is it possible to "better" tune my nearly stocker lo3 before all my parts come just to get a taste of whats going on or do you have to have mods such as cam intake exhaust cold air ignition in order to improve tune??

 

Absolutely so, in fact it is easiest to learn to tune a stock engine with no modifications.

Stock GM tunes are far from perfect.

 

so i can actually get my car to perform better without spending any money so far except on tuning peieces? if this is TRUE!!?? the only mod im gonna buy are my headers and y pipe and tuning stuff. what is the cheapest best tuning kit i can buy, i need the aldl usb cable which i think is like seventy bucks, i wish i could find one someone has laying around.and then a burner? not sure from where.

 

U can expect gains in mileage, drivability and power depending on how far your willing to go when u "tune" your vehicle.

U can do far better than the factory tune.

The more close to pure stock u r, the easier it is to learn.

It will take reading and time to learn your new craft.

Read those stickies up top and then read them again.

later
Jeremy

 

ive been over most of them, some detailed reading and some skimming for understanding purposes. the only thing i havent quite gotten figured out yet is what it all means and stands for.. the tables on winaldl, and exactly the steps on what to do. basically as informed as i am, it seems buy the stuff plug it in and tune. but thats way to basic to learn anything. maybe i need to read again and more

 

i read most of the stickies before i got my tuning stuff.
a lot of them didn't make much sense until i actually started tuning & could see what was going on.

i was getting around 20~21 highway when i first got my car going, after playing with the tune for a while i was up to 25 & it ran much smoother & had better response.
i just got back from a road trip up to east Texas. running around the speed limit most of the time, A/C on & using cruise control, i got around 29 MPH. 330 miles on 11.2 gallons going up. i don't know what i got coming back, i haven't filled it back up. it will be lower im sure as i was up around 80+ for about 2 hours. im sure there is still some more MPG in the tune.
i know i could have done even better without running the cruise once i got up in the hill country, my cruise control is pretty aggressive, on some of the hills it kicks the trans down to second gear.

 

i cant really use cruise on the hills to much cuz of the manual tranni. yeah it would work but it lugs down so much. STEEP hills around here. i just wanna know what people are tuning their car with. im sure everyone is lookin for the cheapest bargain as well so alittle advice and i will be ready to order.

 

when i got my stuff, i went with the USB AutoProm, a G3 Bank Switching Adapter, & the EX remote switcher.

i plan to get a wideband O2 pretty soon.

you can start with the BURN1, some chips & a ZIF or 2, a cable to data log, & a chip adapter unless you feel comfortable cutting up your MEMCAL.

 

ok that sounds good but prices? and im not familiar with those acronyms. ZIF? 02 wideband? these are all things i need to be familiar with

 

a ZIF is a chip socket that has a lever on it it so you can easily install or remove the chip without damaging it.
this is a ZIF,
http://www.moates.net/product_info.p...products_id=45

a wideband O2 sensor is a sensor that you can watch/check the air fuel ratio with, all thirdgens came stock from the factory with a narrow band O2 sensor. a narrow band is only accurate in a very small AFR range.

some wide band O2 products, http://www.moates.net/index.php?cPath=48


i just noticed, you have a TBI car, for that you may want to look into the EBL,

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/diy-...-ultimate.html

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/diy-...uning-ebl.html