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Old 06-16-2014, 12:57 PM
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Default all mail order tunes created equal?

All I need is a bolt on tune, is 1 really that much better than the other?

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Old 06-16-2014, 03:14 PM
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Its only as good as the person doing it weather its mail order or in person. There are just as many bad mail tunes if not more bad ones as good ones out there.
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The best thing to do is a search on the site for sponsors that offer mail order tunes and see what feedback people have left for them. With these cars, the tune is just as important and the quality of the installation of parts, as a poor tune would ruin the experience.
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At best, they can only work based on what you can
tell them. If you don't have a scan tool, wideband O2
meter and a good idea of how things work, you can't
tell them much beyond a parts list.

Sound like a success waiting to happen?
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I am talking about sponsors that offer them. Frost, LSX power tuning, and TSP... they all seem pretty good. I'm more wondering if 1 is that much better than the others.
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Lol and the only issue I see with frost is he's so busy that getting an email response takes forever, and I didn't see a number listed. .. idk about anyone else, but I like to communicate with someone before I send them my pcm and my money ... I'm new to tuning so I don't want to make a mistake on the order sheet and my car not run right...
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Not at all! I got one that wouldn't even idle and the tuner didn't have a clue about half the question I was asking. Live and learn
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I know Frost does good work. Any that are mentioned above will do a good job for you, just weigh price for what you really need done. For a bolt on car, you really shouldn't spend over $150.00



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