Experienced nitrous tuner needed
03-11-2010, 03:49 PM
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Dan, I'm still shopping. I emailed Mike Norris in Indy, but haven't heard back. I have someone closer to home lined up, but have heard from one person that had a bad experience with this tuner. Nobody's perfect, but it still gives me reason for concern.
03-11-2010, 04:03 PM
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Any of us Florida guys will tell you that Mike Norris is THE MAN to have tune your car. I (along w/ countless others) had nothing but good experiences w/ him while he was still down here and consider his move a great loss for our area. You may want to give him a call directly, always was and am sure still is a busy man. He just traveled back down here to FL to finish up some cars, plus I'm sure there's a lot on his plate involving the transition.
03-11-2010, 04:16 PM
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Thanks for the info on Mike. While I can appreciate him being busy (aren't we all?), if the email address in on the website, I would expect a reply in a reasonable amount of time. Certainly less than 48 hours, IMO. I hope to hear from him soon.
03-11-2010, 11:27 PM
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I just heard that my FAB9 is still 2 weeks off, so I still have some time to decide on a tuner. Still not reassuring to see he hasn't answered your EM either.
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03-13-2010, 11:15 AM
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Haven't heard back from Mike Norris. I'll resend the EM, I guess. The questions I had could be answered via EM and not cut into his tuning time. I know I wouldn't want to be interrupted while tuning to answer the phone. I thought I was being courteous by using the email and allowing him to answer them when it was more convenient for him. Oh well.
03-13-2010, 11:36 AM
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Haven't heard back from Mike Norris. I'll resend the EM, I guess. The questions I had could be answered via EM and not cut into his tuning time. I know I wouldn't want to be interrupted while tuning to answer the phone. I thought I was being courteous by using the email and allowing him to answer them when it was more convenient for him. Oh well.
03-13-2010, 03:15 PM
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Joe is having Herter come tune cars on May 2nd. Unfortunately, my car will need at least 4 hours, I'd guess and Brian's only going to be here one day (Joe has 6 cars lined up already, IIRC). I'm hoping that Joe can convince Brian to stay over an extra day and tune my car if I rent the dyno. If he stays, are you interested in having him tune yours too? Nothing against Mike, but Auburn (where the dyno is) is a lot closer than Indy. I'm hoping I can just send my PCM to Brian and have him do a baseline / break-in tune and then do the dyno tune May 3rd. Otherwise, I think I'll have either Mike or Brent Malone do the tuning.
03-31-2010, 03:02 PM
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Ended up using Steve Williams (Frost) for my tuning. I sent my PCM out today. Going to do the dual-flash PCM, too. He's coming to Fort Wayne to finish the tuning on the dyno in early May.
03-31-2010, 11:32 PM
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I get it. You like your tuner. I got it the first time. My break-in tune is mail-order. The final tuning will be on a dyno in May when he travels to my city. Fair 'nuff?
