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Old 02-07-2009, 05:45 PM
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Default Southern FLA (pref Miami) area tuners?

Tried searching, can't really get a good answer. Looking for a shop that can do some wrenching and tuning. Want to flash my stock V before I start throwing mods at her.
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theres a guy at diablosport down there near miami thats really good...formato occasionally comes down here....
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I can vouch for diablosport....johan I think his name was tuned mine...there in lauderdale/boca area though if I recall.
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jeremy formato comes down every couple of months.
Old 02-08-2009, 08:23 AM
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Thanks, a friend of mine had his built lightning tuned at Diablosport, maybe I'll give em a ring.
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Masport F.T.W!!! probaly the most industry certified knoledgeable frindly bunch of guys you will ever meet.. never heardany complaints or seen then do anything un professional.
561 338-9321 they are a sponsor and definitely worth the drive! hope this helps
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masports good, for some reason I had a brain fart and didnt mention them....

Nikon, your right its a little north of miami, and his name is johan mangs.....
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Originally Posted by 04ctsvfl
masports good, for some reason I had a brain fart and didnt mention them....

Nikon, your right its a little north of miami, and his name is johan mangs.....
u live in palm beach i feel lik ive seen your car
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I do, do you? I recently moved down here permanently Im looking for some car guys to hang out with and goto meets with....let me know when and where people meet up, id like to meet some of you in person.....
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i just moved here asell i think i saw u at FAU i know a few guys in the area wit lsx''s
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DrNick, I'm gonna slap you silly! W4M tune for $160 dumdumdum.


You will not be disappointed. Once you get some heavy mods then you can waste your money on a good dyno tune.
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johan only charged me 200$.........wait4me does have a damn good product though...had one in my tahoe.
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I've been telling him for months now. With just some bolt on mods you can't beat a Jesse tune.
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Yeah yeah, I hear ya. I just don't like the idea of paying for a tune and having no idea where the AFRs sit and if I am going to pay to get it on the rollers, might as well just have a tune custom tailored to my car.

I might end up giving him a ring though, most the "tuners" I have been trying to contact via email havn't gotten back to me. I did talk to a Mike Norris via email, he seemed to know what he was doing. Waiting to hear back to see if he has done any Vs though.
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Have you heard one complaint from anyone with a W4M tune? You're getting a second PCM too, you'll always have your stock pcm to switch back to.

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canned tunes are canned tunes.

all cars are slightly different bc of climate, gas, oil, etc

GET A CUSTOME TUNE, youll be happier to know you have a relationship with someone that you can go back to should you add or de-mod or if there are any bumps that need to be ironed out and you have the pleasure of watching the tuner work, seeing his adjustments, and knowing hes trying to get every bit of power while maintaining reliability.
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Originally Posted by 04ctsvfl
canned tunes are canned tunes.

all cars are slightly different bc of climate, gas, oil, etc

GET A CUSTOME TUNE, youll be happier to know you have a relationship with someone that you can go back to should you add or de-mod or if there are any bumps that need to be ironed out and you have the pleasure of watching the tuner work, seeing his adjustments, and knowing hes trying to get every bit of power while maintaining reliability.

jk but he is right
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I have done a few CTS-V's and used to do the tuning for the Massey Cadillac dealership up here in Orlando when they used to do performance packages.

I think we talked via e-mail and I sent you some info on headers and cam and then heading into a Magnacharged setup. If it was not you then I guess I have a couple folks looking

Look forward to talking to you.

Mike Norris
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Originally Posted by 04ctsvfl
canned tunes are canned tunes.

all cars are slightly different bc of climate, gas, oil, etc

GET A CUSTOM TUNE, youll be happier to know you have a relationship with someone that you can go back to should you add or de-mod or if there are any bumps that need to be ironed out and you have the pleasure of watching the tuner work, seeing his adjustments, and knowing hes trying to get every bit of power while maintaining reliability.

This is my general feeling about this subject. I have been in the subaru world since the mid 90s. Spent countless hours wrenching, drinking and tuning. Since this is my first dip in the domestic pool, I want to start a relationship (no homo) with a tuner. Help guide me thru the process. I did the whole "order parts and slap them on" thing with my Impreza RS. If I worked with a tuner and had guidance with the research for parts selection, I would have been much better off and not been so pissed with the end product isn't what it should have been.

Originally Posted by Mike Norris
I have done a few CTS-V's and used to do the tuning for the Massey Cadillac dealership up here in Orlando when they used to do performance packages.

I think we talked via e-mail and I sent you some info on headers and cam and then heading into a Magnacharged setup. If it was not you then I guess I have a couple folks looking

Look forward to talking to you.

Mike Norris
That was me. I am going to be emailing you shortly with another round of questions and more then likely setting up and appointment.
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I'll put my can tune against a custom tune anytime. On a virtually stock V no one is gonna pull much more out of our cars than what I got.


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