Experiences with Formato chips
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Racer
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From: Tampa Bay Area
Experiences with Formato chips
I live in the tampa area and have talked to Jeremy, about tuning my Vette. He sounds realy knowledgeable and offers dyno tuning for 400 bucks. What do you guys think is this a good deal? I was thinking of (and still am) a chip from ski_down_it, but I like the idea of dyno tuning with a wide band 02.
Anyone with personal experiences with these guys please chime in.
TIA,
Anyone with personal experiences with these guys please chime in.
TIA,
Le Mans Master
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From: Santa Maria, CA
When I was looking for chip tuners for a stroker motor I got, they were the only ones to "accept the challenge". You see, the cam I had was kinda crazy: 110 LSA (that alone was enough to scare off Wright, TPIS, JET, turbo city, ...and 2 others I can't remember).
The duration was .242 / .248
Lift was .540 / .562
Eileen said "No problem, Jim ran a cam similar to that(it was actually bigger) in his Vette."
She was very good about calling me and seeing how the motor was doing, shipped the chips fast and in anti-static bags.
I don't remember if they charge for subsequent chip tweaks.
Tell her Paul from California(and on corvetteforum) says hello.
The duration was .242 / .248
Lift was .540 / .562
Eileen said "No problem, Jim ran a cam similar to that(it was actually bigger) in his Vette."
She was very good about calling me and seeing how the motor was doing, shipped the chips fast and in anti-static bags.
I don't remember if they charge for subsequent chip tweaks.
Tell her Paul from California(and on corvetteforum) says hello.
Last edited by pablocruise; Jan 21, 2005 at 02:31 AM.
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From: Indianapolis IN
Originally Posted by mean8t
I live in the tampa area and have talked to Jeremy, about tuning my Vette. He sounds realy knowledgeable and offers dyno tuning for 400 bucks. What do you guys think is this a good deal? I was thinking of (and still am) a chip from ski_down_it, but I like the idea of dyno tuning with a wide band 02.
Anyone with personal experiences with these guys please chime in.
TIA,
Anyone with personal experiences with these guys please chime in.
TIA,
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Safety Car
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From: Austin Texas
Can't say enough good things about Eileen. We went through 5 versions of my chip before we got it dead-on. She sent me out a chip, I'd return the old one, etc.
Ran the car on the dyno here in Austin, and did data-captures of the runs. Also did some cold-start files and cruising/acceleration files for them. A week later I had a new chip to run.
The fee, I believe, is a 1-time deal. They tweak it however many times you change something out.
Ran the car on the dyno here in Austin, and did data-captures of the runs. Also did some cold-start files and cruising/acceleration files for them. A week later I had a new chip to run.
The fee, I believe, is a 1-time deal. They tweak it however many times you change something out.
