-theft, changed all Electronic Throttle stuff to cable stuff. fattened up VE a bunch, opened up the torque limits..... took a test drive - it be lots better. now I'll start the tuning process. any advice as where to start? I'm thinking CALC.VET?? here is a copy of the current tun that I am planning to start with

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    Took it for a drive, monitored missfire counts on all cylinders, #4 had 49 hits, and #7 had 90 hits in roughly 20 min. Is that ok? The other tune was having an insane amount of missfires.

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    P.S. I have been reading a lot of the posts, and i have to admit, I'm lost!! I feal like you guys compaired to me, is like Star trek compaired to wooden ships.and it probably shows in the ignorant questions that I ask, so please pardon my ignorant ramblings

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tinbender59 View Post
    Took it for a drive, monitored missfire counts on all cylinders, #4 had 49 hits, and #7 had 90 hits in roughly 20 min. Is that ok? The other tune was having an insane amount of missfires.
    49 + 90 misfires in 20 minutes is quite low...

    however, might want to take a closer look at #4 and #7 just to see if there's anything physical.

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    Are you running a MAF...?

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    Yes on MAF, not opposed to loosing it later once it is dialed in. I have new NGK plugs, and 185 thermostat. Im wondering about coils??

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    I did verify ECU to coil, and injector wiring, all good there

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    Yes, I would try CALC.VET, this will quickly get your MAF corrected.

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    We do a substantial amount of 8.1 conversions and have half of them running SD... Where we see misfire is with various different exhaust manifolds and headers. Since the old 454 stuff will fit we often use that to run a long tube in a squarebody or other stock BBC apps. This often gets us in trouble with plug wire routing and we end up building super long wires to wrap around, down and under the exhaust. Don't know what you are doing for that, maybe its the stock 8.1 manifolds. If so start looking at fuel and ignition. From there go mechanical if every thing else is good.

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    Post a pic of your engine bay so we can see plug wires.

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