BEST STAND ALONE TUNER

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  1. BANGERSTANGER76 Member

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    Hey guys,

    I have a 94 GT and Im looking to upgrade to a tuner this spring.
    Was looking for some ideas of which would be the best for me.
    I am a beginner and I would like a tuner that is not extra complicated/sophisticated and that can make my bolt ons/mods perform at their potential. I have heard of Tweecer, PMS, Quarterhorse. Are there others? Which one is most recommended? Thanks in advance for your help/suggestions/knowlwedge.

    Banger
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    It really depends how much knowledge you can find that will be easy for you to tune yourself. In other words for me the P.M.S was easiest because it simplified things better than the rest. However the twEECer, Quarterhorse seem to be the more popular choices due to price. Plus you can do more (sometimes that's good or bad depending if you know what you're doing) The P.M.S. can be expensive, luckily I found one for like $325 used on the Corral and snatched it up (it was local too). I'd read into those choices and decide which on you think you can handle.

    I had the old style P.M.S. controller. Pics doing 80MPH down the highway,
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    As you can see RPM at 80MPH is 2390, PR-is the Program I using, you can have up to 3 tunes, O2-Running rich (fine with that, better than lean) and total timing is 47 degrees.

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    Here is the twEECer hooked to a FOX body. The datalogging feature is fantastic. You can dial in TPS, check injectors, MAF, Fuel, O2's, etc from one screen. We had an issue with the TPS sensor while datalogging, it showed like 3.9v at idle and wouldn't move, car would barely stay running. Loosened the screws to adjust it, when I moved it the sensor didn't feel right. I took it off and both ears inside the TPS were sheared off. Bought a new TPS and adjusted it to .98v and the idle was rock solid at 750rpm. Would have chased this problem for who knows how long, 2 minutes of datalogging found it.

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  3. Rick 91GT StangNet Sponsor

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    Personally I would save your money based on the mods in your sig the gains will be minimal if any.....
  4. Bullitt347 Active Member

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    I agree, a stand alone is a modification that should only be done when the stock ECU cannot control/operate the engine within it's design parameters. The stock ECU can handle a ton of modifications before it needs to be replaced.

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