LS1Edit or HP Tuners???
LS1Edit or HP Tuners??? Which should I get?? How do they compare?? Im looking for all the feedback I can get. I want to purchase one of these like yesterday, but would like to know which is better. Do I still need AutoTap with LS1Edit or is it like HP Tuner with a built in scanner in it? I was about to order Edit because I had never heard of HP, but after looking at it breifly I am dazed and confused again. Please, all of the help I can get would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Sam
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I'd go w/HP Tuner... I'm dumping my LS1 Edit and getting it as soon as I have the cash...
HP Tuner has a built in scanner... plus it's not PCM locked so it ACTUALLY has a resale value... (if you ever sell your car... if you have LS1 Edit then it would have to go w/the car unless you put a different PCM in it... whereas HP Tuners you could sell online for any car that's the same year and body type )
Also w/HP Tuners if you kill your PCM (has happened to me... lost communication during a write w/ls1 edit and had to pay a dealership 50 bux plus get my car that wouldn't start to the dealership to fix) it can recover the PCM ... so no need for a spare PCM (which I ended up buying for LS1 Edit since I was afraid of killing my PCM again)
HP Tuner has a built in scanner... plus it's not PCM locked so it ACTUALLY has a resale value... (if you ever sell your car... if you have LS1 Edit then it would have to go w/the car unless you put a different PCM in it... whereas HP Tuners you could sell online for any car that's the same year and body type )
Also w/HP Tuners if you kill your PCM (has happened to me... lost communication during a write w/ls1 edit and had to pay a dealership 50 bux plus get my car that wouldn't start to the dealership to fix) it can recover the PCM ... so no need for a spare PCM (which I ended up buying for LS1 Edit since I was afraid of killing my PCM again)
Originally Posted by horist
I'd go w/HP Tuner... I'm dumping my LS1 Edit and getting it as soon as I have the cash...
HP Tuner has a built in scanner... plus it's not PCM locked so it ACTUALLY has a resale value... (if you ever sell your car... if you have LS1 Edit then it would have to go w/the car unless you put a different PCM in it... whereas HP Tuners you could sell online for any car that's the same year and body type )
Also w/HP Tuners if you kill your PCM (has happened to me... lost communication during a write w/ls1 edit and had to pay a dealership 50 bux plus get my car that wouldn't start to the dealership to fix) it can recover the PCM ... so no need for a spare PCM (which I ended up buying for LS1 Edit since I was afraid of killing my PCM again)
HP Tuner has a built in scanner... plus it's not PCM locked so it ACTUALLY has a resale value... (if you ever sell your car... if you have LS1 Edit then it would have to go w/the car unless you put a different PCM in it... whereas HP Tuners you could sell online for any car that's the same year and body type )
Also w/HP Tuners if you kill your PCM (has happened to me... lost communication during a write w/ls1 edit and had to pay a dealership 50 bux plus get my car that wouldn't start to the dealership to fix) it can recover the PCM ... so no need for a spare PCM (which I ended up buying for LS1 Edit since I was afraid of killing my PCM again)
Some kid down here offered to tune my car on a dyno for $450.00. That in itself prompted me to get this software. Why pay someone that much money for something I can learn to do myself.
Just a note about that Predator, on the new
diablosporttuning site I read where they are going
to be "clearing" GM Predators for a fee of $75.
So there will be some improvement to resale
value (like probably go from $50 to $150-$200).
Check it out.
But I figure on keeping mine and using it as
a tweaker on top of my HPTuners programming,
as I also saw on the site that it can be made to
load & do its adjusts to -whatever- program is in
there, once you have the basic custom tuning
program run on it. The Predator still has some
convenience going for it.
As to the original question, I have HPTuners and
it looks like the better choice , I've used all of
the functions, the "coverage" of the editor looks
on a par w/ Edit and these guys seem to be ready
to jump up and add things if you can tell them
anything the tool lacks.
diablosporttuning site I read where they are going
to be "clearing" GM Predators for a fee of $75.
So there will be some improvement to resale
value (like probably go from $50 to $150-$200).
Check it out.
But I figure on keeping mine and using it as
a tweaker on top of my HPTuners programming,
as I also saw on the site that it can be made to
load & do its adjusts to -whatever- program is in
there, once you have the basic custom tuning
program run on it. The Predator still has some
convenience going for it.
As to the original question, I have HPTuners and
it looks like the better choice , I've used all of
the functions, the "coverage" of the editor looks
on a par w/ Edit and these guys seem to be ready
to jump up and add things if you can tell them
anything the tool lacks.
