dyno
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From: Omaha, NE
This is a question you should ask your tuner, really varies from tuner to tuner, car to car. Some tuners tune in an hour or two, others use a full day, then the following day for cold start and warmup. Are you supplying the software or is the tuner. If the tuner is, a percentage of your charge for the tune is a license fee, the rest for tuning time, some software does'nt leave much tuning time for $550.00.
Sounds very high to me, especially for an houly rate. That should be the price for the tune, no matter how long it takes.
BTW, from what I see in your sig, your mods don't justify the need for a tune. Save your money till you get a cam and really need one.
BTW, from what I see in your sig, your mods don't justify the need for a tune. Save your money till you get a cam and really need one.
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Joined: Sep 2004
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From: Omaha, NE
"Sounds very high to me, especially for an houly rate. That should be the price for the tune, no matter how long it takes."
Referring to above quote, so if it takes 2 hrs or 6 hrs, it should be the same? If the license fee is $575.00, charging $550.00 "sounds very high"?? A good tuner should charge as much as a bad tuner??? OK, everyone is entitled to their own opinions.
Referring to above quote, so if it takes 2 hrs or 6 hrs, it should be the same? If the license fee is $575.00, charging $550.00 "sounds very high"?? A good tuner should charge as much as a bad tuner??? OK, everyone is entitled to their own opinions.
Yes it is high. Find a place that charges a flat tuning rate (Dont fall for the we are better than them BS) and make sure adjustments are free in case things start to act up. A few questions for ya:
1. Stick or Auto.
2. Where are you located?
BTW Blaster is right why do you want a tune?
1. Stick or Auto.
2. Where are you located?
BTW Blaster is right why do you want a tune?
Originally Posted by dynocar
"Sounds very high to me, especially for an houly rate. That should be the price for the tune, no matter how long it takes."
Referring to above quote, so if it takes 2 hrs or 6 hrs, it should be the same? If the license fee is $575.00, charging $550.00 "sounds very high"?? A good tuner should charge as much as a bad tuner??? OK, everyone is entitled to their own opinions.
Referring to above quote, so if it takes 2 hrs or 6 hrs, it should be the same? If the license fee is $575.00, charging $550.00 "sounds very high"?? A good tuner should charge as much as a bad tuner??? OK, everyone is entitled to their own opinions.
Obviously there are conditions where the difficulty determines the price. I know that tuning a FI car would cost more than just the average bolt on car just on the basis that it would take longer to dial it in and there are much more precautions to take so you don't blow up your engine.
Compared to my area, a flat rate of 550 is average for a N/A tune. But an hourly rate of 550 is just plain ridiculous. Christ, hooking up to the dyno, uploading the stock baseline, and making a couple of baseline runs before the "tuning" actually starts would take up a good chunk of the first hour.
If you really still have your heart set on getting a tune at this stage in the game I would shop around in your area for prices.
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