Learning tuning?

Hello! I’m interested into starting to learn engine management tuning. I find it very interesting and also around my area not many people provide the service.
I’m asking for any info that would help guide me to the best resources. If you’ve had your car tuned, what software did they use? If you do tune how did you learn? What resources do you recommend?

Currently I’m trying to get into EFi101 in person classes and have done some online classes with efi101.
Thank you guys for any help!

Start here and learn the system.
http://www.obdii.com/obdii.html

I bought HP Tuners, and couple of books and dived right in. I feel like I have a good grasp on it, but sometimes it would be nice to have someone around to show me things and answer my questions. It's been nearly impossible to find much info on tuning in the forum.
I think it's looked at like a trade secret, guys will help you diagnose your car and all that stuff a lot of folks would normally pay a shop for, but the tuning part is either sort of guarded or people just plain don't know.
Depending on what you are tuning there are some essential books to start with, some of them are almost $100 each.
I think being a seasoned automotive tech and routinely needing data to diagnose cars has helped me jump some of the gaps presented in tuning. HP Tuners also has a very active forum.

Thanks for the info guys!!

I’m currnetly planning on attempting to tune my mustang because the engine in it now I’m planning on changing anyways. What tuning software do you recommend using?

I would skip all that and have Lito tune the car. He’s currently tuning my car and the response time with tune revisions is incredible. For the cost he can’t be beat.
http://www.tudyno.com/

I was thinking of tuning it myself as a way to learn since I can risk losing the engine that’s currently in it

RocketcarX said:

I would skip all that blah blah...

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This isn't relevant.

I am also learning tuning and it's ridiculous how much push back there is on the subject. SCT has classes.

Ill look into those!

stv_huff said:

This isn't relevant.

I am also learning tuning and it's ridiculous how much push back there is on the subject. SCT has classes.

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My first post showed what software to use and books to purchase. Tuning is not a novice thing to jump into. Even as a seasoned tech there was a huge learning curve. I wish you luck but so far I am the only actual tuner in this thread, “relevant” or not.

With books and software Along with a wide band I have over $1k in my set up and that doesn’t include the $500+ classes. Unless you have money to burn or money to make it’s a waste of resources to tune just for the fun of it.

I've been tuning since 2007ish. Mostly my own cars. But a few friends cars as well. I was lucky enough to have a friend that waa a tuner. I also have the DVD and book from LaSota. For me it was worth the cost as I went through two different tuners that didn't do very well. And I've changed my combos quite a bit so I'm probably money ahead. Biggest thing is take it slow and don't get greedy.

Banish's book shown above is a great buy and a good read. Even if you don't end up tuning yourself you can relate better to your tuner when working through a remote tuning session.

redfirepearlgt said:

Banish's book shown above is a great buy and a good read. Even if you don't end up tuning yourself you can relate better to your tuner when working through a remote tuning session.

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That's something I plan on buying once I'm done with school and can read for pleasure again.

http://thetuningschool.com/product/...-1-beginnerintermediate-learn-at-home-course/

I bought this guide during black Friday last year for half off. For supercharged/turbo tuning you will need to buy the level 2 course which is another $499. It's outlines all the steps that takes you though tuning an NA Ford using SCT's Advantage software. If you are using something else, a lot of this will not apply but the tuning principles will be the same.

Lasota's guides come with the tuning software, a base tune file, and instructions on how to tweak the base tune for the same price as the stuff from The Tuning School. So from a financial standpoint, Lasota is offering a bargain. I can't comment on the depth of the contents from Lasota though. And +3 on Banish's literature. I've heard great things about his work.