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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 08:57 AM
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Looking for a good shop to put a (dyno)tune on my car. I did some searching just seeing if any of you guys have had great luck with a certain shop.

And since it's kind of on topic. What tuner do you guys recommend; LS1Edit, HP, etc? I've been dong a lot of researching on them too, just seeing what you Eastern guys are using.

Thanks!

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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 10:46 AM
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Cartek and ECS are two that I've used.

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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 11:50 AM
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Thanks for your input. Who did the last tune on your car?
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 04:49 PM
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by gagliano7
Ttperformance
As in Tune Time?

Thanks for the PM's guys!

Any suggestions on the actual tuner?
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 06:05 PM
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Matt at ttp i don't think they are tune time they are in clifton.He also doesn't lock your pcm.
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 10:24 PM
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Ok, cool.

Thanks again.
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 10:28 PM
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TTP FTMFW!

I believe Matt does lock his tunes though. At least I know he locks his TBSS tune.
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Old Sep 13, 2007 | 01:30 AM
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Give Matt at ttp a call (973) 365-2270
they do some great quality work !
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Old Sep 13, 2007 | 01:35 AM
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Matt at Tune Time Performance in Toms River is freakin awesome. He's located right near the Parkway entrance/exit off 37.
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Old Sep 13, 2007 | 06:30 AM
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I am looking into Tune Time(I actually have a friend that works for them) or CarTek.

Any tuner suggestions also guys? I am looking at the HP and LS1Edit.

Thanks again!!!!
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Old Sep 13, 2007 | 08:30 AM
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DO NOT GO TO TUNE TIME in Toms River!
I went there and they were completely clueless. They should stick to Trailblazer bolt-ons, that's about as technical as they get. Aside from my dyno woes I had them install a rear sway bar. After they monkeyed around with it for 20 mins I had to go in the shop and advise they were trying to install it upside down.....

I went to ECS too, not a good experience (codes kept coming back/poor idle etc)

In the end I went to SLP because they were local, extremely professional and found 40hp under the curve!!! (4k-6.2k) compared to the above bozos. After I get my FAST intake ported I may go up to TTP, they have a really good reputation.
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Old Sep 13, 2007 | 04:41 PM
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Give us a call, we'll get you all set up.

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Old Sep 13, 2007 | 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Max@Cartek
Give us a call, we'll get you all set up.

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Thanks Max, I plan on it.
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 10:11 AM
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I believe Matt does lock his tunes though. At least I know he locks his TBSS tune.
Oh boy.. Yes there is Tune Time Performance in Toms River and the guys name is also Matt. We met at the track one night, seemed to me like a very nice gentleman. Except very confusing !!!

I have NEVER and will NEVER lock anyone's tunes. You are paying me for a service to customize YOUR pcm. I don't own your PCM so why should I have exclusive rights on it?

Grifter: You can give us a call. We use HPTuners have the Dynojet on-site and will get you in and out in a timely manner. For "bolt-on" cars we charge $250 and for engine modified cars we charge $525 the first time then $250 every tune thereafter no matter what mods you do after initial.
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 11:21 AM
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Anyone do OBD1 tuning?
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 03:15 PM
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Awesome, thanks for all the info guys. I really appreciate it.
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 07:24 PM
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TTP and HPTuners is the best program i have ever used to tune.
you can be your own tuner with HPT too. there are a zillion help files, they have a file dump on their site to get you started, and they have a huge forum if you have any other questions. all you need is a cheap laptop and a very very basic understanding of what an engine needs to run.
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