Bersaglieri
Ron Swanson's Brother
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I ran around with flash tuners and harness boxes on my Duramax in the early 2000's when people were still debating about what 'stack' was the best. I've been in a 12 valve for the past 7 years and haven't paid much attention to electronic tuning.
Tomorrow I'm picking up a LB7 powered truck as a daily driver. I started searching around to see what has changed and everyone says "Get EFI live, it's the best". I was just going to get a cheap tuner for towing, but then I saw that PPE's allowed you to raise the RPM limit, monitor real time data, transmission control, etc. One thing led to another and now I'm looking at EFI live.
From what I understand there are two different types of EFI live. One allows you to do all your own tuning and control. The other allows you do upload someone elses tunes you buy from them. I'm certainly not ready to tune my own Duramax, but, if that's how it works, what do you need to do one or the other? I do have a tuning laptop I use to diagnose and tune fuel injected GM vehicles, if that helps. Could I start out buying someones tunes, then do my own later?
- What advantages does EFI live have over say a similarly priced PPE programmer?
- Is EFI live worth it if you only do towing/economy tunes or stay with a factory turbo/injectors? [In my mind the diagnostic side is quite valuable]
- What can I diagnose and monitor, and how do I display the data? I'd like to be able to do my own diagnostics[find and reset codes/rail pressure,etc] vs taking the truck to a dealership. I'd also like to be able to change tire sizes and things of that sort to keep the gauges correct.
Lastly, my sister has a LLY and ever since the Edge I bought her died I've been wanting to get her a replacement. What do I need to be able to flash tunes onto her truck? I had someone tell me I could do up to 3 different trucks with EFI live.
Sorry about various directions in this post, but I don't really know enough to know what questions to ask.
Tomorrow I'm picking up a LB7 powered truck as a daily driver. I started searching around to see what has changed and everyone says "Get EFI live, it's the best". I was just going to get a cheap tuner for towing, but then I saw that PPE's allowed you to raise the RPM limit, monitor real time data, transmission control, etc. One thing led to another and now I'm looking at EFI live.
From what I understand there are two different types of EFI live. One allows you to do all your own tuning and control. The other allows you do upload someone elses tunes you buy from them. I'm certainly not ready to tune my own Duramax, but, if that's how it works, what do you need to do one or the other? I do have a tuning laptop I use to diagnose and tune fuel injected GM vehicles, if that helps. Could I start out buying someones tunes, then do my own later?
- What advantages does EFI live have over say a similarly priced PPE programmer?
- Is EFI live worth it if you only do towing/economy tunes or stay with a factory turbo/injectors? [In my mind the diagnostic side is quite valuable]
- What can I diagnose and monitor, and how do I display the data? I'd like to be able to do my own diagnostics[find and reset codes/rail pressure,etc] vs taking the truck to a dealership. I'd also like to be able to change tire sizes and things of that sort to keep the gauges correct.
Lastly, my sister has a LLY and ever since the Edge I bought her died I've been wanting to get her a replacement. What do I need to be able to flash tunes onto her truck? I had someone tell me I could do up to 3 different trucks with EFI live.
Sorry about various directions in this post, but I don't really know enough to know what questions to ask.
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