Nice video with plenty detail, I may just have to bring you my car. Lol I was pose to get with to do it remotely but my laptop won't connect to internet have to get a new one.
Thank you, yeah that'll work! I'm getting caught up at the shop, I'll be having more time here in the next couple of weeks, I'm finishing up 4 projects
Great information. Taught me quite a bit about tunercats. Ive only tuned LS with HP tuners. Question: I had tunercats freeze on me today and bricked the PCM. From my research online this isn’t uncommon. My question is, you know anyone that repairs these PCMs? I’m here in Houston.
Noe Suarez Thats helpful. I didn’t see anything about it on there website so I didn’t know. I sent them an email. This is actually my fathers friends car who is fuel injection illiterate. He reached out to me about an throttle response issue he was having. Turns out the knock sensor pulling out timing. We replaced sensor and still threw a code. So to temporarily mitigate the false knock I changed the max retard to 3 degrees and then, boom, bricked it right after verifying connectivity from a read. My first thought was to change it over to a 411 PCM because I have 4 of them laying around my house and it is a platform I am more familiar with. You can also clone an unlimited amount of them using LS Droid. I watched a video on the horsepower tube channel where he did this, unplugged the rear distributor and it ran fine, which I guess made it batch fire, running off of crank signal only. I’m curious if you’ve done this without the rear distributor or know anyone that has. I’m wondering if that would be possible with out some sort of cam signal upon first start up. Although batch firing has some downsides, I think it would be beneficial and inexpensive way just to bypass the optical sensor on the optispark. It would be cool to see a video on this. I’d hate for him to brick another PCM, spend $60, when I can go to the junkyard and get 411 PCMs all day. Either way, if it’s not a viable option, your videos laid out a lot of good information and it made me realize that tuning these LT PCMs are less complicated, though more tedious as you pointed out. Thanks a lot for these videos.
@@claytoncarter absolutely, you can actually use the opti as a cam signal only, you could use a set of LS1 coils or even the coil pack set up from the Northstar engines if you wanted to bypass the opti for spark, even though, you'll still be using it for cam signal
Noe Suarez okay. I wasn’t aware of the northstar coil on plug set-up. I’ll read into that more. This swap is just using the early LS computer, but not coil on plug. The 99-2000 Express vans with that still had the old 5.7 vortec but were managed by the LS computer(411). So he made an intake provision for a rear distributor on his LT1, swapped the PCM pins over to the newer connectors. Then he discovered it would run fine without the cam sensor portion of the rear distributor even plugged in. Here’s the video. He mad like 10 videos but this one sums it up. ua-cam.com/video/nk3pvxJtYyU/v-deo.html
Hey man awesome video! I have a quick question, I have a 1994 z28 Camaro lt1 with a built 383 stroker in it. I have a crank no fire issue and I’ve done a new optispark and the lingenfelter LTCC coil on plug setup on the car and still a crank no start issue. I had 3 mechanics say the PCM is bad. What are my option? Do I buy a factory PCM and than take it and the car to get tuned or is there a place that can fix my PCM and save my tune possibly? I bought the car like this so I have no idea on anything engine spec wise other than it’s a 383 stroker and I was told I can get the PCM fixed and the tune is saved in the chip in the PCM and everything could be salvaged?
Hey Noe, thanks a million for the walkthrough. So for tuning I just advance timing until spark knock then retard a degree or two until no more knock. As far as fueling, when you are dividing your AFR by your target AFR that gives you the percentage change. I understand that, but, my question is: when you add the percentage change and it raises the MAP value does that mean KPH of the MAP raises as fuel does? And can you also subtract fuel instead of adding it if needed? Thanks man!
@@Noeysuarez hey Noe I appreciate your response. I understand the fuel side of things, however I am still confused on the timing. Do I only need to advance and retard the 95 and 100 KPA columns or how do i know which ones to advance? I understand once the engine knocks to retard it by a degree or two. Thank you Noe!
Thanks for this video brother! I have a quick question. For 95s do you prefer using cats tuner instead of tuner pro? It’ll be my first time tuning just wondering which would work best. Thank you 🙏
I like using cats over tuner pro, but there's really hardly any difference in the both, if you don't get the correct xdf for with the ads file in tuner pro, it'll have corrupt data in it
@@Noeysuarez cats does not need any xdf or ads? Thank you for the response, hopefully you’ll upload a part 2 to this video. In the mean time I appreciate it brother 💪🏻
Hey man, I just bought a "LT1 Pro-Tune-1" off of Tunercat's website for my 94' Camaro Z28. I am wanting to install Kook's Longtube Headers with EGR/Emissions fittings and high flow catted Y-pipes but was told the car wouldn't run too well without a tune and was wanting to get your opinion on it and help. I understand the "disabling codes" part but everything else is pretty confusing. Do you have an email or instagram I can contact you from?
hey bud ive watched your video and subscribed to ur channel the 2 videos of the 94/95 and 93/ f bodys tuni g videos ive learned alot but have a few questions ....do u do custom tuning for ppl ?? and can i use these vids to do the same with eehack flachhack and tunerpro rt or do i need tunercats? thx soooooo much b 4 hand
Awesome tips i just installed a cc503 in my 95 lt1 and im playing with the tune. i have a question. whenever i put the car in reverse/ Drive (a4) the rpms drop to 400-500 rpm. i have my idle set to 800 rpms and my iac counts are in the 30-40 range. any idea why its bogging down? thanks
@@Noeysuarez thanks for the quick reply. Yea i still have the stock converter. I couldn't find any solutions online and searched all the forums. That makes sense with the stall converter. I was playing with the closed tps table thinking that it could be a fueling issue. Cause it drops down to that rpms only for a few seconds then goes back to normal. Thanks!
@@Noeysuarez one more question lol. i have my car idling and have eehack open and on the VE tab of the analyze section. its showing me -7% in red at 55kpa at 800 rpm and 100 rpm and -5% in red at 60kpa at 800 and 1000 rpm.. do i just go into my ve tables on tunercats and subtract the 7% and 5% from that section? Thanks!
Hey dude I just subscribed to your channel. I'm building my 94 Pontiac Trans am LT1. The bottom end I'm keeping stock for now. Till my other 383 stroke is complete. So for this year in 2021 I'll be sending my stock LT1 heads and my stock LT1 intake out to Loyd Elliott for machine work and porting and complete 5angle valve job. I'll be running a comp cam 503 extreme energy Hydraulic roller cam. So I'll be looking into this tuner cat software. My question does it work with my windows 7 laptop?
@@keilylmm6377 you can buy the cable and it comes with the CD, $219 plus shipping I believe? I don't remember exactly if the shipping is included or not, make sure you tell them in the email that you have Windows 7
I like AEM wideband, you can make it where EEhack will read the AFR or have a gauge, I would do the gauge and just leave it, it tells you a lot about your engine
Ok thanks I’m gonna look into it I was able to use tuner cat to get my 383 lt1 to stop cutting off when putting in gear and got it idling ALOT better this video taught me a lot looking forward to the next video!!!
@@tylerbyrum1921 I'm so glad to hear that! I'm actually gathering content to make another video, as well as learning how to edit videos and such, hopefully soon I'll be posting more videos
Hey I just purchased the cable to tune my 95 pcm, At the moment my car is hitting redline once then shifting from 1st to second. Any ideas on how to solve this? Changing shift command to a lower rpm / different speed? Thank you
@@Noeysuarez hey I got the cable and I'm very lost.. tunercats winflash will not download and I cannot get the computer to even register that the cable is plugged in to the obd port. Getting irritated with it
Awesome advice, would you be able to give me some insight on tuning my stock 96 transam using jet dst? Is it similar to this? I know tuner cats was sold to jet so I wasn’t sure, thanks man
Absolutely, yes it's very similar, but you do have to watch it with JET, if the computer you're using is too new, sometimes when you're flashing, the program will exit and it will brick your PCM, also if your battery is below 11.9 volts while flashing, it will as well force the program to close and it'll brick your PCM, so be sure to have a battery charger or trickle charger hooked up when doing so! Noeysuarez21@gmail.com this is my email so you can tell me exactly what's going on and I'll do what I can to help you out.
@@Noeysuarez I just ordered the Moates cable so I am a dummy when it comes to this I can build engines and put shit together but, this stuff gives me a headache lol That said i am trying to learn this old tech.... so what i was trying to say if you are able to edit the video down to segments for dummies like me because having a hard time understanding whats going on for example why you need to different programs to upload files to the tuner cat) had to fast forward and back up many times because there was no edit between uploading different parts of the program also.. if you dont know how to edit maybe make a few smaller videos breaking the process down... are you on Instagram? if so hit me up have a bunch of questions .. instagram: maldo72youtube
@@ns5337 thank you for the reply yes I downloaded the software and playing with it know but, my skill level is like a 5 year old for tuning lol looking to get in touch with someone that can walk me through the steps .. so I can learn ... to easy to send it out to be tuned lol lol lol
Thanks for the tutorial... had to subscribe to your channel. I'd like to see more 95 F-body LT1 tuning videos. Cheers!
Thanks for the sub! I'll definitely will be making more videos!
Thanks! Have a 95 vette. Never tuned before. Going to get the needed supplies and give it a go.
Awesome!! Let me know if you have any questions and I'll try and help you as much as I can!
95 caprice.
Thanks for posting. Have a 94 fleetwood, buying headers this week, and need to tune for that, among other things in the future. Thanks again
Man you have really help out a lot keep the tuning advice coming man.
Where do I buy the cable at to plug into car for tuning?
@@koryl5959 www.tunercat.com/
Do I download eehack an tunercats?
It says eehack is obsolete an flashhack took its spot
@@koryl5959 yes now you need flashback
Nice video with plenty detail, I may just have to bring you my car. Lol I was pose to get with to do it remotely but my laptop won't connect to internet have to get a new one.
Thank you, yeah that'll work! I'm getting caught up at the shop, I'll be having more time here in the next couple of weeks, I'm finishing up 4 projects
Great information. Taught me quite a bit about tunercats. Ive only tuned LS with HP tuners.
Question: I had tunercats freeze on me today and bricked the PCM. From my research online this isn’t uncommon. My question is, you know anyone that repairs these PCMs? I’m here in Houston.
Yes I do, you can actually send it out to tunercat and they repair them
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Noe Suarez Thats helpful. I didn’t see anything about it on there website so I didn’t know. I sent them an email.
This is actually my fathers friends car who is fuel injection illiterate. He reached out to me about an throttle response issue he was having. Turns out the knock sensor pulling out timing. We replaced sensor and still threw a code. So to temporarily mitigate the false knock I changed the max retard to 3 degrees and then, boom, bricked it right after verifying connectivity from a read.
My first thought was to change it over to a 411 PCM because I have 4 of them laying around my house and it is a platform I am more familiar with. You can also clone an unlimited amount of them using LS Droid. I watched a video on the horsepower tube channel where he did this, unplugged the rear distributor and it ran fine, which I guess made it batch fire, running off of crank signal only.
I’m curious if you’ve done this without the rear distributor or know anyone that has. I’m wondering if that would be possible with out some sort of cam signal upon first start up. Although batch firing has some downsides, I think it would be beneficial and inexpensive way just to bypass the optical sensor on the optispark. It would be cool to see a video on this. I’d hate for him to brick another PCM, spend $60, when I can go to the junkyard and get 411 PCMs all day.
Either way, if it’s not a viable option, your videos laid out a lot of good information and it made me realize that tuning these LT PCMs are less complicated, though more tedious as you pointed out. Thanks a lot for these videos.
@@claytoncarter absolutely, you can actually use the opti as a cam signal only, you could use a set of LS1 coils or even the coil pack set up from the Northstar engines if you wanted to bypass the opti for spark, even though, you'll still be using it for cam signal
Noe Suarez okay. I wasn’t aware of the northstar coil on plug set-up. I’ll read into that more.
This swap is just using the early LS computer, but not coil on plug. The 99-2000 Express vans with that still had the old 5.7 vortec but were managed by the LS computer(411). So he made an intake provision for a rear distributor on his LT1, swapped the PCM pins over to the newer connectors. Then he discovered it would run fine without the cam sensor portion of the rear distributor even plugged in. Here’s the video. He mad like 10 videos but this one sums it up.
ua-cam.com/video/nk3pvxJtYyU/v-deo.html
Hey man awesome video! I have a quick question, I have a 1994 z28 Camaro lt1 with a built 383 stroker in it. I have a crank no fire issue and I’ve done a new optispark and the lingenfelter LTCC coil on plug setup on the car and still a crank no start issue. I had 3 mechanics say the PCM is bad. What are my option? Do I buy a factory PCM and than take it and the car to get tuned or is there a place that can fix my PCM and save my tune possibly? I bought the car like this so I have no idea on anything engine spec wise other than it’s a 383 stroker and I was told I can get the PCM fixed and the tune is saved in the chip in the PCM and everything could be salvaged?
Good stuff had to sub to ur channel
Thank you I appreciate it!
Hey Noe, thanks a million for the walkthrough. So for tuning I just advance timing until spark knock then retard a degree or two until no more knock. As far as fueling, when you are dividing your AFR by your target AFR that gives you the percentage change. I understand that, but, my question is: when you add the percentage change and it raises the MAP value does that mean KPH of the MAP raises as fuel does? And can you also subtract fuel instead of adding it if needed? Thanks man!
Sorry for the late response, I leave the target values the same, and I add or subtract fuel from the ve table and MAF only
@@Noeysuarez hey Noe I appreciate your response. I understand the fuel side of things, however I am still confused on the timing. Do I only need to advance and retard the 95 and 100 KPA columns or how do i know which ones to advance? I understand once the engine knocks to retard it by a degree or two. Thank you Noe!
You available to help me when I start tuning g in a few weeks. 1995 corvette
Thanks for this video brother! I have a quick question. For 95s do you prefer using cats tuner instead of tuner pro? It’ll be my first time tuning just wondering which would work best. Thank you 🙏
I like using cats over tuner pro, but there's really hardly any difference in the both, if you don't get the correct xdf for with the ads file in tuner pro, it'll have corrupt data in it
@@Noeysuarez cats does not need any xdf or ads? Thank you for the response, hopefully you’ll upload a part 2 to this video. In the mean time I appreciate it brother 💪🏻
@@albertosoto7634 Nope it's all ready for you to just upload the bin file and you're ready to start tuning, I really do need to make some new videos!
@@Noeysuarez awesome thanks and Yes sir! We your fans will be patiently waiting👌🏻
We need more!!!!!!!!
I guess I could make another video, I'll try and make a video on the next car that comes into the shop that needs to be tuned
Thanks I've been reading up on this stuff for year's and it's just now starting to make sense thank you so much
@@dagridiron94 reasons like these are what motivate me to continue! Thank you!
hey man really appreciate the video! do you think the software would work on mac? also can you give some information on ehack?
I've tried it on Mac a while back and had lots of issues connecting, what questions do you have about eehack?
Hey man, I just bought a "LT1 Pro-Tune-1" off of Tunercat's website for my 94' Camaro Z28. I am wanting to install Kook's Longtube Headers with EGR/Emissions fittings and high flow catted Y-pipes but was told the car wouldn't run too well without a tune and was wanting to get your opinion on it and help.
I understand the "disabling codes" part but everything else is pretty confusing. Do you have an email or instagram I can contact you from?
Yes you can email me here noeysuarez21@gmail.com
excellent video! thank you
hey bud ive watched your video and subscribed to ur channel the 2 videos of the 94/95 and 93/ f bodys tuni g videos ive learned alot but have a few questions ....do u do custom tuning for ppl ?? and can i use these vids to do the same with eehack flachhack and tunerpro rt or do i need tunercats? thx soooooo much b 4 hand
Yes i do, sorry for the late response, my account got hacked and I just finally got it back
Out of a stock 94 LT1, what’s the average gain in power and/or mileage could you get from just tuning?
Usually I get anywhere from 35 to 40 HP gain every time I put them on the dyno
@@Noeysuarez That cannot be possible...really???
do you tune the cars? i paid a guy to tune my car for a supercharger and 60lb injectors and hes playing games
Yes i do, I'm located in Conroe TX
Awesome tips i just installed a cc503 in my 95 lt1 and im playing with the tune. i have a question. whenever i put the car in reverse/ Drive (a4) the rpms drop to 400-500 rpm. i have my idle set to 800 rpms and my iac counts are in the 30-40 range. any idea why its bogging down? thanks
It sounds like you might have not put a stall converter, with that size camshaft, you'll need a stall torque converter
@@Noeysuarez thanks for the quick reply. Yea i still have the stock converter. I couldn't find any solutions online and searched all the forums. That makes sense with the stall converter. I was playing with the closed tps table thinking that it could be a fueling issue. Cause it drops down to that rpms only for a few seconds then goes back to normal. Thanks!
@@ns5337 yes sir no problem! I get a lot of cars like that at the shop, and it's due to no stall
@@Noeysuarez one more question lol. i have my car idling and have eehack open and on the VE tab of the analyze section. its showing me -7% in red at 55kpa at 800 rpm and 100 rpm and -5% in red at 60kpa at 800 and 1000 rpm.. do i just go into my ve tables on tunercats and subtract the 7% and 5% from that section? Thanks!
@@ns5337 %7 percent on the narrow bands isn't very much, I usually only tune with a wideband because it tells you exactly where you're at on AFR
Hey dude I just subscribed to your channel. I'm building my 94 Pontiac Trans am LT1. The bottom end I'm keeping stock for now. Till my other 383 stroke is complete. So for this year in 2021 I'll be sending my stock LT1 heads and my stock LT1 intake out to Loyd Elliott for machine work and porting and complete 5angle valve job. I'll be running a comp cam 503 extreme energy Hydraulic roller cam. So I'll be looking into this tuner cat software. My question does it work with my windows 7 laptop?
Yes it does
@@Noeysuarez ok how much is this tuner cat for my 94 trans am with the LT1? Do I need a wiband?
@@keilylmm6377 you can buy the cable and it comes with the CD, $219 plus shipping I believe? I don't remember exactly if the shipping is included or not, make sure you tell them in the email that you have Windows 7
@@Noeysuarez ok thank you for the input my friend 👍...
@@keilylmm6377 no problem! Anytime!
Tanks for the video man, which wideband sensor would you recommend for my 95 z28? And should I hook up a guage or will eehack tell me the afr?
I like AEM wideband, you can make it where EEhack will read the AFR or have a gauge, I would do the gauge and just leave it, it tells you a lot about your engine
Ok thanks I’m gonna look into it I was able to use tuner cat to get my 383 lt1 to stop cutting off when putting in gear and got it idling ALOT better this video taught me a lot looking forward to the next video!!!
@@tylerbyrum1921 I'm so glad to hear that! I'm actually gathering content to make another video, as well as learning how to edit videos and such, hopefully soon I'll be posting more videos
Awesome man can’t wait!
Hey I just purchased the cable to tune my 95 pcm, At the moment my car is hitting redline once then shifting from 1st to second. Any ideas on how to solve this? Changing shift command to a lower rpm / different speed? Thank you
Yes change your shift points so it doesn't rev that high, that seems to be a common issue
@@Noeysuarez will do, I appreciate the response. Seems like you know your stuff
@@austinbost4653 Thank you, I really enjoy helping out! If that doesn't fix the issue, let me know and I'll help you increase the pressure
@@Noeysuarez hey I got the cable and I'm very lost.. tunercats winflash will not download and I cannot get the computer to even register that the cable is plugged in to the obd port. Getting irritated with it
@@austinbost4653 email me at noeysuarez21@gmail.com so I can help you out
Awesome advice, would you be able to give me some insight on tuning my stock 96 transam using jet dst? Is it similar to this? I know tuner cats was sold to jet so I wasn’t sure, thanks man
Absolutely, yes it's very similar, but you do have to watch it with JET, if the computer you're using is too new, sometimes when you're flashing, the program will exit and it will brick your PCM, also if your battery is below 11.9 volts while flashing, it will as well force the program to close and it'll brick your PCM, so be sure to have a battery charger or trickle charger hooked up when doing so!
Noeysuarez21@gmail.com this is my email so you can tell me exactly what's going on and I'll do what I can to help you out.
You mentioned you're in Texas, as am I. Will you tune a car for a fee? I have the 1994 25th anniversary edition TA.
Oh that's cool!! Where in Texas are you? Yes I have a shop and tune all old-school fuel injection
G.page/Noesshop
Noe, I live in Katy tx, where is your shop located?
Located in Conroe
where are you at in Texas? I have a 94 vette i need help tuning
Located in Conroe Texas
just ordered a cable for my 94 camaro and going through this process know can you make a more stream line video
What do you mean by that?
@@Noeysuarez I just ordered the Moates cable so I am a dummy when it comes to this I can build engines and put shit together but, this stuff gives me a headache lol That said i am trying to learn this old tech.... so what i was trying to say if you are able to edit the video down to segments for dummies like me because having a hard time understanding whats going on for example why you need to different programs to upload files to the tuner cat) had to fast forward and back up many times because there was no edit between uploading different parts of the program also.. if you dont know how to edit maybe make a few smaller videos breaking the process down... are you on Instagram? if so hit me up have a bunch of questions .. instagram: maldo72youtube
@@maldo72 check out fbody tech website. you can get a starting base tune downloaded with your current setup.
@@ns5337 thank you for the reply yes I downloaded the software and playing with it know but, my skill level is like a 5 year old for tuning lol looking to get in touch with someone that can walk me through the steps .. so I can learn ... to easy to send it out to be tuned lol lol lol
Do you have a video to show what you would do on a booster set up?
I guess I could make one here soon
i am a beginner and looking for a tunner tuner for my 1994 lt1 can you help me with it?
Yes I can
where do you buy Eehack ?
ecmhack.com/eehack-2/
It's free
What computer did you use?
1995 Out of a z28 A4
Car need to be in on position to use this program?
Yes sir that is correct
my head hurts
lol
Can you put a 94 9c1 computer to a 5.7 caprice
I'm sorry I'm confused by your question, do you mean can you put a 94 computer into a 91 caprice?
Hay
so where you get a free download of tuner cat ? askign for a friend lmfao
www.tunercat.com/
lol it's on their page
@@Noeysuarez you pay the money and let me get a copy of the software