turbo tweak chips?

[jdaniel1983]

if i buy a street chip from turbo tweak is plug it in all i have to do?

 

[salvageV6]

Normally yes.

The chips are adjustable and sometimes tweaking is necessary.

I haven't adjusted my alky. chip at all works great as shipped.

You should have an adjustable fuel pressure regulator on the car and an upgraded fuel pump as well.

You do need 43-45 psi. hose off pressure to start with.

Factory regulator and pump are not advised with aftermarket chips.

 

[corymc]

a scanmaster is not a bad idea with one either

 

[BlackBandit]

Yes, if everything is there (pump, regulator, ect.) then you can just run it plug and play. I've run a couple chips from Eric and they've run GREAT out of the box. The ability to tune he wraps up in the chip is fantastic if you want to take advantage of it though.

 

[jdaniel1983]

i have the better fuel pump and hot wire kit and i have an adjustable reg.(have not put on yet) but i don't have a fuel press. gauge. does the gauge attach to the fuel rail? if so how do you get a reading and what should it be? all stock except fuel pump and reg. would going up to like 42.5lbs injectors make a difference?so can you make adjustments with a scanmaster? i'm just not real sure how they work. as you can tell i'm new to the turbo buicks but i want to learn about them. thanks for your replies.

 

[BlackMetal]

Yes a fuel pressure guage would attach at the fuel rail on the driver's side where you can unscrew the cap and access the valve. You can go ahead and get a gauage to mount permanently or just go to your local parts store and get a fuel pressure gauage like a mechanic would have, where you just hook it to the car, set your pressure, and take it back off. That's what I have. To get a reading just screw it onto the fuel rail and start the car and the gauge will shoot up and read a pressure. Pull the vacuum line off of the regulator and then use the adjuster to set fuel pressure to 42-43. Then slip the vacuum hose back on.

No you can't make adjustments through the ScanMaster itself but you can make adjustments with the TurboTweak chip and the ScanMaster will let you see the results (02 sensor reading, detonation counts, etc). ScanMaster just lets you monitor data that the ECM sees.

You ask if 42lbs fuel pressure will make a difference. What kind of difference?

 

[salvageV6]

Chips are burned to the injector size.

If you get one burnt now for stock injectors, then if you go out and install 42.5 lb. injectors you will need to have the chip reburnt for the new ones.

Actron makes fuel rail gauges with pressure relief valves and a hose built in, so you can release the pressure first out the hose into a can, so when unscrewing it from the fuel rail it doesn't soak you and spray all over the car.

About $40 or so for the kit in most parts stores, comes with about 12"-18" of hose and the proper schrader release end to get a reading on GM fuel rails.

Works on other cars as well.

 

[mikestertwo]

AutoMeter makes a nice electric gage but it is a little spendy.