We’re offering another class!
We are going to be offering a class on tuning Fords with QuarterHorse October 25th, 26th and 27th in Milford, Ohio (East side of Cincinnati). There will be a mixture of classroom instruction, live in-car demonstration of logging techniques with street driving and dyno tuning and techniques. Classroom instruction will take place in the conference room of the Homewood Suites by Hilton Hotel. Street tuning and dyno instruction will take place on the Dynojet 224 dyno of Easy Street, which is literally across the street from the hotel. Dave Blundell, Moates tech support and former tuner at Modular Depot and Easy Street will be the instructor. Registration will be limited to 15 people in order to keep the class manageable.
Cost
Registration for the class will be $250. You can pay with any of the methods that we accept on the website (Paypal, Credit Card) in advance or pay cash/money order at the door. If you’re going to pay at the door, we ask that you purchase the class item from our website and select “Check or Money order” at checkout so we can keep an accurate headcount. All of the products that are used for the class will be available for purchase at/after the event.
You can register for the event here.
Schedule of Events
Day 1 (Friday 10/25) will focus on general theory of how engines work, how electronic engine management works and general approaches to calibration of engine management systems. Chances are, if you’ve been tuning cars for five years you probably already know a lot of this stuff but it probably wouldn’t hurt you to sit through it again. If you’re new to engine management, expect your brain to hurt. The goal of day one is to help you understand how the many pieces of engines, electronics and sensors that you will be dealing with fit together – the big picture. Most of this day will NOT deal with Ford specific terms and methods. At the end of the day, you should have a strong understanding of spark ignition internal combustion engines, how and why engines make power, be able to name and explain the function of sensors likely to be found on a fuel injected engine and understand the conditions needed for achieving specific goals such as fuel economy, power or keeping and engine in one piece. If you’ve previously worked with other systems of engine management, you might look at what you already know in a new light.
Day 2 (Saturday 10/26) will focus on early Ford engine management. The morning session will focus on Ford specific terms and procedures for running an engine. The emphasis will be on the most common and important parameters necessary for adjustment. Fuel, spark, idle and limits will be covered as well as some of the limitations and pitfalls of using factory computers. Both forced induction and naturally aspirated setups will be discussed. After lunch, we will demonstrate setting up Moates hardware and how TunerPro RT and Binary Editor 2012 software can be used to make adjustments necessary for tuning Ford vehicles. At the end of day two, you will have an understanding of the terms used in Ford EFI, be able to pick out the most important items that you need to change in a calibration when tuning and see how software can be used with Moates tools to tune vehicles. GUFB (aka 89-93 MAF Fox Body Mustangs) and CBAZA (aka 94-95 Mustangs) will be the focus of this day.
Day 3 (Sunday 10/27) will focus on hands-on usage of TPRT and BE, acquiring data from street and dyno use, analyzing it, diagnosing issues and making changes to tune your vehicle. We will be acquiring data on the street and on the Dynojet 224 dyno at Easy Street and using it to make targeted changes. This will be putting the theory from previous days together with real vehicles and seeing how to apply our understanding of Ford MAF systems to achieve results. At the end of day three, you will be able to understand enough of Ford EFI systems and the software available to work with Moates tools to be able to acquire data and make precise changes based on measurements rather than simply “mashing buttons” to get results.
Plan on 8-10 hours of being focused per day. We’ll typically run on a 9ish-6ish kind of day depending on how things go. (Cincinnati is on Eastern Time, EST)
There will be snacks and drinks provided. There are also numerous restaurants within walking/short drive distance of the facilities we will be at. At the last class, we had optional group dinner afterwards that worked out well so we’ll probably try to do that again.
We’ll try to have a good chunk of the curriculum up on the support site prior to the class for you to review and prepare.
Travel Information
There will be ten rooms reserved and a group rate ($109/night for room with one queen + pull out couch + mini kitchen) at the hotel where the presentations will be held until 9/26 (one month prior). Mention the Moates tuning class to get the special rate. There are lots of other places to stay in the area – if you have any trouble contact us.
Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky (CVG) airport is about 30 minute drive. Dayton International (DAY) is right around an hour drive. Columbus International (CMH) is about an hour forty minute drive. There is adequate parking at the hotel and the shop across the street where we will be using the dyno.
Other Class Opportunities
Check out the support site for other opportunities to take a class on using Moates products. This class will also be offered in Louisiana in November/December.