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The Tuning Process De-Mystified

Bass Junky

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Laurence Mentor

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What I would be interested to know is what do they teach at the seminar, how to tune, or the features of the MOTEC ecu. If it was the latter, then id assume itd be a waste of time for alot of us, but if it told us how to tune a car, that would be sweet.

The MoTeC course is pretty fundamental, they talk a lot about sensors and different ways of measuring load (TPS, MAP, AFM) and you get to tune an MX5 engine in the dyno room.

I knew basically everything i was told (from a theoretical point of view), but it did clear up a few misunderstandings. They show you how to use the MoTeC software (it was the old DOS crap when I did it). For all you nerds trying to think of the difference between being able to "use" Photoshop and to be able to put Carmen Electra's body on your girlfriend's head) But lunch was great and they give you a hat and stickers!

I did the ADL course as well which was good.

Like all training courses it can get bogged down by morons who are wasting their money or know-it-all teachers pets who want to crap on about whichever V8 Supercar they clean the floors for...

It was worth doing, unfortunately for MoTeC it was what convinced me that the PowerFC was a better option :rofl: :headspin:

p.s. I am not sure who built the dyno room, but it is noisier upstairs than outside the cell... I think they forgot to insulate the roof :(

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