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Old 03-08-2013, 04:48 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by H-Man View Post
I can't find any way to tune a Toyota ECU so I can't test anything on the EFI side. Since my car has a manual transmission there isn't much to tune any way, I'm hesitant to mess with air fuel ratios since I would rather not burn out both of my 3-way catalyst converters with an over lean mixture.
You can always use something like Megasquirt MegaSquirt - Electronic Fuel Injection Computer by Bowling and Grippo ©2010 to have full control over injection and ignition process.

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