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Old Jan 4, 2005 | 07:44 PM
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OK i just ordered a set of mac midlengths and i will have my nitrous kit on my car within the next few weeks. I want to get my car tuned because these will be the only things I will be adding to my car until i tear into the motor. Who does a good job tuning and has a resonable price??? any info would be appreciated, thanks.
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Old Jan 4, 2005 | 07:51 PM
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OK i just ordered a set of mac midlengths and i will have my nitrous kit on my car within the next few weeks. I want to get my car tuned because these will be the only things I will be adding to my car until i tear into the motor. Who does a good job tuning and has a resonable price??? any info would be appreciated, thanks.
Where are you located? I would suggest some mail order tunes, but I don't know if I would trust a mail order tune running nitrous. Just my $0.02
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Old Jan 4, 2005 | 08:20 PM
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I am in Garden City KS.
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 07:50 AM
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Anyone??? Maybe Someplace Close Where I Can Get My Car Dynotuned????
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Carolina Auto Masters in NC. Jeff is the man.

http://www.carolinaautomasters.com/
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 08:10 AM
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See I Was Going To Go With Them Because Of The Engine Work Im Going To Have Done From Advanced Induction. They Have Good Prices So Maybe I Should Just Go With Cam.
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 08:12 AM
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You will not be dissappointed with either of those choices. AI is making some serious LT1 power and CAM can install and tune it right!
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Old Jan 10, 2005 | 10:04 PM
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anyone else???
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Old Jan 11, 2005 | 07:33 AM
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dyno i dont know but heard very good thing about http://www.madz28.com/ and http://pcmforless.com/
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If you are on a budget and My recommendation for an awsome tune, other than a live dyno-tune, would be pcmforless. Apparently, you have a computer. A laptop would be better for mobility, but I drag my son's desktop to the garage (it's smaller than the family cpu). $75 for tune and unlimited updates + $95 for cable. just my .02cts
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If it were me I would drop down and go see Ed at Fastchip. www.fastchip.com He is in Tulsa and does a very nice job on all GM tunes!
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Old Jan 11, 2005 | 06:40 PM
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http://www.supertuneracing.com/Super...rformance.html They are in KC. Dont know if they do lt1's yet though. But a couple people with ls1's really like them.
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Old Jan 11, 2005 | 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by KJ@SDPC
If it were me I would drop down and go see Ed at Fastchip. www.fastchip.com He is in Tulsa and does a very nice job on all GM tunes!
werd and hes on this board as well SN= Ed Wright
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Old Jan 11, 2005 | 10:52 PM
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my friend had a turboed firehawk that he took to him and was pretty impressed with it. i might just do that. i would love to get a dyno tune but i dont wanna spend that much money. but with nitrous i might go ahead and do that instead of a mail order tune.
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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 09:40 AM
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now how does the whole pcmforless thing work???
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Old Jan 13, 2005 | 04:11 PM
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You have to send off your pcm with a list of your mods/intentions, and they'll tune it accordingly...Or if you have an ALDL cable, and the software, then they'll tune it, and email it to your. Either way.
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Old Mar 13, 2005 | 06:58 PM
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will a ALDL cable work with a OBDII computer??? or would it be better to just ship off the OBDII computer to them and have it reflashed???
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Old Mar 14, 2005 | 05:09 PM
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ED WRIGHT !!
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Old Mar 15, 2005 | 11:06 PM
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only thing i dont care for, is ed wright locks his pcm's, its my car and i want access to everything... I will be having Ion from madz28.com do my dyno tuning...
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Originally Posted by needals1
will a ALDL cable work with a OBDII computer??? or would it be better to just ship off the OBDII computer to them and have it reflashed???
If you're obd2, your're in for a little heartache for using the load-your-own from Bryan. He can do the flash, no problemo, but the cables from Andy at AKM are setup for obd1. But go to his site, akmcables.com and read his tech info. I didn't read too much into the obd2 stuff cause I'm obd1. You CAN have your flashed to obd1. but you'll have to send it in or buy one from a yard.
Also, I agree in hooking up with Ed, many of my friends have his tune, and they are very happy.
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