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Old May 7, 2008 | 10:11 PM
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ok im not huge into tuning, and truely am still a noob and have much to learn about alot of things so...first off im wondering what a good company for mail order tuning would be for my lt1. second, what would this cost approximately? price of tune? is shipping expensive? and last but not least...what other requirements may i need for this tune, such as a cooler thermostat ect.? any feedback is welcome guys!
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Old May 7, 2008 | 10:15 PM
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Texas-speed imho does a good job plus free tunes for life after the first one.
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Old May 7, 2008 | 10:56 PM
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oh nice. so when i do heads and cam after college i could get it retuned?
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Old May 7, 2008 | 10:58 PM
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Thats what Matt told me. Gonna get mine retuned for n20 here soon.
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Old May 7, 2008 | 11:36 PM
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I've heard wait4me has done some good work. But for h/c I would deff go to a shop for a spot on tune. just my .2
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Old May 7, 2008 | 11:41 PM
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find a good non shop local tuner.. my tuner did great work and he dyno tuned it for like 125-150... find someone local that knows their ****.

a real tune will allways be better then mail order since not all motors are equal.
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Old May 8, 2008 | 11:30 AM
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yea i found one about 2 hours from me, but texas speed sounds good so i can get it retuned later.
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