InTune Tuner (Predator's Replacement)

[gizmodo]

I've been thinking about doing this since I got my beta Trinity about a year ago. I don't move very quickly either.

[Bell040]

Any new info on the InTune?

In 2008 the specs were going to be:

- Powered by dual 32 bit CPUs and contains over 1GB of internal memory
- One part number for all applications
- OEM level scan tool
- Smaller than the average cell phone
- USB connectivity
- High-Res color touch screen
- Free online updates and tech support for the life of the product
- 2 Analog inputs
- Supports custom tuning
- Data logging

........ But I am sure that things change during development.

[Bell040]

I keep waiting for some new info on this thing... Isn't it coming out in less than a month?

I figured there would be a little more talk about it... like any other piece of high end electronic gadgetry. Is there a thread out there that I am overlooking.... or a "coming soon" page?

Otherwise, I guess this isn't the usual geek realm of got-to-have-it techie guys that I am accustom to...

[Mike_Levy]

Way, way more then a month. BETA testing hasn't even started yet. And we did over a year of BETA on the Trinity.

[Bell040]

Way, way more then a month. BETA testing hasn't even started yet. And we did over a year of BETA on the Trinity.

Then, I am getting conflicting info...

"Intune is planned to be ready in March/April for dcx applications, and maybe GM gas, but not sure yet." - Mike@diablosport (different forum)

[Mike_Levy]

Well, lets see what Mike says here. Maybe he meant March/April 2011.

[06MonteSS]

!!!

[Bell040]

Well, lets see what Mike says here. Maybe he meant March/April 2011.

I sure hope you are wrong about March/April 2011. I am sitting on boxes of LT headers, HF cats, and a VR intake... waiting for a handheld tuner before I install them. I don't want to buy the current predator unit now... in fear of the Intune coming out a few weeks later. That would be a real bummer.

cough... someone slip me a beta unit...cough

[06MonteSS]

why wait???

The Trinity supports your Camaro NOW!!! and the Trinity is a step above what the inTune will be/offer....

[Bell040]

Because the Intune will be like $200 cheaper, less bulky, sleeker, and I do not intend to use a wideband O2

what are some of the benifits of the Trinity over the Intune? and vice versa?

Will I be able to watch realtime A/F ratio, LTFT, STFT meters with the Intune?

[mikel]

Realtime AF is going to REQUIRE a WB, whick you say you dont want....?

[Bell040]

so then how are you able to log and tune the A/F without a wideband?... if you dont have access to the A/F from the stock O2's?

..like with the predator


sorry, I am new to this (I am an engineer/programmer... not a tuner... yet anyways )

[gizmodo]

You can't, you will always need a wideband for A/F. The stock sensors are narrowband.

One advantage of the Trinity is you can buy it now. With Predator and Trinity you can monitor LTFT, STFT and many other things real time, it is just more cumbersome with the Predator because for many things you'll need a laptop.

You can't log A/F with the Predator, only the Trinity.

[Bell040]

So to log A/F... I need to buy a $200 wideband, a $600 Trinity, and get someone to modify the exhaust to put a new threaded O2 connection in?

uhh... ~$1000.... not for me. The Intune is sounding better by the minute.

So can I tune the car for my Vararam CAI, LT Headers, and HF cats without logging the A/F (with only LTFT and STFT) with the Intune?

and... why cant the narrowband sensors be used to monitor A/F?

[mikel]

So to log A/F... I need to buy a $200 wideband, a $600 Trinity, and get someone to modify the exhaust to put a new threaded O2 connection in?

uhh... ~$1000.... not for me. The Intune is sounding better by the minute.

So can I tune the car for my Vararam CAI, LT Headers, and HF cats without logging the A/F (with only LTFT and STFT) with the Intune?

and... why cant the narrowband sensors be used to monitor A/F?

I guess you are not getting it...

You will still need a wideband for the inTune, there is nothing on your car that can read A/F, no matter what you plug into it...

So, if you want to see A/F in real time, you will need a bung welded into your exhaust, a WB O2 sensor, a 'box' to convert the signal to AFR, and a way to display that information, be it a gauge or something like a Trinity or inTune that can display analog inputs.