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06-03-2010, 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.
06-03-2010, 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.
06-03-2010, 09:38 AM
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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.
06-03-2010, 11:35 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.
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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06-03-2010, 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.
06-04-2010, 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.
06-04-2010, 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.
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.