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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 08:56 AM
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Default Recommendations on books for tuning Motronic ECUs?

I have some free time over summer, figured I'd make use of it...

My ultimate goal is to eventually be able to create my own custom fuel/timing/boost maps for our cars.

What do you guys think of the following books?:
Gonna get both of these:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0837603005/ref=ase_wwwsaab900cwcn02/103-2548277-5175002?s=books&v=glance&n=283155&tagActionCode=ww wsaab900cwcn02">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0837603005/ref=ase_wwwsaab900cwcn02/103-2548277-5175002?s=books&amp;v=glance&amp;n=283155&amp;tagA ctionCode=wwwsaab900cwcn02</a>

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0837611008/sr=1-1/qid=1150562654/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-2548277-5175002?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=books">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0837611008/sr=1-1/qid=1150562654/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-2548277-5175002?%5Fencoding=UTF8&amp;s=books</a>

And, one of these 2, can't decide which:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0854299785/ref=ase_wwwsaab900cwcn02/103-2548277-5175002?s=books&v=glance&n=283155&tagActionCode=ww wsaab900cwcn02">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0854299785/ref=ase_wwwsaab900cwcn02/103-2548277-5175002?s=books&amp;v=glance&amp;n=283155&amp;tagA ctionCode=wwwsaab900cwcn02</a>

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1859608353/ref=pd_cp_b_title/103-2548277-5175002?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1859608353/ref=pd_cp_b_title/103-2548277-5175002?%5Fencoding=UTF8&amp;v=glance&amp;n=283155 </a>

would love some opinions. TIA
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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 09:20 AM
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Default I don't know anything about this stuff, but this was recommended recently

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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 10:55 AM
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ah k. ill post there too.
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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 02:39 PM
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Default Funny i JUST got back from barnes and noble and got this...

<center><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0760315825.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></center><p>Ill report how it is after i read it, flipping through it has a buncha info.<ul><li><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.barnesandnoble.com.edgesuite.net/images/9520000/9527044.gif&amp;imgrefurl=http://www.campusi.com/author_Jeff_Hartman.htm&amp;h=90&amp;w=70&amp;sz=3 &amp;hl=en&amp;start=31&amp;tbnid
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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 02:40 PM
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hahahhaaa... I didnt realize that this is the same as the one below.
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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 03:42 PM
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I'm on pqge 70. It has been good so far, but it makes you want to do things...
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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 03:45 PM
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Default I am going to add some of those to my book list. This class looks cool too

<a href="http://www.efi101.com">EFI University</a>
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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 04:21 PM
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Default yeah, I dont trust myself with the audi though... too expensive... my buddy and I...

are probablu going to buy a CRX or a civic and gut it, put in a B18, a turbo, FMIC, forged internals, all the goodies, cage etc.
and go drag racing
i want stand alone, but cant on the audi becaus eof emissions, plus honda shiz is cheap as all hell, wich is good because i may blow somthing up.
so yeah... its daff mamkimhg me do things.
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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 06:09 PM
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That was me, but the book doesn't tell you how to tune it.
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