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Pro
Joined: Feb 2005
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From: Manama Bahrain
Brian did my 94. Great service, cant complain. Now i have Alvin doing my 93. Chip should be here I hope this week so i cant comment on him yet although so far he's answered all my emails and won my confidence.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 805
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From: Hickory Flat Ga
Call Bryan or go online, fill out the form on your car and send him the ecm.
The tune he did optimized my intake/exhaust mods, firmed the tranny and changed the radiator fan on-off. Just incredible difference in performance. It's scary fun again. And he did the impossible by making the smooth idle even smoother. 100% satisfied.
The tune he did optimized my intake/exhaust mods, firmed the tranny and changed the radiator fan on-off. Just incredible difference in performance. It's scary fun again. And he did the impossible by making the smooth idle even smoother. 100% satisfied.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 2,721
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From: North Carolina
One more 
for Bryan's work on my 96 LT4. I was amazed at how much better the car ran. Better throttle response, smoother idle, and while I don't have numbers -- the SOTP gauge showed significant improvement.
for Bryan's work on my 96 LT4. I was amazed at how much better the car ran. Better throttle response, smoother idle, and while I don't have numbers -- the SOTP gauge showed significant improvement.
Team Owner
Joined: Sep 2002
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From: OBAMA IS HITLER
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2004
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From: Howard PA
Wow, I'm kind of stoked I'm actually going to meet Bryan tomorrow at 1:00 or 1:30
Are there any customary gifts for the King I should take?
I have another thread going about the dyno tune tomorrow, but I'll check in here also with the results.
I'm more interested to see if indeed there is something a miss with my car or if I'm just a really bad driver.
Are there any customary gifts for the King I should take?
I have another thread going about the dyno tune tomorrow, but I'll check in here also with the results.
I'm more interested to see if indeed there is something a miss with my car or if I'm just a really bad driver.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2004
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From: Howard PA
Originally Posted by cajun86
PCM tried to help me but it didn't work out to well ,but i have to say Alvin was very nice about everything and refunded my money without any fuss at all.
Team Owner
Joined: Sep 2002
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From: OBAMA IS HITLER
Originally Posted by cajun86
PCM tried to help me but it didn't work out to well ,but i have to say Alvin was very nice about everything and refunded my money without any fuss at all.
there are other tuners -- i can name someone on this board but i won't -- that won't refund, even if their tune ruins an engine. THAT is a lousy business practice.
Safety Car
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 4,290
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From: Salem NH
Originally Posted by Vette Threat
I had a local tuner try to tune it and there was a big drop in power at 5500RPM that comes back at 6000RPM and shows that the car all of a sudden got rich. Also, if you slowly throttle up it's not to bad but if you mash it suddenly it bogs and then responds. Timing?
Big drop in power from 5500 to 6000? Got a dyno graph I can look at?
I'm sure with a log alvin could fix your problem fairly quickly.
-- Joe
Safety Car
Joined: May 2006
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From: Salem NH
Originally Posted by Hot Rod 90
and that's the mark of a good businessman. its also good of you to post that. its just one of many reasons i wouldn't consider anyone else.
there are other tuners -- i can name someone on this board but i won't -- that won't refund, even if their tune ruins an engine. THAT is a lousy business practice.
there are other tuners -- i can name someone on this board but i won't -- that won't refund, even if their tune ruins an engine. THAT is a lousy business practice.
It's companies like Hypertech, Jet, and a few other guys on ebay that **** me off.
-- Joe
Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 1999
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From: South Carolina
St. Jude Donor '03 & '05
Originally Posted by anesthes
As you know, I'm not a fan of mail order tunes, but I respect Alvin's business practice. If it's a combination he's familiar with, and he thinks he can tackle it he tries. If he knows it's an impossible to do tune unless he has the car in his shop, he politely declines. Thats fair in my eyes.
It's companies like Hypertech, Jet, and a few other guys on ebay that **** me off.
-- Joe
It's companies like Hypertech, Jet, and a few other guys on ebay that **** me off.
-- Joe
If its not, there is porbably something amiss in the combo , ie exhaust leak etc.
ALvin does a great job, Hypertech, on the other hand, deserves a forum of its own. NOT!
Safety Car
Joined: May 2006
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From: Salem NH
Originally Posted by steve40th
Alvin, as well as some reputeable people have thousands of bin files of proven dyno combinations, added to the collection of programs for our cars.
Originally Posted by steve40th
SO when you get one, its almost nats butt on because your combo( or very close one) has been dynoed in a similiar car (year, cam, heads headers and the list goes on) so that when you get it it may need only a minor change usieng a datalog, or even a wideband to ensure he is right on.
But I think you'd be surprised how such a small "minor part" difference makes to a VE table. Heck, we've swapped injector sizes, and thought "just change the injector constant / BPW" but it actually caused the whole fuel map to have to be alltered, and it wasnt a linear change at all either! Depending on how radical the combination is, baselines might only get you far enough to get it running to datalog whats broken.. But then again, if 90% of the people are just doing cam/heads/exhaust swaps, and using all other common components (injectors, intake, whatever) I guess it's not that hard. Alvin does seem commited to making it work right, so thumbs up to him.
-- Joe
Pro
Joined: Jun 2001
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From: Fort Worth TX
Originally Posted by ALLT4
Any details? That post is like dangling the carrot.
Well i have a store bought chip that came with the car and do not have the stock chip , when i piggy backed mine onto Alvin's the car sounded very good but it was so rich it was killing me. It appears that the stock chip was necessary to make everthing work correctly.
Race Director
Joined: Feb 1999
Posts: 12,772
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From: Indianapolis IN
Alvin has always been very responsive in my dealings, and has hit very close to the mark each time I have sent a log for my fairly radical/unconventional setups, I would recommend PCM4Less above all others, based on my experiences.