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Live Seminars

LIVE SEMINARS. The Tuning School currently offers live seminars in the both the beginners and advanced format. We also offer these same courses as a learn-at-home course.

Class Schedule

*See below for descriptions of class types.

Class Location Date and Time Price Register
Beginners Dallas, Texas April 17-18, 2010
$849		 SOLD OUT
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Advanced Odessa, Florida May 15-16, 2010 $869 CLOSED
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Beginners Odessa, Florida June 26-27, 2010 $749
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Fall 2010 dates will be posted at the end of June 2010.

NOTE: If you currently own the learn-at-home version of the course you are interested in taking and would like to come to a live seminar, the seminar is offered to you at a reduced price. Please contact us at (727) 264-8875 or at info@thetuningschool.com to learn more about this reduced pricing.

Beginner's Live Seminar

Summary

Detailed Information

The live class seminar consists of two full days of training that teaches you how to use the HP Tuners Software AND how to tune the right way. The class is designed for beginners, so that when you leave the class you can head out and start tuning on your own with confidence. In class, you will follow along and interact with your own laptop and real tuning scenarios with problems to solve as the class progresses.

Features of the course include:

Our live seminars include the following:

The live class is recommended for those people who learn best when they have the ability to ask questions face-to-face with an instructor or for those who plan on doing a lot of dyno tuning and would like hands-on experience learning at a dyno facility.

Please feel free to take a look at some of the sample pages from the full-color workbook used during the class: (page 9 / page 37-38 / page 187)

Advanced Live Seminar

Summary

Detailed Information

This course is designed for students who have a good working beginners knowledge and are ready to move up to the advanced stage. The included CD-ROM contains live demonstrations of how some of the more involved tables work, as well as videos of advanced tuning sessions. We provide the same type of explanations of how to adjust those tables properly for your type of tune, as we did with the beginners guide. With the CD-ROM, this is not just another book class, and with the year of support via phone, email, and private forum, you are never alone in your tuning.

Students who already have the beginners course will notice the layout of the advanced is different than the beginners version. The Advanced course is broken up by section for the type of tuning you are doing, such as "Idle", "Part Throttle", etc...

Topics on the VCM Scanner section of the course include in depth answers and setup for Fuel Trims, Histograms (custom and configuration), Gauges, Table Insertion and custom PID's including Boost, gas Mileage (MPG), custom triggers & filters, and much more. Effective use of VCM Scanner's Live commands, for such uses as advanced idle tuning, dyno tuning, etc... More detailed transmission scanning and it's workings, and much more. There are at least 25 individual VCM Scanner topics included and described for you to learn.

Topics on the VCM Editor section of the course include operating system overwriting, MAF Patches (why and how to), Speed Density tuning (both street and race), Wet and Dry Nitrous Tuning, High Boost (2 or 3 bar) Turbo/Supercharged Tuning of extended VE Boost tables (from custom OS), Correct MAF Calibration, MAF Calibration for new sensors, Knock Sensor improvements, Complex Charge Temp, Realtime Tuning, Fuel Economy Tuning, new 6 speed Automatic tuning, Power tuning the Idle and Part Throttle zones and much more. There are at least 40 Individual VCM Editor topics included and described for you to learn.

Our live seminars include the following:

The live class is recommended for those people who learn best when they have the ability to ask questions face-to-face with an instructor or for those who plan on doing a lot of dyno tuning and would like hands-on experience learning at a dyno facility.

Customer Testimonials

I read up to page 62 (just finished the bolt-on part). I want all tuners to know that the book is worth the money. It`s easy to understand and I can't wait to finish it all and its a LOT of GAIN for a BEGINNER like me. Thanks Bob, EXCELLENT JOB.
- Abdullah H., Kuwait
Learn-At-Home Customer

The learn@home course for The Tuning School's workbook has step by step instructions (with pictures) on what each change will do and it explains how to tune for just bolt-ons, heads/cam, and forced induction. This course is based on tuning with HP Tuners. It also gives you a recommendation on what each setting should be and a CD with videos that show you how to do it. It even comes with lamintated checklists so you don't forget where you are. I give this book an A++ and a must for the new tuners.
- ws6ick on ls1tech.com
Learn-At-Home Customer

Overall, I went from having HPtuners and being clueless about using its power to feeling comfortable enough to plug in and go for it. After 2 day class, I cannot believe I ever paid a tuner to do this for me. Being able to do it yourself leads to a better tune. The HPtuner software makes it easy. Knowing Bob Mandy and Larry are there to support us a phone call or email away is priceless.
- Bill H., Florida
Tampa Seminar Participant

The class was setup for the beginner without boring the experienced. Engine basics followed by EFI basics, then we got into HPT and kept going. Satuday was a long day but it went by so fast it could have been longer without pain. While at the dyno, one could imagine it would be boring as only so many can get involved tuning, but that was way off of what we saw. The instructor had a projector in the garage with the tune on the wall and each student had to do a step in the tune which kept everyone involved. Overall, a very good course, well worth the small investment in your knowledge of the tuning world.
- Jerry K., Virginia
Tampa Seminar Participant