Buy Tuning software, or have it done by a pro?
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Buy Tuning software, or have it done by a pro?
Im debating whether or not not get my car tuned at a shop or to do it myself. Im not too thrilled about handing over 600 dollars for someone to tune my car when I can buy the software for 500 and tune it whenever I want to. I installed a new cam so a tune is necessary, but I plan on putting new gears in my car in a few months, so Ill have to get it tuned again. Is tuning really that difficult, or can i do it myself?
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Im debating whether or not not get my car tuned at a shop or to do it myself. Im not too thrilled about handing over 600 dollars for someone to tune my car when I can buy the software for 500 and tune it whenever I want to. I installed a new cam so a tune is necessary, but I plan on putting new gears in my car in a few months, so Ill have to get it tuned again. Is tuning really that difficult, or can i do it myself?
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well i think ol tommy wong up here in the northwest will be tuning my car for the simple fact of what you just said in that post i just dont have the time to sit down and study the paramaters.
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Pay someone to do it. I bought HP Tuners, a new lap top, a new wideband and tried to learn and read and study about how to tune, i ended up forking over the money for someone to do it for me.
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I paid what was SUPPOSED to be a GREAT tuner to try and tune my FI set-up. In two sessions, I spent a total of $600 and got a "hacked up" tune. I already had HPTuners, so I went to the tuning school and dyno tuned my car there. (Picked up WELL over 100rwhp). Now I have tuned my wife's and a couple of friends car, and did a new SD tune on mine.
There IS a learning curve however