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I sent my computer to him last week, just got it back tonight. Unbelievable the difference and I am the biggest skeptic in the world. Totally different car now, he has me as a customer for life. Great communication I highly recommend him. Don't think about it do it. Contact him directly throught the board.
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I called the number on LSXtunes website last week to inquire about bringing my car down for a dyno tune and was told they don't do that anymore.
Are they only doing mail order tunes or what?
Are they only doing mail order tunes or what? 
Not sure what the deal is there, but here's his new website address:
www.tunedbyfrost.com
or email him directly:
Steve@TunedByFrost.com
www.tunedbyfrost.com
or email him directly:
Steve@TunedByFrost.com
Hey guys...
You can catch up with me at the information that Bob was kind enough to post above.
The link to the services page for Mail Order Tuning is here: http://www.tunedbyfrost.com/services2.htm
Thanks and contact me if you have any questions at all
-Steve Williams
You can catch up with me at the information that Bob was kind enough to post above.
The link to the services page for Mail Order Tuning is here: http://www.tunedbyfrost.com/services2.htm
Thanks and contact me if you have any questions at all
-Steve Williams
I haven't ever heard anything bad about Frost.
I had a very well known tuner from St. Louis tune mine after I had the cam put in and wasn't happy with his tune. At the time I was working 80+ hours a week and didn't have time to mess with it. The car went high 12.50's @ 108 with 4.10 gears that fall before the cam with my tune. After cam, I went back to 3.23 gears and it went low 12.50's @ 108 with his tune the following spring. I went from a stock 2000 cam to a TSP 231/237. I have messed with the tune a little and have widdled it down to 12.40 flat @ 110 flat. I flash a different tune put together by myself for nitrous. Now that I have a nitrous controller, I expect the same amout of nitrous to actually speed the car up a couple of tenths. Second stage was shutting off @ 6k last season with a fixxed window switch.
I had a very well known tuner from St. Louis tune mine after I had the cam put in and wasn't happy with his tune. At the time I was working 80+ hours a week and didn't have time to mess with it. The car went high 12.50's @ 108 with 4.10 gears that fall before the cam with my tune. After cam, I went back to 3.23 gears and it went low 12.50's @ 108 with his tune the following spring. I went from a stock 2000 cam to a TSP 231/237. I have messed with the tune a little and have widdled it down to 12.40 flat @ 110 flat. I flash a different tune put together by myself for nitrous. Now that I have a nitrous controller, I expect the same amout of nitrous to actually speed the car up a couple of tenths. Second stage was shutting off @ 6k last season with a fixxed window switch.
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i thought mail order tunes were nothing special, and that to get good driveability and the best performance your car is capable of you need to have the car driven by the tuner and worked on for a good chunk of time.
That may be wrong, i dont know. However, if LSXtune.com does a good job, then thats great. It seems we need some more good tuners out there, because it sure seems like people frequently pay out $400-500 bucks for a tune and they get total ****. They get a couple of changes copied and pasted into some tuning cells, whole sections are untouched, some changes are damn near illogical, etc. People leave with a car that idles like crap, surges and bucks, performance numbers dont justify the thousands of dollars pumped into the car, and the "tuner" walks away with a pocket full of cash for 20 minutes of "work".
Personally i think alot of these "tuners" out there are basically scammers. They charge a **** load of money and give you jack. I am not talking about LSXTuners.com, mind you. I dont know anything about them, and what i have heard sounds positive. In fact, i have pm-ed them asking about their tuning methods. I am talking about all the bullshit out there.
I have a feeling there are plenty of people on here, way more then have fessed up to it, that have payed out a good chunk of cash for a tune and gotten nailed in the *** with a bullshit tune. I would bet that lots of people havent talked about it more because they dont wanty to risk getting banned due to talking negatively about a sponsor, or a friend of a mod or something.
That may be wrong, i dont know. However, if LSXtune.com does a good job, then thats great. It seems we need some more good tuners out there, because it sure seems like people frequently pay out $400-500 bucks for a tune and they get total ****. They get a couple of changes copied and pasted into some tuning cells, whole sections are untouched, some changes are damn near illogical, etc. People leave with a car that idles like crap, surges and bucks, performance numbers dont justify the thousands of dollars pumped into the car, and the "tuner" walks away with a pocket full of cash for 20 minutes of "work".
Personally i think alot of these "tuners" out there are basically scammers. They charge a **** load of money and give you jack. I am not talking about LSXTuners.com, mind you. I dont know anything about them, and what i have heard sounds positive. In fact, i have pm-ed them asking about their tuning methods. I am talking about all the bullshit out there.
I have a feeling there are plenty of people on here, way more then have fessed up to it, that have payed out a good chunk of cash for a tune and gotten nailed in the *** with a bullshit tune. I would bet that lots of people havent talked about it more because they dont wanty to risk getting banned due to talking negatively about a sponsor, or a friend of a mod or something.
Hey Johny,
as I mentioned in PM, your setup has GOT to be in front of a tuner. There may be a sponsor that is willing to toss you a mail order tune for a H/C/SC'd car but i wouldn't do it, nor would I trust it with a setup like that.
I tuned for quite a while before being a sponsor here. I mostly just wanted to help get all of my friends' cars working right.
I would encourage everyone to speak to their prospective tuners beforehand. If you get a bad vibe, talk to someone else. Find out how the cars they have tuned DRIVE from the owners themselves, not how they run at WOT, WOT is the easy part. Ask folks how does it start up cold? How does it start up hot? How does it drive at low RPMs and/or speeds? Is the mileage unreasonable (consider the mods!)? ....things like that. Most people spend much more time driving around than they do driving down the track. That part is very important and deserves having your tuner spend time on it.
as I mentioned in PM, your setup has GOT to be in front of a tuner. There may be a sponsor that is willing to toss you a mail order tune for a H/C/SC'd car but i wouldn't do it, nor would I trust it with a setup like that.
I tuned for quite a while before being a sponsor here. I mostly just wanted to help get all of my friends' cars working right.
I would encourage everyone to speak to their prospective tuners beforehand. If you get a bad vibe, talk to someone else. Find out how the cars they have tuned DRIVE from the owners themselves, not how they run at WOT, WOT is the easy part. Ask folks how does it start up cold? How does it start up hot? How does it drive at low RPMs and/or speeds? Is the mileage unreasonable (consider the mods!)? ....things like that. Most people spend much more time driving around than they do driving down the track. That part is very important and deserves having your tuner spend time on it.
Last edited by Frost; Mar 31, 2009 at 12:24 PM.
I don't like the guy personally, but there are only a handful of people that I would recommend for tuning and he is one of them.
Check out the HPTuners forum and read some of his posts over there, if you're unsure. He knows the software very well and is always very helpful to those who don't know it as good.
Check out the HPTuners forum and read some of his posts over there, if you're unsure. He knows the software very well and is always very helpful to those who don't know it as good.
