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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 11:09 AM
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Actually, seems to me that guys are having issues with the 93 Chipped cars not the 94 thru 97 LT1's done up here. I'm not sure what the issues are as I am not involved in the 93 and older cars as they are done at a different location, but I will see what I can find out.
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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 11:48 AM
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I wouldnt do a mailorder tune unless you can see what the car is doing on a laptop
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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 12:52 PM
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Agree with Dave J. Unless you can see what the O2 sensors are thinking you'll never know what's actually happening.

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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Z48LT-1
Agree with Dave J. Unless you can see what the O2 sensors are thinking you'll never know what's actually happening.

Cheers -- Gary
This is true, but unless you have some type of radical setup that's far outside the norm of typical LT1 builds, or you have other problems (mechanical, electrical, etc.), a mail order tune will be 99% spot on.

Thousands of people have had good success with mail order tunes from PCM4less or MADz28 when they are used as a starting point.
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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 01:46 PM
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I highly recommend Bryan. I've used him for years and years. On my last engine install, a 409, he send me a tune for it, just until we could get together for a dyno-tune.

He comes down to my neck of the woods, put it on the dyno, and the mail order tune was dead-on. I mean he nailed it.

Obviously, a dyno-tune is the best ticket, but my experience with Bryan, and many others as well, have been very good.

Unless you have a really wild tune, he should get you real close, until you can put it on the dyno.
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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Leadfart
I highly recommend Bryan. I've used him for years and years. On my last engine install, a 409, he send me a tune for it, just until we could get together for a dyno-tune.

He comes down to my neck of the woods, put it on the dyno, and the mail order tune was dead-on. I mean he nailed it.

Obviously, a dyno-tune is the best ticket, but my experience with Bryan, and many others as well, have been very good.

Unless you have a really wild tune, he should get you real close, until you can put it on the dyno.
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Bryan had always done an outstanding job with the tunes he has done for me!

WD
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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 02:23 PM
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I just got a pcm4less tune flashed for my 383 stroker. While it is in the ball park it still needs to be tweaked and getting a hold of them for revisions is annoying since they seem to be so "busy".
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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 02:31 PM
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I'm going to use Ion@MadZ28 here in a week or two for my tune. I haven't heard a single bad thing about his tunes. Plus, he's only a couple hours from me, so I'll probably get my tuned PCM within a day or two of ordering it.
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