Street tune or Dyno tune
 

Alright, this would be my first tune.


i have a chipped ecu with basemap running 450 injectors, and was wondering what to do first? Should I do a street tune? Or should I get someone to dyno tune it. Ive been priced 350 for the dyno tune. Let me know what you guys think. thanks

street first, then dyno. to me it makes most sense to get the car running reasonably well on the street and get any bugs worked out before spending a lot of $ on the dyno. i've seen guys go to the dyno and their bov falls off because it was jb-welded on and they waste a ton of time and $ with the car sitting on the dyno trying to fix things. tune for driveability first, then tune for wot.

That makes sense, however, im still finding it hard to find a street tuner. I dont care if i have to drive far, im off today. I pmed Zman, but no reply. Please help me out here. Thanks

What are you tuning with?

right now i have a chipped ecu wit basemap. was hoping someone could help me

If your chipped what do you expect to tune? Any changes you'd like to do would require another chip. The chip will take care of your fuel and timing maps, which will leave you with fuel pressure and base timing. Not too much to tune with IMO.

edit: if you had a stand-alone or some kind of piggyback computer you'd be able to make changes on the fly, but since you've got a chip, it would require a new chip to change the tune.

All i know is that a guy socketed my ecu, then put in a basemap. He said the basemap should be enough to drive to the dyno.

using an emulator in an eprom style chip you can tune in real time. There are various rom editting software out there for hondas. The more popular one you may have heard of it crome. This has many features similar to a standalone... built in datalogging, map tracer, fuel, ign, tip in, battery offset, start up enrichment and much more.

i will give zman a call and let him know you need some help.

crazyae is correct. you can tune on the fly with a socketed ecu using a moates ostrich. this is what most tuners use that tune with crome pro or uberdata or other tuning software of the like. once you get a tune that works, zman will burn a chip that will be your map until the next time you get tuned. he will keep your map on file for future reference incase you should want to make changes or get tuned further.

Thanks so much guys. Ive got in contact with Zman. I beleive Fuel management is the hardest part of boosting. But the most important. Thanks for your help!

actually timing is more critical then fuel... although running lean will cause a lot of damage, incorrect timing can cause many more problems then just simply running lean or rich.

btw, check your PMs