HP Tuners 101 Beginners Guide - GM ECM Tuning Overview | Removing VATS, CEL

This time on SPPTV We take a closer look at HP Tuners, and what it is capable of doing for you and your hotrod. Starting off by deciding Pro or non Pro, and if you even really need it or not.
From their we cover how to operate it safely without damaging your ecm or any hardware. And talk about how engine harness ECM plugs connect to your ECM.
Then we go through all the windows of the VCM editor software, showing you all the options and parameters you can change in your vehicles ECM. Hp Tuners is powerful hardware, and its amazing how much you can do.
Hope this video is helpful to people! Thanks for watching!
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[@HPTuners]

Who's here in 2024? 😁

[@sidvicious01]

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I am!

[@ezradixon239]

Me with a 2010 cts base swapped with a 04 5.3ls😊

[@markpieczynski2130]

I am. I need to learn this stuff!

[@michaelslack6891]

Right here! 2002 Trans Am in DFW

[@dynomiteperformance]

I watched this 3 years ago and it just came back up in my feed today. This is the video that got me started with HP Tuners. Thanks guys!

[@HPTuners]

Glad to have you here

[@Slim.t07]

Just getting into it, I’ve searched and searched. This video has by far been the best yet

[@rainocongo4972]

This is a man who understands that there are people that don’t even understand the automotive language and the way he kept it basic, YES!!!!

[@d454bigb]

This guy gives me all the confidence in the world, he just has that look and tone. Great information , thanks for sharing.

[@thegrandpumbaa]

Very nice. Enjoying the daily videos. Being in the uk there are no real tuners here so learning from You and Matt is really helpful..thanks. P.

[@vincentvega6630]

Great info. I hope you make more episodes in this series. Keep the great videos coming!

[@ls4.8frank]

Thanks, by far the most explained beginner video.

[@MrMonsterMusicMedia]

still learning and had my tunner for about a year and I'm still the "newb" like this video

[@Grimnest]

Man this video was freaking awesome. Was super easy to follow and do everything I needed to do! Thanks so much!

[@wueyohorsepower8370]

Wow dude full detail now that is wat i call. "101" & for beginners i finally made a decision & moving forward on the " LS" swap & brother i subscribed i just wanted to thank u for wat ur doin to help other people tryna figure this crap out as far as understand "basics" & or more so thanks alot bro! Awsome 👌👍 LONG LIVE HORSEPOWER!

[@L1A1]

This is great. Exactly what I was looking for.

[@deankay4434]

L1A1 >Cool screen name as few would know what it means. I have two. Best of luck! Omaha.

[@TheCrewChief374]

From my perspective, you have a good source, to do videos from with this HP tuners. Since it would appear to me that there is plenty to go over. As there are more than enough sections, to do individual videos on. Even locating tuner forums, and understanding how to ask a question, in order, to get the information one would need! Although, doing donuts in the snow, should not be pushed aside for tuning content.

[@RocQuad]

I just picked up hp tuners and thanks for the video. it definitely cleared up some of my new user questions. Thank you.

[@83cuttylskid63]

Hows the tunning working out for you?

[@socalinhouse]

Nice job dude. Explaining it in simply terms is very helpful.

[@CrazyWillification]

Really impressive video and overview. It helps me understand thank you

[@ricdiamondhandsflair7208]

Great content. Thank you. I’m getting into tuning i think I’ll start on my daily to get familiar with the software. Then move into my project car and tow/camp vehicle.

[@billmitchelljr6303]

Thanks Mike a lot of good info there I have a better understanding now Greatly Appreciated!!!!

[@bdp8986]

My opinion; even if you only have one vehicle it's more than worth it because of everything it's capable of doing.

[@Dusty_Bottoms_]

Still the best video on all the inner tubes for getting starting with HP tuners!

[@ThatGuyFromArizona]

Another much-appreciated video Mike. Great to see you as a mentor and teacher instead of grinning at the camera. B-)

[@SPPTVarmy]

When necessary ;)

[@vincentvega6630]

14:33 power enrichment. Some Jeeps have a 4 to 6 second delay set in power enrichment dependingon the model. I removed a 4 second delay on my 2008 V8 Jeep Commando and the acceleration is night and day.

[@Idriswiring]

you explane very well , thanks for the info I'm going for pro Version .

[@shamusarendt12]

This is a great video. I couldn’t find any others that explained it in detail. I am trying to learn how to tune because my dad is building a blazer with a 6.0 LS in it so I’m tryna tune

[@deanshafer2699]

I love America, You Tube AND your help! So cooool.

[@rcflightz2058]

Thanks for doing this...made sense, great intro to tuning for me.

[@christopher3067]

This was a freaking AWESOME video! Thank you so much man! I been wanting it for my cam/heads silverado 5.3. My tuner uses it and did a damn fine job, after a couple tweaks from my pickiness. but I'm in a different state now, so I can't go him or he come to me if something goes wrong :/ Been intimidated by hp tuners. But I love the more simple explanation and might get it. I just mainly want it to data log and email with tuner for fixes. But if I learned enough I would like to do a simple/SAFE tune on my stock truck! Thanks more videos please Subscribed!!!

[@mike85441]

Awesome keep em coming

[@ogfromutube9649]

Just ordered my mpvi2 for the lm7 in my Volvo 240. Was previously tuned on HPtuners on a dyno but left a few things unrefined. Cold start, speed limited to 99, and misfire detection with the summit 8707 cam. Its idle was set at 1k and idles great when warm. When cold it will try to stall after u dip the throttle and then recover. So altho it made 390whp and 395wtq I don't think it was quite finished. They did a great job on the swap and has the tbss and 92mm tb, has lt headers, msd coils, all new gaskets and head, rod bolts, pac 1219 springs, and Brian tooley pushrods and trunion kit. I'm totally new to the LS world and have done minor tuning in tunerpro on inline 5cyl turbo whiteblocks. Mostly antilag parameters and load points for vvt solenoids. The car also has a ford 8.8 with 3.73 gear and mini spool, along with a z32 tt 5spd trans and mecloud 6 puck. I know this is an old video but I'm wondering if your still using hptuners?

[@PabloThaGreat]

8:24 the golden content! Put down pipes on my challenger and just wanted to know how to ignore emissions

[@micthegreasemonkey2918]

Thnxs man thats exactly what i needed to know.u hav answered my questions.

[@trucktamusprime4874]

SUBSCRIBED! First vid ive seen by you and tho it may not be worth it for me youve pished me in the right direction to now buy hptuners and tune something myself. Ppl in my area are charging 500-650 for a dyno tune

[@shawng7902]

Wow! Its been years since your videos came up. So glad to see videos are still going up. To me HP sure sounds like apple owns it. The way they charge you for any and everything. My truck was tuned with it. But id really like to tone it down a little bit.

[@mileswatkins6472]

You made this fairly understandle I'm ready to tune

[@whataboutbob9326]

well said and i enjoy your daily videos here in Sarnia Ontario :)

[@Ra1ders247]

W

[@jacobwanamaker7290]

You explained things very well, bravo. New sub here.

[@jbsprojects8186]

Real nice video help me out a lot learning this stuff....first time ls swap

[@Mobbintha559]

Your a badass dude! Thanks man. 👍🏼

[@oldscar6169]

Excellent explanation, thank you

[@krisrawk1817]

I suppose every 1 who disliked this video is people who tune & are pissed off of people like me wanting to learn how to tune in my area vrs having to struggle to barrow a car hauler & haul my car to get tuned 4 hours away. Ty for this video videos like this truly inspire me to want to learn more of tuning

[@erniemarquez9265]

AWESOME VIDEO BROTHER!!!!! THANKS!!!!!!

[@530stang1]

thanks for this it definitely help 🖒keep making videos.

[@imthatguy2346]

My hero . Now I can tune kinda . Lol . Daily vids . Watching all the way from NYC Brooklyn

[@SPPTVarmy]

+I'm that Guy lol. Nice. Its awesome the people we get to talk to because of this channel. All over the world. If anything now you guys know what it is, and what it isnt. Some people have had some strange ideas about HP Tuners before they saw it and used it.

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Congrats you earned a sub!

[@hugodiniro]

nice. took down a few notes thank you for the good video

[@caddyguy5369]

Just bought this to make some changes to my 08 DTS and play/troubleshoot my 2000 Bonneville SSEi. Wish me luck.

[@shanemcclaran3012]

Really enjoy your thorough tech videos very informative I watched a few of them now the one about the stand-alone engine harness was very good and very thorough you really do a great job on your tech videos

[@SPPTVarmy]

Thanks

[@shanemcclaran3012]

@@SPPTVarmy what would you recommend for someone going from an old obd1 to obd2 system. Anything I really need to stay away from that you know of

[@ozcorr909]

great video very informative and to the point thank you

[@jameswhite1319]

Thanks for sharing I going to try to learn how for these car ! 🚘

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Great video 👍

[@rollingaddiction5945]

Great video, learnt a lot, thanks from down here in New Zealand

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+Rolling Addiction Right on!

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Very informative, thank you

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[@holtebreadracing5442]

Thank you, awesome info!

[@Brian-mx2cr]

What are you using the green connector for with the bench harness for ? I made one up but only using blue connector.I would really like to see a video for how you made the bench harness.Another great video.

[@dart760]

cool video. in the future I wanna learn this tune world.

[@abukawsar5357]

Nice Very helpful video.

[@tambo264]

Amazing work pal very helpful please do move vids on understanding data logging to help make a tune from short-term and long term trims etc just simple things people can do to make power improvements;) many thanks pal

[@jamesgreen5955]

the video was great it awser all my question

[@FilterYT]

Great job! thanks.

[@hiddenman99]

the Video was helpful. I watched Sloppy Matts vids on HP tuners but felt it was just over my head. I still mess with a Gen 1 SBC that goes 11's on the street. But plan to go LS this year. However still to scared to go EFI. Have to learn hp tuner as you did cuz I sure can't afford a guy to tune my car as often as I change things. Have a good day from New Orleans, Louisiana, USA!!!

[@davidlizama9973]

I like your videos lots of good info

[@SanMan7]

Good video for sure. For what I would like to see is a street tune. I have a tune already but as I make mods to the car I will need to re-tune and watching the ST and LT fuel trims can be confusing and then of course is the timing issue.

[@joshdordon4235]

Thanks for this vid.

[@woeshdad]

great video

[@boosted2.4_sky]

I have HP tuners.. the non Pro setup... yeah if you want tuning for your vehicle or if you plan to use it for multiple vehicles and not have to pay someone every time then it's definitely worth the money..

[@bobbyeslick8726]

I’m a virgin tuner. Tired of paying for tunes or waiting months on someone to try n tune it. Hoping with yr videos I can learn how to tune. Thanks for the help.

[@64impalaSSRealMechanic315]

Great info/video

[@Army_Retired]

Really good presentation

[@BadLuckGarage]

Enjoyed the video ( I've been watching for awhile now😉)but there are few things you may want to recant. 2bar and 3bar OS upgrades dont cost credits anymore and havent for awhile now. At least I've never had to use credits to upgrade an OS. Also, the unit comes with 8 credits, not 6. And finally, the transmission drop down menu is useless. You'll have to do a segment swap to actually switch between 4l60, 4l80, etc. just wanted to put that out there so no one gets into it and is like "shit what am I doing wrong" lol. My last bit of advise is learn on a stock engine. Starting out on hp tuner on some cammed out turboed beast of an engine would be not only very frustrating but also very likely to not end well for the engine. 😉

[@HunterTuned]

Correct

[@kevin122759]

Do you turn torque management off?

[@White-Head]

Great video thanks

[@alteredstateskustom]

Solid information dude! Thanks..... Rob looked a little bored in the background! Lol

[@jerrya27]

thank you for this vid

[@f-bodyjon2189]

Power enrichment is actually like an accelerator pump on a carb (not secondaries on a 4 barrel). This is also known as "pump shot" tuning on a carb.

[@204carguy]

thanks dude, my brothers 05 comp g gtp needs tuning after changing downpipe and headers lol

[@taylorh3930]

Great video I'm convinced I got lots people in the area telling me a truck guy like me that loves fuel injection as much as I do ( I have no respect for carburetors )should one and theyed get me to tune there truck's. But I did take affence to dissing the 4l60e I've had great luck with them I drive a 98 Z71 Silverado and hell it's got 340 000km on it original untouched 4l60e hell I think it even has the original fluid in it and I've had as much as 13 500 pounds behind this truck (was a short distance haul mainly on a grid road from one farm yard to the next and about 5 km highway) but I tow and haul with it no problems the 4l60e has definitely bin good to me I've owned many. Ya if you go out drag racing and thrashing on it I'm sure it'll break. There cheap to fix and build up I think the 4l60e's are a great economical transmission specially for a daily driver. You couldn't pay me enough money to ever swap it for a shit 3spd junk th350. I'll keep my overdrive and mpg thanks.

[@montyshelby]

Damn freaking awesome information cheers

[@BBsAuto]

Very helpful

[@OhMar1210]

Thanks for sharing

[@BulliKid]

I’m looking at buying a Saturn sky redline. It was tuned in HP tuners at some local shop. So they can just flash a tune on the car using their hardware device? Is that what I am understanding. The customer would have to pay for credit?

[@darrencampbell6473]

Nice vid Mike! Just about killed my cup of rum 😂

[@mr.christopherp.4851]

Love the video absolutely a newbie to the whole tuning world but very interested in learning if anyone has advice on where to find reliable information about the subject or anything I should know or be aware of it would be greatly appreciated

[@ysnphotos]

Amazing

[@turner0224]

🔥🔥🔥

[@TheSupraman2jzgte]

Careful or you'll get that "danger to manifold" on your screen. 😂

[@toptenz1480]

Where's the F&F fan boys at!!

[@hydrostaticshocker3048]

Wish I would have read this first... that's what I got, then my JDM floor pan fell out!

[@knifethrower9733]

@@hydrostaticshocker3048 ya lucky U didn't blow out the welds on the intake 😂

[@op_s_lead]

Granny shiftin not double clutching like you should 😂

[@JonDevlin7]

My truck caught fire so I spun it around and won the race in reverse with vacuum nitro

[@todays_classics3571]

Thank you

[@rogerposada7124]

A vid on your harness would be cool

[@GTPSilvermist]

To clarify a thing or two, the transmission drop down menu actually does nothing. Like switching it from 4L60 to manual or 4L60e to 4L80e doesn't change anything because the vehicle was never made to run the other selected transmission. You can remove any transmission related code or abuse modes to run a TH350 or TH400 though, very simple to do and I've done it. They make a feature called a segment swap now, where if you can find a matching OS with a manual or say a 4L80e you can transfer over those transmission settings into your tune and it would run it like it was built with it. Read up on that if you want further info. Also OS upgrades are free now, they became free about a year and a half ago. It does not cost anything to jump up to a 2 bar or 3 bar tune. Though just be aware that once you upgrade you can not switch OS's again unless you flash back to factory with your saved stock file. Never over write your stock files incase you ever need to do that.

[@SPPTVarmy]

+GTPSilvermist Thanks for the clarification. I watched Matt the sloppy mechanic's video on the segment swapping. Did not know it was a free OS upgrade now though. Cool.

[@mohamedelhusseny338]

Thank you so much 🥰 What is the best laptop for car tuning? What type of laptop are you using?

[@garyking9496]

Yes please make that video

[@vt2704]

Pretty good.

[@originalscottfree]

Good stuff, thanks! Could you please post the wiring diagram to the break-out setup you put together? Thanks again.

[@DANIEL32170]

Subscribed I have 3 Silverados all in all everyone I know has Silverados trying to learn how to do this.

[@robertcorrea8161]

Correacuda great video I would like to know if you have any experience with Diablo Trinity 2 or the SCT X4 Tuner which one u think is best . I am a first timer and I did some mod to my car and I would like to upbeat my PCM/ ECU computer and I was told that these devices would fill my need any advice .Thank You Robert

[@glenbailey3069]

well explain

[@jasonferguson6308]

Awesome video! Thanks. I had a lifter collapse in my 2013 GMC 1500 and the more I find out about the AFS/ 4 cylinder mode the more I wanna disable it. I was looking at the Range Disabler or this HP programmer you demonstrated here and after your video I have several ideas that I would like to do such as tuning the truck better and making it shift more firm. Thanks for this video, you gave me hope that I can have an actual vehicle turned to my desires, not someone else’s

[@alltheboost5363]

Well I'm really glad I didn't go with the stock ECU. I flashed my stand-alone probably not a thousand times over the past decade. So if you add up the cost of HP tuners a laptop and everything you need... you can spend a couple hundred bucks more get the new Dominator system and not even need a laptop.

[@SPPTVarmy]

Do a few VATS removals on the side and it basically pays for itself We have multiple vehicles using the stock ECM too

[@myreviews4905]

I got the ls3 connect and cruise combo. The ecu doesnt have the program in it to use the purge valve. Is it possible to reflash the ecu and add that in?

[@MartinMcMartin]

Awesome! voodoo magic. But can't you get an MS3 for similar money like on the Nova?

[@dickieroberson4191]

I have a Nissan 350z/LS3 swap. The LS3 came out of a 2014 Camaro ss with a E38 ECM I am using the Nissan ecm to run the cooling fans. How do I remove the fans from the e38 so I don't get a MIL light and the car go into limp mode. Thanks for the help..great site.