How to Tune a 3800 Engine in HPTuners | Beginners Guide Fiero Edition

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  • Опубліковано 20 січ 2025

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  • @FieroAustin
    @FieroAustin  9 місяців тому +1

    CHAPTERS:
    Buy/Install/Register HPTuners - 0:40
    Read Tune/Register car - 4:10
    HPTuners Interface Intro - 6:01
    Basic Tune Settings - 7:47
    Disabling Engine Light Codes - 10:59
    Advanced Tune Settings - 13:00
    Writing tune to ECM - 14:53
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    HPTuners Products www.hptuners.com/products/
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    HPTuners Help Guide www.hptuners.com/help/VCM-Suite/Content/getting_started/getting_started.htm
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  • @bwiren13
    @bwiren13 9 місяців тому +1

    DUDE. PERFECT timing. Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together..our 3800SC ‘87 GT build is coming together and I am just now looking into tuning it, but it’s been daunting as I don’t have a ton of free time these days. Definitely gonna pull out a notepad and some coffee and watch the crap out of this.

    • @FieroAustin
      @FieroAustin  9 місяців тому +2

      nice!! one more video coming on tuning, so stay tuned... lol.

  • @jplperformance9073
    @jplperformance9073 9 місяців тому +3

    Dam good video... cant wait for the next video

  • @Nerdthe5th
    @Nerdthe5th 9 місяців тому +2

    Always a great video to watch. As an HPTuners beginner I'm sure these videos will be very helpful to me. I have a stock 3800 in my Fiero currently, can the base tune be optimized to have any benefit? I plan to upgrade in the future though, so first learning how to tune and adjust values just to optimize the base tune would be very helpful to me. I could also appreciate seeing how to set up useful tables in VCM Scanner and the proper values I should be seeing in sensor fields. Thanks for all your videos, they're always helpful.

    • @FieroAustin
      @FieroAustin  9 місяців тому +2

      Without mods I'd leave the base tune as-is other than deleting the things out that don't apply to your Fiero. You could do a timing tune but that's probably only going to increase risk of blowing up your motor. Next video should cover just that!

  • @108godfather
    @108godfather Місяць тому +1

    What a damn legend 💯🎉 your life must be full of good luck 🍀👍🏾. A true life saver, ima tag you one day when my build finished

    • @FieroAustin
      @FieroAustin  Місяць тому +1

      HMU brother!!

    • @GiveMeLiberty8
      @GiveMeLiberty8 Місяць тому +1

      Ha! I just pushed my motor in the car and I’m hooking up all the hoses. These videos are life savers. I’m hoping to get all the hp tuners gear soon. Hope to see you all at a fiero event some day.

    • @FieroAustin
      @FieroAustin  Місяць тому +1

      @@GiveMeLiberty8 I'll be around. Good luck!!

  • @Fayis1341
    @Fayis1341 8 місяців тому +1

    Need more hp tuners videos

    • @FieroAustin
      @FieroAustin  8 місяців тому +1

      Probably not for a long time but I will keep it in mind

  • @dlagrua
    @dlagrua 24 дні тому +1

    Have had HP Tuners for a while and the program will not load and the MPVI 1 device will not connect to a windows 11 home edition. Tried reinstalling drivers and just about all else and nothing. You need Windows 10 to make HP Tuners functional.

    • @FieroAustin
      @FieroAustin  24 дні тому +1

      did not know that. Dang! Thanks. I bet they will update it eventually to work.

  • @obetztyranthunter
    @obetztyranthunter 9 місяців тому +1

    Hey what happened to the tuning video your going to release?

    • @FieroAustin
      @FieroAustin  9 місяців тому +2

      Still editing, next weekend expect an upload!

  • @obetztyranthunter
    @obetztyranthunter 9 місяців тому +1

    When are you going to upload the video on how to tune for advance users? I have had extreme issues with Bo at zzperformance having some issues tuning my 98 SLP GTX coupe.

    • @FieroAustin
      @FieroAustin  9 місяців тому +2

      dang sorry to hear. Editing now!!!

    • @obetztyranthunter
      @obetztyranthunter 9 місяців тому +1

      @@FieroAustin thank you sir. I admire your knowledge on this platform of cars/engines. I also have several built W-bodies myself.
      I look forward to more vids on your channel. Thanks again 👍🏻

    • @FieroAustin
      @FieroAustin  9 місяців тому

      ​@@obetztyranthunter Thanks for the feedback! I'm just learning as I go haha. Documenting it helps me sound smarter than I am for sure lol. Helps me remember it at least!!! I did find it's pretty dang tough to find 3800 tuning guides out there, seems people were into that before UA-cam existed. Hopefully I can help fill that gap.
      P.S. I could probably do at least 3 levels of tuning (basic, intermediate, advanced), but I have yet to even learn some of the real advanced stuff myself. Not sure I would be comfortable showing people how to blow up their cars faster lol!

  • @derekpeters214
    @derekpeters214 21 день тому +1

    Have you ever had any trouble with the vats systom iv reading forms but cant seem to get it to work

    • @FieroAustin
      @FieroAustin  20 днів тому

      Afraid not. VATS seems not very predictable sometimes. I never had an issue.

    • @derekpeters214
      @derekpeters214 20 днів тому +1

      @FieroAustin I've changed the security to pwm amd the dtc theft to no error reported i guess i try a nother pcm

    • @FieroAustin
      @FieroAustin  20 днів тому +1

      @@derekpeters214 good idea. 98-02 seems to work best. Keep in mind other PCMs might have different pin wiring.

    • @derekpeters214
      @derekpeters214 20 днів тому +1

      @@FieroAustin yeah I'll probably start over with the harness off the donor ECU right now I have a 1999 Buick Park avenue ultra I read the gtp's are the easiest or maybe just repin the one that I've been working on

  • @veronicazepeda-j4d
    @veronicazepeda-j4d 6 місяців тому +1

    Can u do this on a na

    • @FieroAustin
      @FieroAustin  6 місяців тому +1

      yeah. Tuning is going to be pretty similar.

  • @ericknight3596
    @ericknight3596 9 місяців тому +1

    Thanks dude!

  • @richardfix3937
    @richardfix3937 9 місяців тому +1

    Do you have a pdf file if the wire diagram from page 52?

    • @FieroAustin
      @FieroAustin  9 місяців тому +1

      Page 52 of the mobile swap instructions? I think this is what you are after. images.fiero.nl/2017/hGoxxo9.jpg

    • @FieroAustin
      @FieroAustin  9 місяців тому +1

      Also Connect C1 (Blue) connector pin 59 to pin 2 on the OBDII connector (diagram below) if you need to tune/scan your computer.

    • @richardfix3937
      @richardfix3937 9 місяців тому +1

      YES, thanks, looking forward to tuning if I ever receive my flywheel from WCF

    • @FieroAustin
      @FieroAustin  9 місяців тому +1

      @@richardfix3937 no problem. If they give you trouble, contact FieroRog, he makes them. fierorog@gmail.com or www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum4/HTML/068855.html#p0

    • @FieroAustin
      @FieroAustin  9 місяців тому +1

      oh, also, that diagram only really applies to a 98 GTP. Here are other pin diagrams for other vehicles. www.gmtuners.com/files/index.htm

  • @jakobwatts581
    @jakobwatts581 8 місяців тому +1

    Nice 👍🏾

  • @karstenpagel8611
    @karstenpagel8611 9 місяців тому +1

    Great video! What can I do against high KR? About 6-8..........
    Thanks for your answer!

    • @FieroAustin
      @FieroAustin  9 місяців тому +1

      Hey thank you! If you are experiencing "fake knock" there is not much you can do about it besides disabling or unplugging your knock sensors completely. If you are talking about actual knock then you need to back your timing off in that range by about 2 degrees at a time until it stops.

    • @jplperformance9073
      @jplperformance9073 9 місяців тому +1

      What mods??

    • @AwesomeBuford
      @AwesomeBuford 9 місяців тому +1

      What mods have you done? Have you performed any tuning? Did you buy a canned tune?

    • @karstenpagel8611
      @karstenpagel8611 9 місяців тому +1

      @@FieroAustin Its not false knock I tested it. Its real knock

    • @karstenpagel8611
      @karstenpagel8611 9 місяців тому

      @@jplperformance9073 The mods are: Front and back power log, colder thermostat 180, colder plugs, GTX Ram Air intake, 2.5" exhaust, 3" downpipe, Intense PCM

  • @Joshua-fv9ug
    @Joshua-fv9ug 9 місяців тому +1

    All hail the God of 3800 dreams

  • @Friedbrain11
    @Friedbrain11 9 місяців тому +1

    looks and sounds like a pain in the rearend and not worth the trouble this requires and their ripoff "2credits" crap. I will go an easier way.

    • @FieroAustin
      @FieroAustin  9 місяців тому +1

      lol well at least now you know. I don't think it's bad but it is pricey. Buy used! Used MPVI cables can keep credits with them.

    • @AwesomeBuford
      @AwesomeBuford 9 місяців тому +2

      If you have swapped or modded your 3800 car in any way, it is not a waste at all. Yes, there is a learning curve, but it is well worth the effort.