Hey guys, I bought a 2001 mustang gt coupe (auto) a few days ago slightly modded (flowmaster, cold air intake, possibly 4.10 ratio? Not sure about the ratio even, how do I tell?) I bought it from the second owner, he bought it from a dealership and said the first owner made the modifications, so I can't contact him to find out exactly what it does have. But on to the question about the livewire, I go to change the tuning options, and there's a long list, most of which I have no idea of their meaning. I can't find a manual online or information online about how to tune using it, so I figured I'd ask here and see if anyone knows. Thanks a lot.
SCT LiveWire... No idea how to tune my car?
- Thread starter bwallop
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Have someone write a tune for you. If you don't know what you're doing in the way of settings, don't even try to mess with them (you'll just screw up your car).
Gears:
1. jack of the rear of the car
2. put car in neutral
3. manually rotate rear wheel and count the number of times the driveshaft turns.
4.10 = driveshaft rotates roughly 4 times for every 1 complete revolution of the rear wheels.
Gears:
1. jack of the rear of the car
2. put car in neutral
3. manually rotate rear wheel and count the number of times the driveshaft turns.
4.10 = driveshaft rotates roughly 4 times for every 1 complete revolution of the rear wheels.
If you don't know what you are doing I would highly suggest you take your car to a professional to tune it. If the tune is wrong in the slightest way you could do serious harm to your motor. You will have to pay for it but it will be better than learning the hard way in having to pay for a new motor.
trinity_gt
10 Year Member
Before doing anything, read this:
http://www.sctflash.com/PDF/LWFManual113.pdf
about using the LiveWire. As for actually making changes to tunes, I agree with txredgt: You need to learn before plugging anything in and changing things. If the car is running okay right now just leave it alone and spend the next few weeks or months learning.
You don't necessarily have to take your car to a pro. Having someone dyno-tune your car will run you a couple hundred bucks at least. Another option is having someone like BAMA or Brenspeed write you a tune for $150. They email you the tune, you download onto your tuner, and you upload it onto your car. Far cheaper.
