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More power and 27MPG for my LS8

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Posted by: scjmc

Over the past month or so I have been working with Torrie to tune my car. What started out making my engine ping and my exhaust smell bad (first tune) ended up being a great upgrade. It took 7 or 8 tunes in all to get the car just the way I wanted it. It has more power (little more), superb trans tuning including removal of 1st gear lockout in SST, and a happy side effect my hand calculated gas mileage went from 24-27MPG. This is my daily commute tnat includes about 55 miles highway driving and 15 miles city. The only other modification I have is a KKM filter and adaptor. I do have ideal conditions for good fuel mileage though-I live in the Florida keys (flat roads, sea level, 55MPH hwy, etc). I would recommend a tune from torrie to anyone. I run 470 miles between fillups now--with the V8. Bitchen.

Posted by: gcwimmer

Are you using SCT Livewire flash tuner?

Posted by: scjmc

XCAL 2 with custom tunes. SCT Live Load.

Posted by: Quik LS

Torrie = good.

LiveWire = waiting on new LiveLink software and new LiveWire Rom upgrade....

Posted by: Kelleyo

Hi jack warning

Anyone want to buy my XCAL II SCT ?

Posted by: JattGary

I'm looking for XCAL II
How much u want?

Posted by: scjmc

You still need to get it tuned by someone who knows what they are doing.

Posted by: DeviLSh

damn thats awesome, my record for a tnak is 370. That was a trip to IU and back. your over 400!!! bitchen is right

Posted by: 02LSE96LSC91SE84TC

Im getting the same 27mpg on the highway and agree it was near a 3mpg gain. I'm also averaging 21-22 vs. 18-19 before. The SST fix, trans firmness, power and gas mileage...very happy with my Xcal2.

Posted by: pwr2killayak

i have an 00' ls v8. 20in rims/tires. im getting somewhere between 14-18mpg. what can i do to help this? its killing me, im getting like 250-280 miles per tank. premium only.

will xcal 2 help this? im in houston, tx. any suggestions???

Posted by: tagliato22

now im not a total stranger to working on cars, but what exactly are these tuners you guys are talking about? they change the air/gas ratio? what do they go for?

thanks.

Posted by: scjmc

The tuner/flash module is an XCAL II the tuner is Torrie McPhail http://www.fastpartsnetwork.com/. pwr2killayak, have you adjusted your speedometer for bigger wheels? If not the car will not show the true distance you have traveled, or the correct speed.

Posted by: Quik LS

Quote:

Originally Posted by tagliato22

now im not a total stranger to working on cars, but what exactly are these tuners you guys are talking about? they change the air/gas ratio? what do they go for?

thanks.

do a search on 'sct flasher' - there is many threads on this that will bring you up to speed on it.

Posted by: Kelleyo

Quote:

Originally Posted by scjmc

You still need to get it tuned by someone who knows what they are doing.

Yep. A new one with Torries tune will go for $399.

If you buy a used one Torrie will cut you a 3 tunes (Mild to Wild) for $100.

The XCAL II has a USB port so he can send you tunes across the net and you can put on the tuner yourself.

Posted by: gcwimmer

With the cost difference ($170) is the newer Livewire better investment than Xcal2?

Torrie carries both; the Livewire comes with 3 custom tunes + factory + you can add 3 more tunes.

Posted by: Quik LS

the LiveWire delievers the same tunes, reads/clears dtc and does the pass-through datalogging - exactly the same as the XCal2.

The LiveWire brings the realtime display on the device, can estimate HP/Torque, 0-60 times, ...etc - not a good as a G-Tech but close.

So only purchase the LiveWire if you intend to mount it up in the car and use it interactively - if you are only going to load tunes and read DTCs - save the money and use the XCal

Posted by: gcwimmer

Thanks Quik LS for boiling it down. With the search here and other forms it is good for this accountant to get to the bottom line and use the $170 elsewhere on the LS.

Posted by: AnderbrA

I managed to get 410 mi off my tank over the weekend. Cruise set at 90 with a slight tailwind. 1st half was a little hilly, but then flattened out. I was pretty excited. Especially since it cost me $120 for 2 tanks of gas. lol

02 V8. Just have K&N Cone.

Posted by: pwr2killayak

Quote:

pwr2killayak, have you adjusted your speedometer for bigger wheels? If not the car will not show the true distance you have traveled, or the correct speed.

no i have not done this, how do i go about doing this??? i need to know asap please...

i'm not technically savvy, but no idiot...

Posted by: scjmc

A testiment to how good I have it here for fuel economy I normally got 400mi per tank with my normal commute. KKM increased this slightly...slightly.

Posted by: Quik LS

Quote:

Originally Posted by pwr2killayak

no i have not done this, how do i go about doing this??? i need to know asap please...

i'm not technically savvy, but no idiot...

the tunes used by the SCT can correct your speedo for the change in tire size - which will also then correct your mpg reading.

All you do is tell the tuner your tire size and the adjustment is included in the new PCM file.