Dyno tuning yourself.

[JimX]

Some workshops let you hire their dynos for a reasonable hourly rate. I would love to be able to dyno tune my car myself, but I wouldn't know the first thing about operating one. Where would you learn how to operate one and is it worth the effort? Or should you just leave the tuning to the professionals?

[EnricoPalazzo]

Id guess the time spent workin out wat to do once on the dyno would therefore cost more money hiring a dyno the paying some tuner to do it.

[Guest RedLineGTR]

i rekon the best way to do it is to get to know one of the guys at lets say a workshop that have a dyno and discuss how to do certain things i;m sure they would more than happy to help out.

[JimX]

I was thinking, what if a few of us got together and hired a dyno for a couple of hours, and threw a few bucks at one of our fellow forum-goers who's knowledgeable in this field, and we could have ourselves a little dyno tuning class

It would depend on how long it'd take to learn anything useful though, more than a couple of hours is probably going to be unaffordable to most people.

[Gav]

The following DIY projects fall into the same catagory for the inexperienced:

* Undertaking laser eye surgery

* Performing a vasectomy

* Tuning a programmable ECU in real time

good/funny to watch someone else have a go, but I'd rather leave it to the professionals:p

[EnricoPalazzo]

Heheh very funny

[Roy]

Check the Motec site...they have training seminars on the tuning of Motec ECUs, and the associated data logging.

I wanted to go to one ealier this year but couldnt get the time off work. Which gets me thinking...im currently unemployed!

[Busky2k]

It'd be good, but I think theres a bit more to dyno tuning then just going WOT.

And can you even hire dynos for private use? I didnt think so. The closest you'd get is to book a 3 hr session with an operator and do what u want with a few cars..

[JimX]

From Unigroup's site:

Dyno Hire $88 per hour

Other tuners can purchase dyno time including the use of all diagnostic sensors for the flat rate of $88 per hour.NB: A Unigroup employee will drive the vehicle on the dyno but will not assist in the tuning of the vehicle.

I've seen others but can't remember them off the top of my head.

I guess it depends on how long it takes to do a decent tune. Unigroup themselves charge around $450, which would be around 5 hours dyno time if you did it yourself. If it took you 5 hours to do yourself, you may as well let the experts do it.

[siu_loong_bao]

A silly question...

Will a dyno tune be beneficial in a stock car? I mean, the ECU has not been modified....

[Guest INASNT]

A silly question...

Will a dyno tune be beneficial in a stock car? I mean, the ECU has not been modified....

pointless with stock ecu, only good if u want to check a/f ratios so u can check if your pump/injectors are still working well

[51jay]

Remember the dyno isn't used to actually change points of tune , you need the appropiate hard/soft ware for the ecu it's just a lot more conveniant than running wot down the main street to check your results. You will find they will only hire it out to someone qualified to use it.

[Cubes]

There's also the issue with public liability.