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Old Mar 5, 2006 | 07:32 PM
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Im looking for tuner, not really looking for a shop kinda deal here. Just a tuner who knows what there doing to tune my car so i can get rid of this POS hypertech. Around the Gainsville/Denton area. Possibly dallas, but just let me know where your located. Thanks, Jesse H.
Old Mar 5, 2006 | 08:37 PM
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Check out LGM in Wylie if you're set on Dallas, but if you're in DFW might as well go to SQR in Fort Worth.
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I dont want to spend the amount that a shop charges.
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Go check out Non Sponsor.

*you know better than to post nonsponsor contact info*

Mail order tunes from TSP are fairly cheap as well.

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I need someone that can do it while im there. So i can tell them what i want. Not some **** where they send it to me and if its wrong i cant do anything about it. Are there no northen texas tuners? NTT to be exact
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Jessedale, I'm from Gainesville and took my car to SQR. There isn't a sole up there or here in Denton that I'd let tune my car. Better yet, I don't know of anyone with the knowledge up there to tune on an EFI car.
Carb'd yes....... EFI nope.
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Originally Posted by Pwebbz28
Go check out Non Sponsor.

*you know better than to post nonsponsor contact info*

Mail order tunes from TSP are fairly cheap as well.

From what i gather from reading Nineballs posts about this issue, as long as a tuner doesnt solicit his deals then its okay. Im asking for it, not undermining the sponsors.
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I would suggest SQR, if you dont want to pay their prices then your going to have a car that runs like crap.
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Mine runs great so far, i just want it to run more to its potential. Its no where near running like "crap". Thanks.
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I just check the SQR website. 400-500$ seems a little expensive when i can buy HP tuners for 500$ and tune it myself.
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Originally Posted by jessedale98
I just check the SQR website. 400-500$ seems a little expensive when i can buy HP tuners for 500$ and tune it myself.

Good luck with that. If you don't have a back ground with tuning you could really mess some stuff up if you aren't careful
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Ok. Since you are trying to mostly just rid yourself of the HPP3, then I would suggest waiting until you do LT or a cam before spending the $400-500 on a tune.
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Originally Posted by Richiec77
Ok. Since you are trying to mostly just rid yourself of the HPP3, then I would suggest waiting until you do LT or a cam before spending the $400-500 on a tune.
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Originally Posted by jessedale98
I just check the SQR website. 400-500$ seems a little expensive when i can buy HP tuners for 500$ and tune it myself.
Then TRY and do it yourself and hope you dont blow you **** up.
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Originally Posted by jessedale98
I just check the SQR website. 400-500$ seems a little expensive when i can buy HP tuners for 500$ and tune it myself.
Then do that. I have hp tuners for my 02 SS...
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You cant be cheap when building a street car
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Long tubes are coming this week. Cam is coming months from now. Dont forget im hampered with torque management.

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looking at your sig, I can't see why you need anything other than an HPP3. Its not like these cars run poorly from the factory, there isn't some magical button that custom tuners push to add mega horsepower to a relatively stock car.
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Originally Posted by jessedale98
From what i gather from reading Nineballs posts about this issue, as long as a tuner doesnt solicit his deals then its okay. Im asking for it, not undermining the sponsors.
Yeah, but we aren't allowing this nonsponsor's contact information to be posted either.
If I didnt edit it, any other mod that saw this thread would have.

Originally Posted by jessedale98
I just check the SQR website. 400-500$ seems a little expensive when i can buy HP tuners for 500$ and tune it myself.
Go for it man, good luck to you, but just take a gander in the PCM section and see if you can understand that stuff, if so, then go for it. Otherwise stop trying to be a cheapass to get something done that averages that price anywhere.

Good luck with whatever you do, but it sounds like you should spend the money with a compitent tuner rather than trying to do it yourself.
Old Mar 6, 2006 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Nine Ball
looking at your sig, I can't see why you need anything other than an HPP3. Its not like these cars run poorly from the factory, there isn't some magical button that custom tuners push to add mega horsepower to a relatively stock car.

Why would i post everything I have when I know my compitition is on the same forum?



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