After 2 months of waiting

[jabartram]

and reading through the forum to learn a little, buying a laptop specifically for it, i got it today. i'll start working with it this weekend.

nice, tell us the improvement once your all tuned

[jackal2000]

i bought one two days ago. sure as hell better not take that long to get here.....

[alero_ecotec]

i assume this is for the 3400?

[BlackJack]

yes, it's for the 3400.

[jackal2000]

Originally Posted by alero_ecotec

i assume this is for the 3400?

thats a good assumption considering where he posted. lol

Good luck....read the forum, tuner guide, and do tons of other research before you change anything. Only change 1 thing at a time....I've been monkeying with my PowrTuner for about a year now.....it's incredible the amount of stuff you can change.

[Satsuriku]

the only thing i would hate about those is you have to use premium fuel as long as you have that thing in your car.......uggg, i would hate that but i bet the extra HP you would get may be worth it

Originally Posted by Satsuriku

the only thing i would hate about those is you have to use premium fuel as long as you have that thing in your car.......uggg, i would hate that but i bet the extra HP you would get may be worth it

Not necessarily....
You can tune it exeactly how you want....if you don't want to be forced into premium fuel, then don't advance the timing - but you can still play with tranny settings, speed and rev limiters, fan turn on points, fuel trims, and all that jazz.
For instance, I have stock timing and fueling in my car....granted, I still need to use mid-grade gas, but that's mostly due to high-mileage (over 110K) and milled cylinder heads that nudged my compression ratio up a bit (about 10:1; stock is 9.5:1).

[Satsuriku]

ahhh, didnt know that, thanx for the info ^_^

[jturkey69]

what is the lowest operating sysytem you can run for the laptop??

matt...where would you start as a tuning point?

[Satsuriku]

it depends on the stats of the laptop.....you wouldnt want to try and put windows xp on a 855mhz lap top...if you have a P4 then just put xp on it and it should be fine

letme know how it all goes. Would you recomend getting all that stuff Fuller

[BlackJack]

Originally Posted by Satsuriku

it depends on the stats of the laptop.....you wouldnt want to try and put windows xp on a 855mhz lap top...if you have a P4 then just put xp on it and it should be fine

I'm running XP (SP2) and my PowrTuner on a P2 400mhz. What's the issue?

Now for the rest, dont get confused between the DHP PCM and the DHP PowrTuner. One is a preprogrammed PCM, the other is a tuner to PROGRAM the PCM.

[jackal2000]

Originally Posted by BlackJack

Now for the rest, dont get confused between the DHP PCM and the DHP PowrTuner. One is a preprogrammed PCM, the other is a tuner to PROGRAM the PCM.

yea, there is also a $300 price difference lol

[-Alero-]

i would jus dyno tune personally.

[-Alero-]

although it would be cool to drive around with a lap top in your car. kinda liek a cop. except you could see your entire engine powertrain.

[jackal2000]

Originally Posted by -Alero-

i would jus dyno tune personally.

dont most shops require you to have your own tuning software?? i know the one in NC did and the one i am going to requested i bring my own....

what shop you are going to

[jackal2000]

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