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From: Chandler AZ
I have LS6 intake and long tube headers for my 1999 C5 but on the fence about adding more mods if paying a tuning shop, or buy HP Tuners and learn and just put the headers on.
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From: Green Valley Arizona
For a tune I am going to either send the PCM out or find a shop in Tucson.
Slight problem is that I am 45 to 60 minutes away from Tucson, which makes driving there likely a problem.
Couple of solutions:
1. flat bed it to the shop.
2. Get a partial tune by taking the PCM to them, then drive it there for the final tune.
3. Just get a "mail order tune" since the mods I have done are nothing new/exotic and just need a street tune.
I have thought about getting an HP Tuner and learning, but just not sure.
I will also be installing long tube headers.
Slight problem is that I am 45 to 60 minutes away from Tucson, which makes driving there likely a problem.
Couple of solutions:
1. flat bed it to the shop.
2. Get a partial tune by taking the PCM to them, then drive it there for the final tune.
3. Just get a "mail order tune" since the mods I have done are nothing new/exotic and just need a street tune.
I have thought about getting an HP Tuner and learning, but just not sure.
I will also be installing long tube headers.
Last edited by LannyL81; May 18, 2025 at 09:32 AM.
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I am old and a little "old school". All this talk of "tunes" and sending (or just taking) the PCM to the shop for a tune?? All mind
blowing to me, that's for sure. There is a lot to learn, that's for sure as well.
Some day my brain might be taken to a "brain repair/tuning" shop and then be put back in my head. Maybe a good idea.
I visited the HPTune site, interesting that it offers an introductory kind of course, if you will, to "tuning", which course focuses
on emissions control. I kind of see the heavy hand of governmental control here. At the end of the course participants are
encouraged to sign a pledge to not do anything contrary to government rules regarding emission control devices. Do smog
inspectors in states such as California use HPTunes for emissions control I wonder?
blowing to me, that's for sure. There is a lot to learn, that's for sure as well.
Some day my brain might be taken to a "brain repair/tuning" shop and then be put back in my head. Maybe a good idea.
I visited the HPTune site, interesting that it offers an introductory kind of course, if you will, to "tuning", which course focuses
on emissions control. I kind of see the heavy hand of governmental control here. At the end of the course participants are
encouraged to sign a pledge to not do anything contrary to government rules regarding emission control devices. Do smog
inspectors in states such as California use HPTunes for emissions control I wonder?
Last edited by DJ99; May 18, 2025 at 01:04 PM. Reason: Added additional thoughts.