98formyNBM

I'm looking for some advice on where to take my car to get tuned or if a mail order tune is worth it? I'm in san Antonio Texas

I'm I lil low on cash seeing as I have done I bit to my car. I have a stock 98 Formula and I just built my tranny (4L60E) and got a yank ss3600 stall with a huge cooler and put in long tubes with no egr or air, also off road y pipe with an slp loud mouth 1 cat back. im just about done with putting everything back together just waiting on some lil things.

mainly what I want to know is
how will my car drive with the stock tune?
how long can I drive it with the stock tune?
what is the cheapest tune for the time being?

thanks....

LS-ONE_DAY

Can you drive it untuned? Yes.
Should you drive it untuned? Maybe.
Should you hammer it untuned? No.

If you can't keep your foot off of it I'd strongly suggest getting a tune so you don't risk damaging anything and getting the best of the mods.

Frost mail tune $150

mjs1012

iTrader: (36)

I got a frost tune when I got my converter (same one as you) and it drives fine so you can go with that if you want.

mrvedit

LS-ONE_DAY's summary is spot on.
While no personal experience, I have only read good things about Frost tunes.

98formyNBM

so frost sounds good to me

what diff would there be putting up the money for a real/person tune?

mjs1012

iTrader: (36)

The tuner will be able to dial everything in with the street tune and can make sure your a/f ratios are good.

25006.0

On my car the tuner adjusted shift points and tc lock up after converter install.
I drove mine around for a week after install but converter would randomly unlock,that could get trans. Hot.

98formyNBM

so what's the best place someone could recommend to get a dyno tune in Texas?

I don't want to take the chance with all the money iv already spent on the tranny and stall might as well do it right and spend the money

LS-ONE_DAY

You should have several choices in TX. I mean TSP comes to mind lol. But go to the regionals section for Texas and do a search there, I'm sure the topic has come up. Most full dyno tunes come with a discount on retunes, my dyno tune was $300, follow ups are $150.

bpopham22

Nelson performance off 410 south and Roosevelt. My car goes in on the the 20th of this month for my ss3600 install.

98formyNBM

well im going to go with pat G for my tune!

just wish he did a mail order

BSmiff

Nothing wrong with Pat G. There are lots of great shops in Texas if you ever decide you need a dyno tune. Arguably the most famous LSx based shop(LMR) is only a couple hours away in Houston.