Mail Order Tune Suggestion
03-20-2009, 12:42 AM
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Mail Order Tune Suggestion Hi guys. I have a 2001 Trans am with a few bolts ons. Needing to get a tune done, but a local guy wants $350-600 for the first dyno tune, and then another $350-600 for another tune when I bring it back with the head/cam goodies done. I wont be doing the head/cam stuff for awhile so I need it to run decent now, hence the reason I want a mail order tune. Wanted to see what you guys suggest as far as which mail order tuning business I should use. Dont want to sent it off to a bad company. Let me know what you guys think!!!
Here are my mods: air lid, TPIS long tubes, true dual 3", and a Performabuilt Stage II tanny w/ 3600 stall
Here are my mods: air lid, TPIS long tubes, true dual 3", and a Performabuilt Stage II tanny w/ 3600 stall
03-20-2009, 12:34 PM
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talk with bryan herter at pcmforless in PA. hes really good, does both LT1 and LSX. www.pcmforless.com check it out. i swapped my stock LT1 for a 383stroker LT1 and my tune was like 300. and it was nearly 100% perfect. i went to a dyno around here and it was nearly already perfect. so give him a call. he'll help ya out. tell him sterling (from vics transmissions told u to call) he will remember my call and give ya some info.
03-20-2009, 02:33 PM
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Mail Order Thanks for the info, I called him and he said around $250.00 (plus shipping). Thats not bad, except if my local dyno guy can do it for $300 (on the low end) that seems like a better deal. Any one else cheaper out there, but still good quality??????
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03-24-2009, 01:28 AM
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edcmat-l1 and Frost are 2 sponsors that come to mind first for a good performance tune, both seem very knowledgeable and friendly
I have a wait4me tune right now...car runs and drives great, but seems to be a good bit on the rich side, has some idle fluctuations in neutral or park that sometimes cause it to die. The price was right and I planned on a dyno tune once my bugs were worked out. As you can see from my sig though, it seems there is a lot of power missing from somewhere and I can't find anything wrong mechanically.
Jesse offers free retunes, but I don't have access to a wideband yet, I do have a friend who can log for me in hp tuners, so if he gets a wideband I will prolly let Jesse have another shot at it...but to be honest I'd rather shoot for a street/dyno tune this time.
for the price it can't be beat ($160 for tuned pcm, sold the pcm I already had for $100= $60 tune basically...just the HP tuner credits are about $50 if my friend were to buy them to do it) so it was perfect for getting my car running and driving so I could tie up loose ends and problems...if I knew my money for a dyno tune after would have disappeared I would likely have let one of these other guys do it as from the info I've read here they tend to be closer for us performance minded people. That seems to be what you're after.
Not dissing or purposefully leaving anyone out, just my opinions based on experience and reading here.
I have a wait4me tune right now...car runs and drives great, but seems to be a good bit on the rich side, has some idle fluctuations in neutral or park that sometimes cause it to die. The price was right and I planned on a dyno tune once my bugs were worked out. As you can see from my sig though, it seems there is a lot of power missing from somewhere and I can't find anything wrong mechanically.
Jesse offers free retunes, but I don't have access to a wideband yet, I do have a friend who can log for me in hp tuners, so if he gets a wideband I will prolly let Jesse have another shot at it...but to be honest I'd rather shoot for a street/dyno tune this time.
for the price it can't be beat ($160 for tuned pcm, sold the pcm I already had for $100= $60 tune basically...just the HP tuner credits are about $50 if my friend were to buy them to do it) so it was perfect for getting my car running and driving so I could tie up loose ends and problems...if I knew my money for a dyno tune after would have disappeared I would likely have let one of these other guys do it as from the info I've read here they tend to be closer for us performance minded people. That seems to be what you're after.
Not dissing or purposefully leaving anyone out, just my opinions based on experience and reading here.
03-24-2009, 04:23 AM
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Thanks for the responses guys. I actually sent it off today to EFI alchemy, one of the sponsors on here. Spoke with Matt and he seemed really nice so we'll see how it turns out. Keep you updated.....just finished installing the headers!!
03-28-2009, 07:11 PM
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Ed's good people and a very educated tuner. Im glad to see your doing mail order tunes. He has enough under his belt to get your dialed in nicely.
I do mail orders. Here's one guy I helped out this morning.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/pcm-diagn...lp-me-out.html
And this was a cammed turboed car.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/pcm-diagn...lp-me-out.html
And this was a cammed turboed car.
04-18-2009, 09:27 PM
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Well, got my tune back from EFI alchemy and took the car out and it runs amazing. Put it through all the loops and it runs smooth and really pulls nice. Would highly recommend. Customer service is great and turn around time was fast.
