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    anyone running an ostrich with an 87 LM?

    im wanting to run an ostrich on my glhs. its been changed to 87 csx electronics with 3 bar. wanting to know what ill need and and what tunner to download... any help is greatly appreciated thanks! -wes
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    Re: anyone running an ostrich with an 87 LM?

    We may run DodgeZ's Ostrich on my Shelby Z, if we do I'll let you know what all we did.
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    Re: anyone running an ostrich with an 87 LM?

    it dosnt look to bad one of my good friends tunes alot of hondas, buick gn, and dsms with the ostrich stuff i gave him an old 87 LM to check out he said it didnt seem to tuff to tackle
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    Re: anyone running an ostrich with an 87 LM?

    I'd say grab a copy of mptuner and the turbonator lm cal for software. The physical install of the ostrich should be very straightforward , I'm sure your buddy can handle it if he's got experience with the ostrich on those other cars. You should read through the mptuner thread before trying to do the cal though, so you're familiar with what needs to be done.

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    Re: anyone running an ostrich with an 87 LM?

    You need a socketed LM, an Ostrich, and run either Dcal or the new MP tuner.

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    Re: anyone running an ostrich with an 87 LM?

    Also don't forget to get Emutility.

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    Re: anyone running an ostrich with an 87 LM?

    Quote Originally Posted by OnLooker View Post
    Also don't forget to get Emutility.
    Mptuner can write directly to the ostrich.

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    Re: anyone running an ostrich with an 87 LM?

    Im going with the ostrich setup too, im excited to get it all hooked up and working, seems to be the most simple way to tune your car without changing chips and tuning on the fly is going to be sweet.

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    Re: anyone running an ostrich with an 87 LM?

    Quote Originally Posted by tinyturbo View Post
    Im going with the ostrich setup too, im excited to get it all hooked up and working, seems to be the most simple way to tune your car without changing chips and tuning on the fly is going to be sweet.
    Dude, IT ROCKS,

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    Re: anyone running an ostrich with an 87 LM?

    thanks guys im going to try to get it going before sdac i hate being a rookie so ill need the ostrich box and ? any special cables or harness from them other then whats posted?
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    Re: anyone running an ostrich with an 87 LM?

    Quote Originally Posted by 86seeS View Post
    thanks guys im going to try to get it going before sdac i hate being a rookie so ill need the ostrich box and ? any special cables or harness from them other then whats posted?
    Just the Ostrich and you'll need a longer a-b cable.

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    Re: anyone running an ostrich with an 87 LM?

    thanks man
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    Re: anyone running an ostrich with an 87 LM?

    Quote Originally Posted by risen View Post
    Mptuner can write directly to the ostrich.
    Cool, I haven't messed with Mptuner yet.

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    Re: anyone running an ostrich with an 87 LM?

    Quote Originally Posted by risen View Post
    Mptuner can write directly to the ostrich.
    is there a write up on this?
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    Re: anyone running an ostrich with an 87 LM?

    Quote Originally Posted by DodgeZ View Post
    is there a write up on this?
    Only info I know of is in the mptuner thread. You could always pm wowzer ( the author of that software) on here for more info.

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    Re: anyone running an ostrich with an 87 LM?

    Quote Originally Posted by DodgeZ View Post
    is there a write up on this?
    you mean a how-to? it is pretty easy.

    in MPTuner, click setup, then com setup. check FTDI, select the port your ostrich is on, and baud 921600. click chip, then read/write. select correct BIN size, click write BIN to chip. select the BIN you want uploaded, click open. that's it!

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    Re: anyone running an ostrich with an 87 LM?

    DodgeZ played around w/ this in my car last night, killed the car once or twice trying to write the changes made or whatever, seems to work pretty slick though once you know what's going on Just make sure you know what's what and how to use it properly before taking off down the road in it, or at least carry a spare chip in case you forget offsets or whatever.
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    Re: anyone running an ostrich with an 87 LM?

    MPTuner does the offsets for you in the chip read/write feature, that's what the BIN size is for. makes it much easier when you are just getting into it (if you aren't familiar with offsets).

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    Re: anyone running an ostrich with an 87 LM?

    Well, I'm not an expert in it by any means, so maybe it was something else. I was just driving and giving feedback But it did shutdown once when he tried to save or something while running. He did figure out what he did and we got it to start up again, and after that it did just fine, made changes while running w/ no hiccups.
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    Re: anyone running an ostrich with an 87 LM?

    Quote Originally Posted by x.Gen View Post
    you mean a how-to? it is pretty easy.

    in MPTuner, click setup, then com setup. check FTDI, select the port your ostrich is on, and baud 921600. click chip, then read/write. select correct BIN size, click write BIN to chip. select the BIN you want uploaded, click open. that's it!
    I thought it had something to do with "table watch". I'll give that a shot. I did get it linked up but didn't think to burn the "chip"
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