Lost with TunerPro RT

[Gasnmyveins]

Finally!!!!! While my daughter was organizing some things, she found my ALDL cord in the tv stand. How it made it there, I don't know. Also don"t care. Just happy to have it. I'l be in my car soon.

[steveo]

what are your goals for datalogging and tuning? is the car original or modified

[Gasnmyveins]

Steveo!!!! Just the guy I need to talk with.

I have a number of goals. First is to turn off vats. Occasionally the security light is on when I want to start the car, so I need to fix that. I also have an issue with the car suddenly shutting off. I was able to borrow an o-scope, so I can check the output of the opti after it quits. I have already used a voltmeter, and seen voltage, so I'm doubting that it's a bad opti. Just crossing the T's with the scope. I do not have spark or voltage at the fuel pump after it stops running.
The previous owner told me the engine is stock, and that seems accurate. Steady idle at 6 or 7 hundred rpm. It has long tube headers, and turn down mufflers at the IRS. It also has 60s style chambered exhaust piping between the headers and turn downs. The internal scallops cut pretty deeply into the flow space in the pipe, but it sounds so good that I can't make myself change it. It's set up as an autocross car, so 10 or 20 horsepower won't kill me yet.
It smells very rich at idle, so I'd like to fix the O2 values wherever they are off. Timing, too. I'll be bypassing the coolant around the throttle body, and maybe the air pump. At some point, I may do cam and heads and gears, but that's fairly far away right now.
I will likely change the wheels and tires in the not too distant future, so I may need to make adjustment for that.

The first thing I need to do is find out step by step how to use the tuning program. I'm totally lost. Whenever I read or watch any tutorials, they assume a basic level of knowledge that i do not have.

[steveo]

read bin
open tuner pro
load xdf
load bin
make change
save bin
write bin back to ecm

[steveo]

open eehack
press connect
drive around
go home
press analyze

[Gasnmyveins]

Good example of how little I know. How do I read the bin for my first step?

Once I learn how to use the tool, I'll be fine, I think. I just don't know how to use it yet.

[steveo]

two options
get your calibration id from eehack and then download the original calibration from my website
or open flashhack and press read bin in the ee flash tool
both should be identical if car has not been tuned before

[NomakeWan]

Read the BIN using Flashhack. Run the program, select $EE as your program, and click "Read Calibration." Then save once it's done reading.

[steveo]

http://ecmhack.com/tutorials/bin-files/

yours should be 16202061 or something

[Gasnmyveins]

Mine is 16200901. I have it in Tunerpro RT.

I'm going out to the car now to see what I can do.

If nothing else, I'll get to sit in my car and tinker with it for a while.