How-to Tuning Collaboration

[TheKodiak]

Today I acquired Jet file that matches my car, so I got this froggy idea to just try to upload the stock parameters right off the bat. I figured; It's locked, might as well give it a try. Well, the sob uploaded flawlessly. I thought, that's great!. I took out the keys and waited a minute and a half extra to do anything else. So I plugged the programmer back in, and tried to get a reading. It finally worked, then towards the end of the scan, it bombed. Long story short, I bricked my pcm lol. I used my windows 10 dedicated laptop. But with the swap in the near future. I'm not worried about it. I'm actually having a good chuckle about it

There's a spreadsheet running around that should be able to help you with LT1 speedo correction.

So far as I know, TunerPro RT works with Windows XP or newer, TunerCAT works with XP or newer.
(JET DST is rumored to work better with XP than with newer Windows OS, but please don't quote me on that.)
Been using both TunerCAT OD1LT1, and TunerPro RT, on Windows 7 since 2009 with no issues.

[LeMarky Dissod]

Today I acquired Jet file that matches my car, so I got this froggy idea to just try to upload the stock parameters right off the bat.
I figured; It's locked, might as well give it a try. Well, the sob uploaded flawlessly. I thought, that's great!
I took out the keys and waited a minute and a half extra to do anything else.
So I plugged the programmer back in, and tried to get a reading. It finally worked, then towards the end of the scan, it bombed.
Long story short, I bricked my pcm lol. I used my windows 10 dedicated laptop.
But with the swap in the near future, I'm not worried about it. I'm actually having a good chuckle about it.

So far as I know, a pcm cannot be bricked by reading it.
If JET DST somehow bricked it, it was during a previous write.

[TheKodiak]

So far as I know, a pcm cannot be bricked by reading it.
If JET DST somehow bricked it, it was during a previous write.

I didn't want to drag the story. But after it bombed the read, I tried to reprogram again, it started then gave an error... lol. I figured it wouldn't be able to program since I could no longer read it again. Oh well, Tuner cat will be in Saturday. Can I go ahead and install the new computer an program it before the knock sensors come in, or do I have to wait? Thanks

[LeMarky Dissod]

I didn't want to drag the story. But after it bombed the read, I tried to reprogram again, it started then gave an error.
I figured it wouldn't be able to program since I could no longer read it again.
Oh well, TunerCAT will be in Saturday. Can I go ahead and install the new computer and program it before the knock sensors come in, or do I have to wait?

You would need either TunerCAT's embedded flash utility, or FlashHack, to write to (or read from) the OBD1LT1 pcm.
The OBD1LT1 pcm likely has in it a .bin file other than the one you prefer (statistically, a 2.56 LT1 4- or 5-door).
You'll need TunerCAT, the pcm, and the car to read & write.

[TheKodiak]

I have the software installed and ready. Plus I went ahead and got a used toughbook to make my dedicated PC with XP. Is there a way to print out a report of the entire calibration, using TunerRTP? I would like to compare parameters. TC will be in Sat, and I would like to program the new ECM before the knock sensors come in, and then turn the car on once installed. Or is that not advisable? Thanks

You would need either TunerCAT's embedded flash utility, or FlashHack, to write to (or read from) the OBD1LT1 pcm.
The OBD1LT1 pcm likely has in it a .bin file other than the one you prefer (statistically, a 2.56 LT1 4- or 5-door).
You'll need TunerCAT, the pcm, and the car to read & write.

[LeMarky Dissod]

I have the software installed and ready. Plus I went ahead and got a used toughbook to make my dedicated PC with XP.

TunerCAT OBD1 & TunerPro RT will both run just fine on Windows 7 or anything newer.
(JET DST runs best on Windows XP - not that that matters anymore ...)

Is there a way to print out a report of the entire calibration, using TunerPro RT? I would like to compare parameters.

Can anyone else answer that?
By the time I got any good at tuning LT1s with TunerCAT, I'd stopped looking at printed calibrations.
It was a few years after THAT that I'd just begun using TunerPro RT, so I never used TunerPro RT to print anything out.
I just look at whatever I need to look at on the laptop.
Since TunerPro RT's LT1 definition files can see parameters that TunerCAT's LT1 definition files cannot, use TunerPro RT to print out the calibration, not TunerCAT.

TC will be in Sat, and I would like to program the new ECM before the knock sensors come in, and then turn the car on once installed. Or is that not advisable?

If TunerCAT will be in Sat, then you'd like to flash the pcm with $FlashHack, yeah? You got an OBD1 cable?

[TheKodiak]

I did buy the "Y" kit. So it comes with both. I'm guessing I'm supposed to use the obd1 and not the obd2 cable? Glad i got both lol. Besides, it's better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it! An expensive frame of mind, but it works with the wife!

TunerCAT OBD1 & TunerPro RT will both run just fine on Windows 7 or anything newer.
(JET DST runs best on Windows XP - not that that matters anymore ...)Can anyone else answer that?
By the time I got any good at tuning LT1s with TunerCAT, I'd stopped looking at printed calibrations.
It was a few years after THAT that I'd just begun using TunerPro RT, so I never used TunerPro RT to print anything out.
I just look at whatever I need to look at on the laptop.
Since TunerPro RT's LT1 definition files can see parameters that TunerCAT's LT1 definition files cannot, use TunerPro RT to print out the calibration, not TunerCAT.If TunerCAT will be in Sat, then you'd like to flash the pcm with $FlashHack, yeah? You got an OBD1 cable?