What's It Take to Tune a F/I?
 

After reading hundreds of posts on F/I, it seems that tuning is the key to a long lasting & strong running F/I system, whether it be T/T or S/C. The manufacturers set their kits up with conservative maps designed for reliability but there appears to be some room for fine-tuning to free up some HP. So what is necessary to do this fine-tuning? It would seem that a dyno, for certain but what else? A laptop with some kind of tuning software compatible with the kit? I ask because the closest dyno to my hometown is over 100 miles away so if I make an appointment there, I want to have all the other necessary components with me. FWIW - I'm taking Brett's ( tig488 ) Vortech off his hands & he said he has multiple maps but we're not sure that they'll be the best for my G since I have more mods than his G has ( Borla headers; Crawford plenum & 350 EVO throttle body would seem to be the ones most directly interacting with the Vortech ). If nothing else, I guess I can plan on a trip to Houston to visit with SGP. Thanks in advance for everyone's input!

Gene

I would use the map that tig488 has in it with the pulley he was runing . Dont run it to high rpm [ 4,000 rpm ] until you can have it tuned . Im sure he included the R4 CD with the kit . No 2 cars are going to be same and will need different fuel maps . Hope you can find some one that knows the R4 program . Its simple , but you'll pay more for a good tuner to learn it as you have it tuned . Thats what I had to do and the tuner wasnt to happy about it . Good luck...Bill