If your running that kinda power
then the kits are pretty much the same as the particular "tuning/testing" done by the manufacturer on a "generalized" model (ie a t6p, wrx, rx, etc..) pretty much goes out the window - we try to do testing on all kinds of cars and setups and each one is different. We cant give you an exact tuning procedure for an RX7 and have you apply it to your Buick. The main thing to look for is reliability and precision (repeatability) of the units. When it needs to come on, it better...and at the right level; if not, your screwed royally if you dont let out first.
Another result with the "manual tuning" with most alky kits is that there is no feedback for engine monitoring... it is assumed however, that alky is the "crude" addition and that the engine's ECU does the neccessary "fine" fuel table adjustments since it has the expensive feedback already built in in the form of O2's KR, etc... This is why we dont have auto-setting alky systems out there that are somewhat reasonable in price... you will have to set them according to your system and requirements. Getting sw/hardware to do this (properly! and across a wide range of applications) is pricey and not many ppl will buy the kits. Also, what happens when you have a creation that is "outside the box" and the auto-tuner controller cannot deal with it... then you have a problem and guess what? you gotta adjust it yourself. It is difficult to have software code (less neural network implementations) that accomodates many different engines... Eg: Accel DFI is not initially "auto tuning." If it were, tuning race engines would need no knowledgeable tuners... our guy will spend quite some time tweaking the tables to get the right combo based on his "human" feedback. Last I checked humans were still a bit smarter than the world's most powerful computers :smile:
The custom and weird creations that many have require very particular tuning measures in engine management making alky tuning seem like childs-play if you know what your doing... If you can tune a 1000HP engine successfully, then adding alky should be no problem for you.
Get a controller you can trust, has good support (eg Julio
), and that suites what you "like"
The End, a Novel by Phil Mease
