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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 09:08 AM
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who is the best person to send my computer out to for a mail order tune? also will it be good enogh to run on the street. im just running a cam and headers and cai
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 09:22 AM
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Madz28 or Pcmforless are the main ones ive heard. Both are good tunes. I had Ion (madz28) tune mine a few years back for my H/C/I and bolt ons and havent had a problem.
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who is the best person to send my computer out to for a mail order tune? also will it be good enogh to run on the street. im just running a cam and headers and cai
Solomon at lt1pcmtuning.com does great work, and is VERY helpful.
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 09:27 AM
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From my experience with email/mail-order tunes don't do it unless you have a stock engine. I just put a cam in my car and it runs better on the bone stock factory tune than with my "custom" email tune. It is very much worth it to get a dyno tune or have somebody good do a ride along in person. Mail-orders are very generic and every car behaves differently.
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 09:35 AM
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From my experience with email/mail-order tunes don't do it unless you have a stock engine. I just put a cam in my car and it runs better on the bone stock factory tune than with my "custom" email tune. It is very much worth it to get a dyno tune or have somebody good do a ride along in person. Mail-orders are very generic and every car behaves differently.
This is true to an extent, but some mail tuners work with you (Solomon @ lt1pcmtuning for example). He will give you a base-line and ask you to data-log the car numerous times for him to get things just right (you get 3 free fine tunes). I don't have anyone remotely in the area that does LT1's, so I have relied on him thus far, and I'll tell ya what, car runs great. It's almost like having a tuner right there, except it just takes a bit longer since it's via email. Send him some A/F charts from a wide-band and he can get it pretty spot-on.
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by 1badzee
This is true to an extent, but some mail tuners work with you (Solomon @ lt1pcmtuning for example). He will give you a base-line and ask you to data-log the car numerous times for him to get things just right (you get 3 free fine tunes). I don't have anyone remotely in the area that does LT1's, so I have relied on him thus far, and I'll tell ya what, car runs great. It's almost like having a tuner right there, except it just takes a bit longer since it's via email. Send him some A/F charts from a wide-band and he can get it pretty spot-on.
not trying to be a jerk.. but i can't comment too much on that..
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by mean_greenZ
From my experience with email/mail-order tunes don't do it unless you have a stock engine. I just put a cam in my car and it runs better on the bone stock factory tune than with my "custom" email tune. It is very much worth it to get a dyno tune or have somebody good do a ride along in person. Mail-orders are very generic and every car behaves differently.
im going to be running set up as you are. my big problem is i cant find anyone remotely close that can dyno tune the car. i have talked to maybe 20 shops all over the north east with in a 4 or 5 hour drive and every one of them says nope they dont do 95 camaros.


so im kinda stuck between a rock and hard place and now i want to get a new converter and they want to know the shift points to help pick the right converter. So do i leave the stock conveter it all as is with the stock tune or get it flashed and get a new converter to go with the set up
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 03:21 PM
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Honestly my PCM4Less Tune was SPOT ON. No issues and surprising power.
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 03:47 PM
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Where are you located?

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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 09:13 PM
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 09:16 PM
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Either Solomon or do it yourself. Mail order is hokie in my opinion.
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 09:19 PM
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I got a email tune from pcm for less. I'm just on boltons. The car a ton better though. Really smooth.
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 10:06 PM
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+1 Solomon at LT1pcmtuning.com is offering great service. I've chatted with him through emails and seems to be a very helpful guy. Offers tunes through email without having your car down if you have tuning software and a cable. He lets you datalog it and uses your datalog to improve the tune like 3 times. And the price for an email tune is extremely cheap.
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 11:08 PM
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So with lt1pcmtuning.com you have to have Tuner Cat?
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 11:18 PM
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No, just a way to datalog...
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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 01:38 AM
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Originally Posted by 1993 z28 f1
Hey:

Where are you located?

Dub

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im located in albany, ny. im moving to roanoke va at the end of the summer and there is a guy located about 3 hours from there that does dyno tuning. im just supprised no one does odb1 lt1 cars.
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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 02:10 AM
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what kind of setup are you running? pcmforless seems to have a lot of followers and people who have good results, but ive heard a couple bad reivews too(more good than bad by far). I plan on doing pcmforless on my bolt on car, they have a pretty extensive/in-depth order forum and seem to be very knowledgable.
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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 02:13 AM
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My PCMFORLESS tune was TERRIBLE and the support they offered is a joke.

It sucks when they dont even use LT1 tables to tune an LT1. Kind of makes it interesting to figure out whats going on.

You need a tuner who will either work with you to get it right by datalogging, or dyno tune it.
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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 02:34 AM
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huh, that's the first i've heard of that. (the whole lt1 tables thing)...does madz28 or solomon use lt1 tables?
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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 02:41 AM
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To my knowledge they both do. It's very common with Brians tunes to use impala tables. My tune was junk I'm telling you, and good luck getting any kind of support from that place.
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