tuning and performance shops in san antonio
12-10-2012, 03:49 PM
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True, but the wait shouldnt be too long now. Plus its so convinient to just drive 30 mins drop off the ride and pick it up when its ready. Then again, Im sure pat is always on the road for one thing or another. I'd just pull a number and wait for him to do it at lethal.
12-10-2012, 04:27 PM
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12-14-2012, 05:41 PM
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I'd lock mine too if I tuned cars. When you take your car to a tuner, you are paying them for their experience. Why should the customer be allowed to take a car to some one else and allow them to steal the tune? It's no different than taking a cd you buy at the store, burning copies of it and letting everyone have it for a fraction of the cost.
12-14-2012, 11:38 PM
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A tuner that locks a PCM after tuning a car is a bullshit tuner. Even if it's a stock car tune you are paying them for a service, your not paying them to prevent you from taking your car somewhere else in the event you change something or are not happy with the services performed. What if that tuner goes out of business. What do you do when you want a retune? When imake an appointment with a new tuner I always ask if they lock the PCM. If they say yes, I'll go somewhere else.
Same here
12-15-2012, 04:32 PM
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All tunes are different from car to car. If its a bone stock car you could use a general tune. Even if that is done, what happens when you decide to mod your car and the tuner you used when it was stock went out of business or their tuner quit and went somewhere else. Or what if you buy a car from someone who had YOUR car tuned and now you want to do something different with it. Now what do you do. There is no reason to lock someone's after it is tuned. A real tuner will understand that this is a bullshit way to do business.
12-15-2012, 04:52 PM
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Both, the guy really takes his time and leaves it street friendly.
Good point...
All tunes are different from car to car. If its a bone stock car you could use a general tune. Even if that is done, what happens when you decide to mod your car and the tuner you used when it was stock went out of business or their tuner quit and went somewhere else. Or what if you buy a car from someone who had YOUR car tuned and now you want to do something different with it. Now what do you do. There is no reason to lock someone's after it is tuned. A real tuner will understand that this is a bullshit way to do business.
07-14-2013, 10:40 AM
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time to revamp this thread , still looking for a shop and tuner to install my ls3 416 im looking at these options
fis is new to me and has good reputation
lethal has shawn tuning again and danny is a cool cat
i have a nelson performance tune and pcm lock
, but they have done a good job for me in the past
pat g is a great tuner (who does his installs?)
curious about reckart in austin
510 race engineering thanks to KCS for helping me
any new info guys or advice ?
fis is new to me and has good reputation
lethal has shawn tuning again and danny is a cool cat
i have a nelson performance tune and pcm lock
, but they have done a good job for me in the past pat g is a great tuner (who does his installs?)
curious about reckart in austin
510 race engineering thanks to KCS for helping me
any new info guys or advice ?
07-14-2013, 11:18 AM
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07-14-2013, 11:30 AM
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No because hijacking a tune does you no good in the long run.Being that no two cars are the same you have to put every car on the dyno and tune every piece of the puzzle in order for the car to not only perform but act well on the street. Oh and did I mention Pat G hands down
07-14-2013, 12:50 PM
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I've had my car at FIS many different times for numerous different things. Every time they went above and beyond to fix little unrelated things that it wasn't even in for. Willie does an amazing job and has more knowledge about high HP applications than most. They are always willing to help, and absolutely NO job is too small.
Work they have done for me:
H/C/I install
12 bolt install
TH400 conversion
Full front and rear suspension
Custom Wiring Harness
Tune
Even done repairs on my work truck.
Top Notch Shop
Work they have done for me:
H/C/I install
12 bolt install
TH400 conversion
Full front and rear suspension
Custom Wiring Harness
Tune
Even done repairs on my work truck.
Top Notch Shop
07-14-2013, 01:35 PM
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07-14-2013, 01:36 PM
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I've had my car at FIS many different times for numerous different things. Every time they went above and beyond to fix little unrelated things that it wasn't even in for. Willie does an amazing job and has more knowledge about high HP applications than most. They are always willing to help, and absolutely NO job is too small.
Work they have done for me:
H/C/I install
12 bolt install
TH400 conversion
Full front and rear suspension
Custom Wiring Harness
Tune
Even done repairs on my work truck.
Top Notch Shop
Work they have done for me:
H/C/I install
12 bolt install
TH400 conversion
Full front and rear suspension
Custom Wiring Harness
Tune
Even done repairs on my work truck.
Top Notch Shop