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Old May 6, 2009 | 10:22 AM
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Hi everyone,

I'm looking at tuners for my SS and wanted to know if they are worth it and which one is the best out there?

I have a 2007 Monte Carlo SS 5.3 liter DOD.
I have a Magnaflow exhaust on it and I will soon have a K&N CAI aswell.


If you have a tuner which one do you recommend for my car?
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Old May 6, 2009 | 10:48 AM
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trifectaperformance.com talk to vince
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Old May 6, 2009 | 12:44 PM
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https://ls1tech.com/forums/search.php?searchid=7617667

Just searched this forum for "tune" and came up with a TON of stuff... Tony, you have lots of reading to do! lol Welcome to LS1Tech.
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Old May 6, 2009 | 01:16 PM
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HP tuner
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Old May 6, 2009 | 02:04 PM
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To do it yourself: HPtuners. To get a tune done for you, Trifecta or Vector Motorsports.
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Old May 7, 2009 | 05:51 AM
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Thanks guys for the help :-)

What do you think of Superchips Power Programmer?
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Old May 7, 2009 | 06:52 AM
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Welcome Tony have fun
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Old May 7, 2009 | 08:37 AM
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Thanks Mels SS :-)
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Old May 8, 2009 | 07:03 AM
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yea thanks.
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Old May 8, 2009 | 08:20 AM
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I have the Superchips Cortex programmer/data collector.

I went for a drive after installing the tune and my G meter recorded a .04 Accel improvement than the highest number I've ever seen on the car.

Only "downside" is the traction control kicks in alot more due to the extra power

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I have a diablo tuner for sale.
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Old May 8, 2009 | 10:03 AM
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Heslekrants, Thanks, so was it easy to program or does it come with a preformance tune that just needed to be uploaded?

I'm really new to tuneing a car.
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Unfortunately, unless I'm way behind in the Diablo game, you cannot use the u7191 on anything but the 2006 Imp/Monte, and 2005 (?) and 2006 GXP.
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Old May 8, 2009 | 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by tonyss2007
Heslekrants, Thanks, so was it easy to program or does it come with a preformance tune that just needed to be uploaded?

I'm really new to tuneing a car.
The Superchips Cortex #2950 works on most 99 & newer GM products and it updateable via the internet thru a UBS port.

Simple install. I'm running the 91 performance Tune. They are working on a 93 Tune and the option to turn off DOD which should be out in a month or so.

If you still have a warranty to you'll want to be able to reload the stock tune if you need to take your car in.

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