Hey guys, Im still searching for somebody to tune my 02 35th LE APS LOL
So far into my search it seems a few of you have recomended SLOW HAWK !
He's in Mass. Has anybody heard of anyone else useing this guy as a tunner ?So far i've heard nothing but good about the guy,but figuired it doesnt hurt to ask around alittle moreIm just looking for the best tuner out that thats close to me in PA !

 

What is a tunner?

 

I like Frost LSXTune.com

 

LOL My bad !!!TUNER!LOL

 

frost...

 

Wheres he located? Im trying to stay as close to PA as i can

 

Virginia.....He is one of the best LSx tuners. I won't let anyone else touch my car. It would be worth the drive to have him tune it. You would not be disappointed

Edit: His new website is www.TunedByFrost.com

 

Everything I hear about Slowhawk is positive. Hard to say that twice in a row in this business.

 

Don, aka slowhawk, does know this stuff

 

Everyone has great things to say about Slowhawk, it seems to me he really knows what he is doing.

But if you're in PA then MA may be a hike.

I would recommend calling Fran at RPM. www.raceprovenmotorsports.net.

He is just of I-95 in Claymont, DE. about 25 min south of philly.

Of course, it also depends where you are in PA....

 

Although he hasn't tuned my car, I have spent about an hour on the phone with him and he seems like a extremely knowledgable guy. I ordered my cam for my F1C 402 from him. If he was local to me I wouldn't hesitate to go to him for a tune.

 

I am not talking crap about our sponsors or "Frost" in particular. Ive never seen anything but good information from him and some others....

HOWEVER

In my honest opinion all Mail Order Tuning is a sham. Every car is different. And as all dyno warriors know, the slightest modification can yield a major change in drivability, power, part throttle driving, and WOT. Procharger, Vortech, and many Bolt on Companies (whom require a tune with a particular product) will straight up tell you their tunes are safe for aset amount of octane but have power left on the table and most have many other issues including drivability.

Before I get bashed let me say a few things...

1. SURE a reputable mail order tuner can get close.

2. SURE a reputable mail order tuner can make power.

3. SURE, a reputable mail order tuner can make a car drive decently.

HOWEVER

Any decent tuner will tell you there are a few key tools to getting your car dialed in. A good tuner, powerful software, a wideband, a dyno (not always necessary) and TIME, I think the ladder is what people forget about more often than not.

You need to find someone (reputable tuner) around you who will take the time to drive the car on the dyno, street, and under all conditions that could arise. WOT throttle is easy and there is no magic to tuning, the magic is finding someone to take the time to make "YOUR" car right. Not pull some BS file off a computer from some other car they've tuned with a similar setup.

Bottom Line - Research and a Tuner with some sort of Lifetime policy for necessary changes and the paitience to make "your" car right. Mail order tuners come and go, because 99.9999% of them are there to take your money. *Once again, not pointing fingers**

Can anyone argue a full street/dyno tune is worse than a mail order tune?

Just my .02

 

Check out John Lund. I dont know how much experience he has with F-Bodies, but he is a we respected tuner in the Mod Motor world. Twin Screw, Nitrous, Turbo, whatever.

Lund Racing would be my call for your car. Tuning Turbo'd Mod Motors to F-Bodies have turned out to be quite similar in my experience.

 

cracker - who said anything about using frosts mail order tuning service? infact one person said to drive to him... your 100% right, but noone was saying that was a good idea (using the mail order tune)