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I have seen numerous mentions of mail order tunes for a LS1 I have been looking for a good tune for a year now and haven't had much luck. There is one place in the Kansas City area I found but the reviews are mixed and the price seems high $400.00. Can anyone recommend a good mail order tuner. I used a guy in Las Vegas on my 91 TPI and he was good, but I've lost his info and don't know if he knows LS1's or not.
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Steve Williams aka "Frost" opened his own Performance Shop in Richmond, VA. He's the only one who touches my car. And he still does mail order tuning.
Steve Williams aka "Frost" opened his own Performance Shop in Richmond, VA. He's the only one who touches my car. And he still does mail order tuning.
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$400 is not a bad price for a full dyno tune. Not sure if you are talking about the tuner at the RestoMod Shop in Independence but if you want to speak with someone who has used him to tune a car, PM forum member tbrent.
As far as mail order tunes, the one above as well as others like Corvettes of Winchester (Chuck at COW) offer the service.
As far as mail order tunes, the one above as well as others like Corvettes of Winchester (Chuck at COW) offer the service.
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Thank you.
$400 is not a bad price for a full dyno tune. Not sure if you are talking about the tuner at the RestoMod Shop in Independence but if you want to speak with someone who has used him to tune a car, PM forum member tbrent.
As far as mail order tunes, the one above as well as others like Corvettes of Winchester (Chuck at COW) offer the service.
As far as mail order tunes, the one above as well as others like Corvettes of Winchester (Chuck at COW) offer the service.
Thank you.
Please call me any time for more info. 914-332-0049
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ECS has done thousands of them with great results, me being one of them !!!!! 150 vs 400 to 600 ????? seen many blown up on the Dyno also !!!!!
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Data logging the vehicle is never a bad thing of course, but I have replaced many dyno tuned vehicles to our mail order tune with a much happier customer.
Point is, just because a shop has a dyno, it does not mean they really know what they are doing. That is not directed at anyone just so that's clear.
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I spent $300 for a tune. Deleted the throttle delay and changed the shift points. He was right about the car being different. Had it done at a Vette performance shop.
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No pre packaged hand held can do what a professional tuner can do.....
That's My AutoCal handheld comes BLANK. No tune in it.
I send you an EXACT COPY of a vehicle I did here in person and we datalog and update as necessary to make it
perfect. You'll never get that in a pre-packaged tuner sold in magazines....
Stick with the pros.
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^Agree. The hand healed tuners are very limited on what they can do. Some of them lock your tune until you un-tune it. It makes me feel like you don't really own the tune and seems like a band aid fix.
I'm sure they have their uses.
I'm sure they have their uses.
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No pre packaged hand held can do what a professional tuner can do.....
That's My AutoCal handheld comes BLANK. No tune in it.
I send you an EXACT COPY of a vehicle I did here in person and we datalog and update as necessary to make it
perfect. You'll never get that in a pre-packaged tuner sold in magazines....
Stick with the pros.
Chuck CoW
That's My AutoCal handheld comes BLANK. No tune in it.
I send you an EXACT COPY of a vehicle I did here in person and we datalog and update as necessary to make it
perfect. You'll never get that in a pre-packaged tuner sold in magazines....
Stick with the pros.
Chuck CoW
Last edited by Lexybird; Oct 28, 2017 at 03:03 PM.
