Light Tune
#1
Instructor
Thread Starter
Light Tune
Looking for someone to tweek my 2000 coupe.
Cold air, Catbacks, manual trans.
Not looking for full Dyno tune, just a little mor throttle response
MVZ
Cold air, Catbacks, manual trans.
Not looking for full Dyno tune, just a little mor throttle response
MVZ
#6
Melting Slicks
You could pick up a DiabloSport inTune and tune it yourself. I worry about the local tuners not because they don't do good work, but they lock the tune so it cannot be altered by anyone but them. So if you ever need a retune, you have to use them at whatever price they demand or if they happen to disappear, you are going to have to pay a lot of money to replace the computer. With the DiabloSport, you are in control. You can tune it or return it back to stock anytime you want. There are also custom tuners out there that will make a tune for your car.
#7
Melting Slicks
You could pick up a DiabloSport inTune and tune it yourself. I worry about the local tuners not because they don't do good work, but they lock the tune so it cannot be altered by anyone but them. So if you ever need a retune, you have to use them at whatever price they demand or if they happen to disappear, you are going to have to pay a lot of money to replace the computer. With the DiabloSport, you are in control. You can tune it or return it back to stock anytime you want. There are also custom tuners out there that will make a tune for your car.
I know for a fact that neither Rick@Synergy or Matt@GTP lock their tunes. As a matter of fact, neither did Robert@Advanced or Nick@Newtech. Whoever locked your tune should have his *** whooped - you own that tune since you paid for it.
#8
Melting Slicks
I know there was a post on the Norcal-LSX regarding the inability to get a hold of Nick because people needed to get their tunes unlocked. I can't seem to get on their forum to find it (looks like their forum is down). But I remember quite a few people upset with the tunes being locked.
I will say this. I specifically asked Nick if he locks his tunes when he did my 2005 C6. He said that he does not lock his tunes. But it was in fact locked. When asked again why it was locked he mentioned something along the lines of not wanting other people “copying” his tunes.
Also, I should point out that the DiabloSport inTune will also lock the tune to your car. The good thing about the tuner is that if you return your car to stock and it will be unlocked again. But if you lose the tuner, well...you might have to replace the PCM.
Edit: I found this old post from Rick himself saying he locked his tunes.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1552793932
Once again, his policies may have changed since then but you never know...
Last edited by Homer3D; 11-11-2015 at 05:04 PM.
#9
Melting Slicks
That must have been a while back. Back then all the tuners around here were claiming the "new guys" were copying their tunes......which some probably were. I've had a copy of HP-tuners since 2008-2009....and I always extract the tune after I've been tuned. I've NEVER had a locked tune....and I still have all my tunes from Rick, Nick, Robert and Matt.
Last edited by tlove32; 11-11-2015 at 06:18 PM.
#10
Rick keeps his tunes unlocked for the most part these days. However there have been times with certain customers or cars where Rick has felt the need to lock the file. But you would really have to be up to some shady stuff to make him feel the need to lock it.
Last edited by transAm-98; 11-11-2015 at 05:58 PM.
#11
Race Director
Neither Nick or Rick locked their tunes back in 2008 on my car.
I remember asking both and both said they never did.
I would think this to be true for the most part.
Always exceptions.....
I remember asking both and both said they never did.
I would think this to be true for the most part.
Always exceptions.....
#15
If you have customers that you know like to bounce around from tuner to tuner behind your back and then come back and try to get a re-tuned as a re-tune fee after multiple people have been playing with the tune, that's a problem. Or if someone likes to bounce around to different tuners and have the tune constantly played with by different people and then something breaks. Who is going to take the blame on that one? Too many cooks in the kitchen so to speak. Or maybe spending a lot of time writing a custom operating system for big boost and a mismatched transmission combo, then the customer goes somewhere else and has someone copy all that work that took years to figure out. Or worse, another tuner tampers with it, the customer isn't forthcoming with that info and then blames the original tuner for for any problems. The vast majority of people don't do things like this. But there are a handful of people that will try to get over or play games and try to be sly. That being said, if one of those situations were to arise and the customer is honest about what they plan to do or what happened I've yet to see any tuner refuse to unlock a PCM.