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    Lsa blower on a 5.3

    Still kinda new to tuning with hp. Played with it before blower. Truck is a 2000 1500 with the 5.3 and the 4l60e. I put long tube headers on it, and a walbro 255 fuel pump. No problems at that point. Next, I added an lsa supercharger. I think I updated the OS to the 3bar, but would like to know how to confirm this? I updated the fuel injector flow to 62 (not sure if that's right, but it's what I was told. Stock ctsv injectors.) Is this where I begin tuning like before, or am I missing something? My gut tells me something isn't right. Does anyone have a base tune for an otherwise stock, supercharged 5.3 I could look at to compare?

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    Open the ecu os hardware information window from the edit menu. It will tell you if your os in multibar enhanced

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    Did you also install the 3bar map sensor and install the new injectors? Or did you just change the software? Just checking.
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    CTS-V injectors are 56lb/hr at 58psi the last time I checked.
    2016 Silverado CCSB 5.3/6L80e, not as slow but still heavy.

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    @cobaltssoverbooster, It is. Thank you
    @workingdog, yes the zl1 lidd came with a new 3bar sensor. And I've got stock ctsv injectors.
    @5fdp, that makes a bit of sense. I thought 62 was too high. I'll try it at 56 and see if it runs better. So far I've only started it and let it idle. It populated 3 cells on my ltft graph, values were -9, -11, and -13.

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    the fuel pressure delta in a ctsv ecu shows 54 lb/h @ 60 psi
    56 lb/h that 5F mentioned is within 4% flow of the GM value so not a huge deal.
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    After searching the internet (and finding all manner of conflicting answers) the most common answer seems to be ctsv injectors are 52lb/hr@58psi. That jives with 54@60 (and kinda explains why I thought it was 62), so I'm gonna go with 52 and see how that does.
    On a side note, I need a longer throttle cable.

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    I figured out what I was missing. When I update to the 3 bar OS, it wiped my ve table. All the blocks were set to 162. I parted the last good map I had on to it and interpolated the rest of it. I think that'll make a decent starting point.

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    that happens. didnt post a tune so we couldnt tell you that.
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    It doesn't give me an option to upload a file. Am I too new on the forum, or cause I'm on a mobile device?

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    You need to use the advanced reply and add it there. It gives you the attachments icon there.
    2016 Silverado CCSB 5.3/6L80e, not as slow but still heavy.

    If you don't post your tune and logs when you have questions you aren't helping yourself.