performance chip worth it?
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performance chip worth it? i got a 01 t/a with lt headers, and a lid, and a cut out. and i was wondering if these performance chips are worth it. i've seen some for 60-70 bucks that say they will change your car dramatically. just curious whether or not to spend the money on one. if so any good ones i should look into?
These cars don't use a chip. You can get a hand-held tuner or have a custom tune done with a laptop and tuning software like HP Tuners. I would probably recommend the custom tune as it will be for your car rather than a generic tune with a hand-held. There are some companies that will do a custom tune and put it in a hand-held tuner for you to upload into your car as well. Feel free to give us a call if we can help at all!
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i got a 01 t/a with lt headers, and a lid, and a cut out. and i was wondering if these performance chips are worth it. i've seen some for 60-70 bucks that say they will change your car dramatically. just curious whether or not to spend the money on one. if so any good ones i should look into?
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tunes are like 400 bucks and I'd have to keep getting it re done everytime I end up adding to the car. I've heard the you can buy a software that you can use a laptop to tune it yourself. Good or bad idea? If its good what's a good one to get?
Not a bad idea to purchase your own but it is a lot to learn. We can do a mail tune for you for $225. We do offer free retunes as well for a year that way if you do make any changes to the car or want to adjust the tune, we can do that for you at not charge. If you have your own software it is nice since you can email the file to us rather than mailing the PCM in to us each time.
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Not a bad idea to purchase your own but it is a lot to learn. We can do a mail tune for you for $225. We do offer free retunes as well for a year that way if you do make any changes to the car or want to adjust the tune, we can do that for you at not charge. If you have your own software it is nice since you can email the file to us rather than mailing the PCM in to us each time.
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I bought HPTuners and it is definitely a lot to learn.
In my opinion, if you plan on modding your car more, wait for a tune later and get a dynotune. Right now with you having just headers and a lid, your car shouldn't be running too bad. The only tuning my car has is to adjust for the bigger torque converter and injectors and I'm about to hit 10s
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The nice thing about free retunes for a year is if you want to make small changes to dial in the driveability you can make those changes without paying for another tune. Also, say we tune a bolt-on car and the customer adds a cam 6-months down the road, he just send the PCM back and to us and we can make the changes at no charge other than shipping. Same goes for converter, heads, stroker, etc. If the customer chooses at the end of that year, they can renew for another year at $100. If you actually use the retunes it works to be a really good deal!
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i got a 01 t/a with lt headers, and a lid, and a cut out. and i was wondering if these performance chips are worth it. i've seen some for 60-70 bucks that say they will change your car dramatically. just curious whether or not to spend the money on one. if so any good ones i should look into?
Last edited by bimmer4life2009; Sep 21, 2009 at 03:14 PM.
i got a 01 t/a with lt headers, and a lid, and a cut out. and i was wondering if these performance chips are worth it. i've seen some for 60-70 bucks that say they will change your car dramatically. just curious whether or not to spend the money on one. if so any good ones i should look into?
