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ok i ordered the xcal 2 and the airraid(ill be changing to af1). my question is after i install them do i have to go to a dyno. sorry to ask i searched and am now very confused about datalogging and dyno runs
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Originally Posted by poptop
ok i ordered the xcal 2 and the airraid(ill be changing to af1). my question is after i install them do i have to go to a dyno. sorry to ask i searched and am now very confused about datalogging and dyno runs
Personally I would not do that. Instead I would have the vehicle dnyoed and send the results of that dyno to Mike who I assume you purchased the parts from and let him go over them to make sure that you are getting the best results from the installation.
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Hi Poptop,
We prefer to see each vehicle datalogged, especially when making intake tract changes on the 5.4 3V trucks, and any FoMoCo ETC (electronic throttle control) vehicle, so that we can nail the A/F ratios spot-on in each vehicle - they will vary from one vehicle to the next, even with the exact same mods & even the exact same computer code!
The XCal 2 will datalog everything we need except the A/F ratios - for that you drop by a dyno, or we also carry low-cost portable wideband Air/Fuel ratio recorders and/or standalone gauges, and what some people do is to buy them outright, or go in on them with a friend or two so that they can always test their own A/F ratios, any time, anywhere - which is very cool to be able to do.
But yes, the whole idea of *custom* tuning is just that - it's *custom* for each individual vehicle, and that means doing datalogging - now this is not hard to do, as we provide complete easy to follow instructions, written for people who have never done it before, on how to do that for everyone who orders the XCal 2 or any custom tuning from us, and that is pretty easy to do.
Now, can you just drive the vehicle with out tuning on it? Sure you can - we want to know if it has an intake kit on it of course, and if it's an Airaid or an Air Force One, there are certain things we will change in the tuning automatically - actually, we make most of those changes to all the 5.4 3V's even if they don't have an intake kit, but the bottom line is, we look at the CPW's you fill out & send back to us to see just what is on the vehicle, and then tune it accordingly, so you can drive it right away - and then get your datalogging done so that we can see that data and maximize your results.
We prefer to see each vehicle datalogged, especially when making intake tract changes on the 5.4 3V trucks, and any FoMoCo ETC (electronic throttle control) vehicle, so that we can nail the A/F ratios spot-on in each vehicle - they will vary from one vehicle to the next, even with the exact same mods & even the exact same computer code!
The XCal 2 will datalog everything we need except the A/F ratios - for that you drop by a dyno, or we also carry low-cost portable wideband Air/Fuel ratio recorders and/or standalone gauges, and what some people do is to buy them outright, or go in on them with a friend or two so that they can always test their own A/F ratios, any time, anywhere - which is very cool to be able to do.
But yes, the whole idea of *custom* tuning is just that - it's *custom* for each individual vehicle, and that means doing datalogging - now this is not hard to do, as we provide complete easy to follow instructions, written for people who have never done it before, on how to do that for everyone who orders the XCal 2 or any custom tuning from us, and that is pretty easy to do.
Now, can you just drive the vehicle with out tuning on it? Sure you can - we want to know if it has an intake kit on it of course, and if it's an Airaid or an Air Force One, there are certain things we will change in the tuning automatically - actually, we make most of those changes to all the 5.4 3V's even if they don't have an intake kit, but the bottom line is, we look at the CPW's you fill out & send back to us to see just what is on the vehicle, and then tune it accordingly, so you can drive it right away - and then get your datalogging done so that we can see that data and maximize your results.