We are putting on an EFI tuning class and I’m posting this to get an interest check for attendance from a few car clubs in the GTA. The class will be held at PUR Automotive in Toronto.
The instructor is Greg Banish, one of the most renowned tuners in the industry. His day job is engine calibration and mapping for OEMs. He also tunes aftermarket EFI systems as a hobby and for educational purposes.
What makes this course unique is the fact that it makes use of a dyno as a teaching tool. Mr. Banish will tune a car live before students’ very eyes, using our brand new Dyno Dynamics twin-eddy current retarder dyno. This gives students the ability to see the effects caused by a change in tune in real time.
As a BONUS, all participants in the course will be alotted their own time (2-3 hours) with the dyno at a later agreed-upon date.
This is a rare opportunity for us in Ontario because most of these classes take place in the states, which means high costs of travel and accomodations are always associated.
By us hosting this class in Toronto at our shop (PUR Auto), you are able to save huge on airfare and hotels. The class will take place some time in March and the cost will be somewhere in the $800 range. Remember that this includes personal dyno time in addition to having Greg teach about dynamometers as a teaching tool.
The course will take place over two days, almost certainly on a weekend. Class size IS limited so if you are interested in this, don’t wait to sign up.
Seminar Content
Vocabulary of calibration
Basic engine operation
Engine efficiency
C omparing engines using BMEP
Understanding engine load
Using load to determine engine needs
Input sensors and output controls
CRK, TPS, IAT, ECT, HEGO, MAP, and MAF sensors
Injector operation principles
PCM control strategies
Airflow modeling
Air/fuel ratio requirements for power and emissions
Spark requirements
Using the dynamometer as a tuning tool
Wideband O2 monitoring
Airflow corrections
Finding MBT, Knock
Actual calibration procedure
Part load mapping
Idle control
WOT tuning
Transient controls
Temperature compensation
Live demonstration using the latest software and datalogging
^ I would say not, and I read the first post again, saw this is supposed to be in March, I don’t think I’ll have funds for this by then, realistically speaking.
However I hope it’s a raging success so that another course can be run. This is exactly the kind of course I’ve been looking for to suppliment my pre-apprenticeship.
and yes, personal time with the dyno means participants will be alotted dyno time (at a later date) to tune their own cars or do test pulls or whatever.
