Originally Posted by
Eat-Pez
Yes, I understand that. I understand what the scanner is doing, but I don't understand the information it gives me. For example, I spent most of the day today trying to go through Cpig's guide (since it's the only direction I've found that I can mostly understand) again.... twice... but I wasn't able to get past page 6, of 26. Actually, I did it 3 times, but even though I made point of saving (because he says if you don't save before you cut it off, it won't save), but when I went to reopen, all my info was gone. I promise, I'm not an idiot. I know how to save and reopen a file. See my first post.
Anyway, of the 2 successful runs I made (those didn't save either... but I was able to get the info before I shut down the computer), all of the hits in all of the histogram fields were 0.0, except for the "C" (count) field. I think I understand what that means, but I don't know what I can do with 300+ counts in a given cell, but the average of all of the hits is 0.0 .
I understand that too, but he made a point of saying metric. I didn't know if he was going to then review my info and say something like, "add 3ccs to this field" or if metric was the standard among the forum members and if I came back with standard, I wouldn't be talking to the masses, therefore reducing my chance of a helpful reply.
That's the problem. I don't know enough about this program to know what I want. I know I can understand it, but I've gotten very little from the stickies and the help file. The stickies are too basic for me and the help file is too advanced (mainly in the vocabulary).
Seriously, bro. I really mean this in the politest way possible.... no it's not a starting point, at least not for someone who doesn't know the lingo. Every time I go through the help file to find out the meaning of a word, there is another word in the definition that I need to look up. Well, after I do that 3 or 4 times, I've forgotten what the 1st word I was trying to look up was to begin with.
Please, in plain English. Answer these questions: How do I add Hz and what histograms do I need to look at to verify everything is correct (he said 'MAF vs xxx'?). Once I look at those histograms, what values are correct? and what values should I not exceed?
Where can I find the pre-defined histograms?
I don't care if I use STFT or LTFT, I just want to use this program for what I bought it for. I'll use either. Where can I find directions?
I went ahead and bought a wideband. It should be here shortly. I don't know what I'm going to do with it when it shows up.... I mean, I know what a wideband does and I know what to do with the info it gives me, I just don't know how to implement those numbers into this program.
And I know I'm not the only one either. I've had 4 or 5 members PM me saying they're in the same boat and that they would pass on helpful info if I would do the same. I've had some pass on info that wasn't very helpful, I've had some want to sell me info, and I've even had a guy ask for my #, then he called me. He was very nice and I thought he helped me understand the program better, until today when I got a chance to implement it. I mean, really, how hard would it be to have a 'getting started' guide that covered simple tuning, like:
How to I dial in my MAF?
I'm running lean over 4000RPMs; where do I go to enrichen?
What are some basic steps to dial in an aftermarket cam?
Where do I go to compensate for larger injectors?
I understand that tuning for forced induction or something would be better suited for a more experienced or even a professional tuner. I don't need anyone to hold my had through that. I believe if I had the basics, I could eventually learn all that, but right now, I just want to get started.
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