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using scan tool to help with tuning ?'s

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I am still pretty new to EFILive and although I have made a few tunes I am still kinda in the dark about useing scan tool to help with tuning. I know how to select what PID's I want and how to record data but I am not sure how to correlate it and tuning. How do I know where to add fuel or timing or boost? Whats the easiest way to set things up? Do you look at the gauge panel the graph or just the data page? How do you run your logs ie: just driveing around or full throttle blast from stop to wherever? I also dont understand the maps at all can someone explain them to me?
I know I am missing a big part of this and I know this will help out emensly when i tune so any help is appreciated. THANKS

Randy
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First up, the VIN warning is simply to let you know the log file is not from the truck/car the tun file is from. So, lets say you for some reason had a log file from an LS1 in the scantool and you were looking at a map of an LLY and wondering why it's traced into a 5500 RPM cell, that would be the reason.

To ensure the scan/map highlighting works, all you need to have selected is the correct PID's. The default PID list the scantool is configured with should allow most maps to be traced.
Also check the option is not actually turned off in the Tuning program.
Go to Edit > Properties | Scanner. The look for the option box "Highlight scantool selection".

Also, looking at the picture below, you can see each map has a PID name next to the units of the axis. So, to have the fuel pressure values traced from the scantool, you need to log the PID - GM.FRPDES , anytime you see {link:xx.xxxxxxx} on a table that is the PID that is needed in the scantool to get the data trace into the tuning tool.

Cheers,
Ross

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O.K, the LBZ linking file is done.
I cannot put a zip file on DP, so click on THIS LINK to download the new file (9K).
You just need to unzip the file into the directory -
\Program Files\EFILive\V7\Configuration

Then take note of the PID listed next to each table (see screen shot).
Select that PID in the scantool to get the table linked to the logged data.
As shown in that shot below, you need to be logging SAE.RPM to track the RPM axis.

Cheers,
Ross

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