Looking to subscribe to an online tuning course, and am hoping for some feedback from anyone who has gone this route.
I would like some Haltech specific instruction (ideally NSP), and rotary content would be a bonus.

HP Academy is looking pretty good (especially cost-wise) but Evans Performance Academy looks quite detailed as well.

Any book suggestions/other forums/videos would be appreciated too!


Thanks,
Alex

 

I bought the full HPA package a few years ago, should watch more of the modules. They are pretty good. I have done the efi101 intro and advanced at Haltech in Sydney a while back too.

Quite a lot of it is revision or alternate ways of conceptualising if you have done mechanical or engineering stuff, but much more context specific. It's hard these days as forums aren't as active so you probably are better off with these courses. A decade ago you could just about learn it all if you knew how to sift $h1t from clay in tech threads on forums and had a decent grasp of maths and control logic.

 

there is a TON of info on here, and signal to noise is relatively good too. that being said its still like 100/1

it really helps if you have a specific thing to search for, and then it also helps if there is a user that knows what they are talking about. Arghx is a good one. Slides is another actually.
so like if you go advanced search arghx and throttle body, you get a ton of info about how to setup an FD throttle body, etc

 

Bought the HPA practical standalone tuning package, plan is to run through this first. Have read mixed reviews but it seemed like a decent, friendly introduction.

I will consider buying a couple months subscription to Evans once I'm through HPA. Lots of great reviews on Jeff Evans' stuff, but my first thought is Andre seems a bit easier to listen to. Haha


Will report back with my findings once I've put in the hours.

 

It's a shame the efi101 and Adaptronic forums were dropped. There was a lot of rotary and general technical information well explained, including data direct from old mate that designed the 01A coils and some older guys that tried a heap of cool stuff like leading plug hole cut outs and labrythed side/corner seal interface, which Rice tried to copy but failed as he didn't prototype test his knife steel before selling it.

 

Well, I've gotten through a good chunk of the HPA practical tuning course already and haven't struck gold or found anything earth shattering.

Its a nice, complete intro for someone whos never done any tuning but I guess perhaps I am beyond that. I do have some experience with the PowerFC (spent lots of time in Chuck Westbrooks tuning group a decade ago), so aside from a few new concepts (mainly surrounding the VE model, which should make things a lot easier) it seems I already have a solid foundation.


One of the most helpful exercises has been just looking at maps and control strategies of similar vehicles. I've caught a few interesting tidbits here, it's fascinating how many different ways you can build a proper tune.


I suppose its time to go grenade the motor to take me down a peg. I'm on Goopy seals so I guess we'll see ya over in the banana seal thread!


Cheers,
Alex

 

Honestly I got started with tuning by reading threads on here and just using the software and data to follow the tune file update logic. Tuning is kind of like riding a bicycle...it doesn't really matter what size wheels/tires/grips/whatever is on it, once you learn the fundamentals you can ride/use any an all bikes/ECUs by applying the same logic. I'm not an Adaptronic fan by any means, but there is alot of good info in the threads below.

Adaptronic Select FD Series 6 base map

FD RX7 Adaptronic PnP ECU Tuning Progression – PT 6266 Single

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