Iam Broke

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Do you know if HP Tuners can be used over a Trifecta tune or is the tune locked somehow?

I'm thinking about learning a thing or 3 about tuning, but want to keep my stock ECM stock.

I'm running Trifecta in a second ECM.

Any insight is appreciated.

peachpuff

Ask Trifecta if they locked the ecm.

Iam Broke

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Yes, I'll do that next week if I don't get an answer here. Thanks.

peachpuff

If its not locked then you can easily edit it with hptuners, but why mess with a good thing.

steddy2112

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To make a good thing better.

Iam Broke

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To be able to tweak it myself for my ongoing mods.

Gimpster

On Trifectas website it used to specifically say he didn't lock the ECM.

Edit: Here it is: http://www.trifectaperformance.com/faq.aspx#Q9

BartSS

Hp tuners ftw

Iam Broke

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I sent Vince an email, I'll prob order HP Tuners Monday once I know for sure.

Thanks!

peachpuff

Then why do you need the trifecta tune? Tuning the lnf ecm is a piece of cake, there's only a couple of tables you need to understand and that's it. You can find help on the hptuners forum if needed.

WickedSS2005

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But understanding all the tables and how all the tables interact is far superior to just knowing spark and boost

Edit: And I've fixed up a few Trifecta tunes myself, so there is room to gain

Iam Broke

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When I went with Trifecta last fall I didn't know I was going to get into modding the intake, exhaust, CP, ect. I thought it was a good basic tune for my DD. Now that I have learned the potential of the LNF, I want to explore the possibilities myself. Looks like I'll order up HPT and see what's what.

As I add mods, I don't want to have to pay for each retune, datalog, ect. Cars are my hobby, so I decided to go the HPT route. That's what I should have done in the first place.

Thanks.

CudaJoe

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yea, I dont know anything about tuning a car but I think I want to learn and if the LNF is easy. then maybe i'll fork out the cash and wing it" By the way whats the difference between the two different HPtuner packages? and which one is more recommended, and for what reason?

1badBlueberrySC

Trifecta's are good but safe but conservative. There is lots of room for improvement with them

Terminator2

Way too rich of a tune for this car IMHO. 11.6-11.8 A/F belongs on on a port injected turbo car not a DI one.

Iam Broke

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HP Tuners is ordered, should have it in 2-3 days.

I got an email from Trifecta saying their tune isn't locked but they cannot say if there will be any compatibility issues with his tune & other tuning software.

Time will tell.

Lots for the geek in me to learn now.

Iam Broke

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I was able to read the trifecta tune and save the file but HPT will not open it. Bill says it's an OS compatability issue and they don't support that tune. If someone can open it or know how, please PM me. Thanks.