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  • LT1 Tuning software?

    What are you guys using?
    im looking for a pretty in depth program to fine tune my 97 LT1 with? Im starting to think its going to save a lot of money/ be much more convenient when i start swapping trans and making her run on corn juice
    1997 Trans Am
    T56 swap. LS1 Cosmetics

  • #2
    I used LT1edit on my first LT car and really liked it. But I recently talked to Ed Wright and he said he prefers Tunercat and recommended I get that for my 383 project. Ed knows more about this than I do so I'm going with Tunercat. Tunercat is also cheaper up front than LT1edit. Also I'm not 100% sure on this but I don't think Tunercat is VIN specific and LT1edit is.

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    • #3
      When you say nice, what exactly do you mean? i want to make sure whatever i get has the ability to datalog via laptop and tune nearly EVERY single PCM controlled file.
      1997 Trans Am
      T56 swap. LS1 Cosmetics

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      • #4
        Dave is OBDI, you are OBDII.

        You're looking at $499.99 for HPTuners or $899.99 for EFILive

        1998 Camaro Z28 - Bright Red, 6.0 TR224, 4l60e, 3.42 Eaton TrueTrac
        1989 Camaro IROC-Z Convertible - 355 big tube TPI, WC T5, 3.42 Zexel Torsen, CTS-V/C4 brakes
        1955 Bel Air 2 Door Post - 357 TPI, Muncie M20, 4 wheel disc

        2006 Saab 9-7x 5.3i Daily Driver

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        • #5
          By nice I mean it was user friendly once I got the hang of it, and it was fairly simple to understand. Having said that I will say the car I used it on was only a bolt on car, so I didn't need to get into it very far to get what I needed out of it.
          But if it is data logging you want to know about I'd go with Datamaster hands down, easy to use and records everything.

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          • #6
            Oops sorry, didn't see you were OBD II. I use HPTuners for that.

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            • #7
              i thought HP tuners were for LS1s
              1997 Trans Am
              T56 swap. LS1 Cosmetics

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              • #8
                Actually I just checked the website and LT1edit does have a version for 96/97 cars. Looks like Tunercat is just OBD I. Not sure if HPTuners works with LT cars or not.

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                • #9
                  Not sure if HPtuners will do the 96-97.

                  LT1edit has the setup for them, but last I knew it was $450 just for one PCM

                  1998 Camaro Z28 - Bright Red, 6.0 TR224, 4l60e, 3.42 Eaton TrueTrac
                  1989 Camaro IROC-Z Convertible - 355 big tube TPI, WC T5, 3.42 Zexel Torsen, CTS-V/C4 brakes
                  1955 Bel Air 2 Door Post - 357 TPI, Muncie M20, 4 wheel disc

                  2006 Saab 9-7x 5.3i Daily Driver

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                  • #10
                    Hptuners site says only 98-02
                    i was looking at tunercat before i posted this.
                    1997 Trans Am
                    T56 swap. LS1 Cosmetics

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                    • #11
                      Tunercats must have a OBDII now, I haven't look at their stuff in a long time. Jet DST will also tune, forgot about that one.

                      1998 Camaro Z28 - Bright Red, 6.0 TR224, 4l60e, 3.42 Eaton TrueTrac
                      1989 Camaro IROC-Z Convertible - 355 big tube TPI, WC T5, 3.42 Zexel Torsen, CTS-V/C4 brakes
                      1955 Bel Air 2 Door Post - 357 TPI, Muncie M20, 4 wheel disc

                      2006 Saab 9-7x 5.3i Daily Driver

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                      • #12
                        Yeah, ive looked at all of them. and they all seem to be basically the same price.
                        1997 Trans Am
                        T56 swap. LS1 Cosmetics

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                        • #13
                          Too be honest with you and to cover all your bases you may want to sign up for, look at LTX.tech website. There is a ton of knowledge over there on LT's. I'm over there under the same user name.

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                          • #14
                            Tunerpro is the latest for lt1s but not sure if it works on 97s
                            -Joel
                            1995 Z28 M6 - AI226/234 - autocross ricer
                            1984 Scottsdale K10 - 305/4bbl/4spd


                            WTB List:Midwest Chasis DS Loop

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                            • #15
                              i converted my car to OBDI... and use tuner cats. efilive and HPtuner doesnt support 96/97 lt1 cars...
                              1997 Camaro SS convertible #594-Gone but never forgotten
                              1995 Camaro Z28 hard top - 14:1 355.
                              1997 Camaro SS convertible #455 30th anv #80

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