? 4 Mike
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Hey noname (Hank, I think?)
My apologies, I really didn't mean to give you a "monkey-slap" kind of impression - sorry about that!!
50 lashes for myself, immediately!!
Seriously, in those docs we provide instructions on how you datalog - meaning record certain operational parameters of the powertrain once you install your new tuning - the XCalibrator 2 can record ALL of those parameters with ONE exception, and that is the wideband A/F ratios. SO what most guys to is to take their XCal 2 to their local dyno and record all the other parameters thru the OBD-II port, while the dyno operator records the A/F ratios, and then you enter all of that data into that spreadsheet template and email that data back to us for us to review.
SO if a vehicle is running say, a little bit richer or a little bit leaner, as you were concerned about, then we simply make the appropriate adjustments (because wee have that exact data) and then email you a new set of tunes for you to load right up into your XCalibrator, and then re-tune the vehicle and voilą~! It's tuned-spent-on.
See, for years & years we worked out a system whereby we can literally tune most vehicles spot-on without ever having to see them or have physical access to them - and that involves the customer recording certain data parameters thru the OBD-II port. Now luckily thee days, the XCalibrator 2 can record everything we need *except* the A/F ratios - and within the next month or so, if someone has one of the popular wideband A/F gauges on the market (Like the Innovate Motorsports products we carry), then they can just plug THAT data into their XCalibrator 2, and never even need to go to a dyno to get the A/F's!!!
Prior to that, (and you can still see these products on our web site in the "Accessories" section), we offer other datalogging gear that is inexpensive, so that people can use that type of inexpensive equipment to get all of that info - it doesn't cost much, and for those who are doing "significant"; mods to their vehicles (like superchargers, or nitrous, or a "built" motor, ported heads, camshaft changes, MAF meters, injectors, etc.) they can "datalog" (which simply means to record) all the parameters as we describe in those instructions we send to all our custom tuning customers, and provide us with that data in our simple-to-use spreadsheet template.
In other words, we have created a system whereby we can do spot-on custom tuning by "mail order" - or "long distance," for lack of a better term, because so many people need tuning and there just aren't that many truly world-class tuners who really know specific vehicle platforms out there - like we know the F-series platform, for example.
So it's a system we have created whereby we show you how to simply & easily get the data we need in a fun way, and a very easy way to take advantage of today's technology to make it easy for owners of even significantly modified vehicles to get spot-on tuning.
I really should have taken the time to explain all of that in my initial response, but (and I have to apologize for this) I sometimes just let it get to me that people don't take what is admittedly some time to rad carefully thru all the documentation we send, as we spend so much time working on those systems, those docs, etc., so that everyone, including the person who doesn't even know what the word "datalog" means, can easily get this done. SO sometimes I let that bother me, and I really shouldn't.
It's like years ago back when we were in the computer business (minis & micros), we used to have a saying for people that would call us with questions that immediately told us they never bothered to even open their system's manual - I won't actually spell out the phrase, I;ll just give it's initials and there will be plenty of people here who will *instantly* recognize what it means - it's called "RTFM."
When we get a chance to talk over the phone here sometime soon, I'll explain exactly what that means & we'll both get a good laugh out of it.
Anyway, I hope that explains it a bit better, and thanks for your post!
My apologies, I really didn't mean to give you a "monkey-slap" kind of impression - sorry about that!!
50 lashes for myself, immediately!!
Seriously, in those docs we provide instructions on how you datalog - meaning record certain operational parameters of the powertrain once you install your new tuning - the XCalibrator 2 can record ALL of those parameters with ONE exception, and that is the wideband A/F ratios. SO what most guys to is to take their XCal 2 to their local dyno and record all the other parameters thru the OBD-II port, while the dyno operator records the A/F ratios, and then you enter all of that data into that spreadsheet template and email that data back to us for us to review.
SO if a vehicle is running say, a little bit richer or a little bit leaner, as you were concerned about, then we simply make the appropriate adjustments (because wee have that exact data) and then email you a new set of tunes for you to load right up into your XCalibrator, and then re-tune the vehicle and voilą~! It's tuned-spent-on.
See, for years & years we worked out a system whereby we can literally tune most vehicles spot-on without ever having to see them or have physical access to them - and that involves the customer recording certain data parameters thru the OBD-II port. Now luckily thee days, the XCalibrator 2 can record everything we need *except* the A/F ratios - and within the next month or so, if someone has one of the popular wideband A/F gauges on the market (Like the Innovate Motorsports products we carry), then they can just plug THAT data into their XCalibrator 2, and never even need to go to a dyno to get the A/F's!!!
Prior to that, (and you can still see these products on our web site in the "Accessories" section), we offer other datalogging gear that is inexpensive, so that people can use that type of inexpensive equipment to get all of that info - it doesn't cost much, and for those who are doing "significant"; mods to their vehicles (like superchargers, or nitrous, or a "built" motor, ported heads, camshaft changes, MAF meters, injectors, etc.) they can "datalog" (which simply means to record) all the parameters as we describe in those instructions we send to all our custom tuning customers, and provide us with that data in our simple-to-use spreadsheet template.
In other words, we have created a system whereby we can do spot-on custom tuning by "mail order" - or "long distance," for lack of a better term, because so many people need tuning and there just aren't that many truly world-class tuners who really know specific vehicle platforms out there - like we know the F-series platform, for example.
So it's a system we have created whereby we show you how to simply & easily get the data we need in a fun way, and a very easy way to take advantage of today's technology to make it easy for owners of even significantly modified vehicles to get spot-on tuning.
I really should have taken the time to explain all of that in my initial response, but (and I have to apologize for this) I sometimes just let it get to me that people don't take what is admittedly some time to rad carefully thru all the documentation we send, as we spend so much time working on those systems, those docs, etc., so that everyone, including the person who doesn't even know what the word "datalog" means, can easily get this done. SO sometimes I let that bother me, and I really shouldn't.
It's like years ago back when we were in the computer business (minis & micros), we used to have a saying for people that would call us with questions that immediately told us they never bothered to even open their system's manual - I won't actually spell out the phrase, I;ll just give it's initials and there will be plenty of people here who will *instantly* recognize what it means - it's called "RTFM."
When we get a chance to talk over the phone here sometime soon, I'll explain exactly what that means & we'll both get a good laugh out of it.
Anyway, I hope that explains it a bit better, and thanks for your post!
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RTFM info...
http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-quer...rtfm&Find=Find
--- or a Microsoft version ---
http://www.altgeek.org/methuselah/rtfm/
--- or a Microsoft version ---
http://www.altgeek.org/methuselah/rtfm/
Last edited by MGDfan; Aug 8, 2005 at 01:30 PM.