How did ED Wright tune your car?
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How did ED Wright tune your car?
I'm always thinking of ways to improve my combination, now my attention is turning towards Ed Wright for tuning help.
Have you ever had your C5 tuned by Fastchip and if so, did you mail in the PCM or drove the vehicle there. How was your experience? were you satisfy?, did the car run as expected or better? does it makes power? I understand that sometimes when doing mail order tune, it may take a couple of tries to get it dead on...was this the case with many of you?
Thanks for your inputs
Have you ever had your C5 tuned by Fastchip and if so, did you mail in the PCM or drove the vehicle there. How was your experience? were you satisfy?, did the car run as expected or better? does it makes power? I understand that sometimes when doing mail order tune, it may take a couple of tries to get it dead on...was this the case with many of you?
Thanks for your inputs
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Haven't actually dove into the C5 YET...but had Ed dyno tune the 383 in my 95. He took it from 335 to 362 in about 30 minutes. Mail order programming (& some other tuners as well) provide a wide variety of proven set ups, not "tailored" to your car.
As for the experience, I went in thinking the car was good, came out knowing the difference. Easy for me to say as I'm only about 10 minutes from his shop.
As for the experience, I went in thinking the car was good, came out knowing the difference. Easy for me to say as I'm only about 10 minutes from his shop.
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I had him mail order tune my Magnuson setup and then went to his shop a year later and had it dyno tuned, he does great work but locks the PCM 
I have since reflashed back to stock and now I do my own programming
I have since reflashed back to stock and now I do my own programming
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Mail order tunes are a waste, IMHO. When your ready for a tune go to a shop that specializes in LS1 cars and have a full dyno tune done. That is the only way to do it ( unless you have all the software, experience, and wideband 02 ).
Mark
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Originally Posted by mdhmi
Mail order tunes are a waste, IMHO. When your ready for a tune go to a shop that specializes in LS1 cars and have a full dyno tune done. That is the only way to do it ( unless you have all the software, experience, and wideband 02 ).
Mark
Mark
You can't capture nearly the amount of data sitting on a dyno at WOT as you can putting the car under load on the street and in various driving conditions. He saw the data files the same as if if was sitting in the car, only difference was I e-mailed him back and forth with files. If you are only racing your vette 1/4 mile, then WOT is probably all you car about. My car is a street car and I wanted drivability and performance.
My powerband was increased tremendously. The powerband is so much smoother now. I did a before and after dyno (same dyno) to see the actual RW #'s. I gained over 60 RWTQ at 3K rpms and 30 RWHP throughout most of the powerband. Only addition was LT headers, which is why I wanted it tuned. FYI...I didn't use Ed Wright. E-mail me if you want my tuners contact info.
Chris
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I sent a pcm to him once.
Car felt like stock. I questioned if anything was even done!
Mail order pcm tune? Yes. Want a guy who will do it with a 1 day turn around & who won't lock it, and who knows LS-1 Edit better than anyone? His name is Bryan Herter of
pcmforless . com
Check my signature... ALL of my wins, except the bottom one, (my first win), were AFTER Bryan tuned my car!
He is without a doubt THE 100% ABSOLUTE BEST!
Car felt like stock. I questioned if anything was even done!
Mail order pcm tune? Yes. Want a guy who will do it with a 1 day turn around & who won't lock it, and who knows LS-1 Edit better than anyone? His name is Bryan Herter of
pcmforless . com
Check my signature... ALL of my wins, except the bottom one, (my first win), were AFTER Bryan tuned my car!
He is without a doubt THE 100% ABSOLUTE BEST!
Last edited by YO-EL; Jul 25, 2004 at 08:26 AM.
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Using a scan program on a laptop and driving the car under every road condition that you normally drive is hard to beat. A scan program also shecks how your O2 sensors are working and if the left bank of cylinders are running the same as the right side....etc...etc... it checks wide open throttle as well as idle and partial opening and everywhere in between...Then you tune it to exactly how you want it with a LS-1 edit or similar program.
I had a guy named John Rovner tune my car and later took it to
One of the oldest and biggest speed shops in the Bay area with a dyno and the manager an 3 of his employees told me that the car was very immpressive running for the mods I have and that it was also very clean out the tail pipe. I can say that I am very pleased with the tune and have no issues or coeds with the tune. The scan did catch the o2 sensors on once side of the headers not working as well as the other side.
John Rovner can be reached at The Team ZR-1 website for tuning. He previously worked for GM for delopement.
(541)389-0312
I had a guy named John Rovner tune my car and later took it to
One of the oldest and biggest speed shops in the Bay area with a dyno and the manager an 3 of his employees told me that the car was very immpressive running for the mods I have and that it was also very clean out the tail pipe. I can say that I am very pleased with the tune and have no issues or coeds with the tune. The scan did catch the o2 sensors on once side of the headers not working as well as the other side.
John Rovner can be reached at The Team ZR-1 website for tuning. He previously worked for GM for delopement.
(541)389-0312
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I second JR's tuning abilities. He is top notch and would highly recommend him. I don't trust a lot of people with my car...I trust JR, which means more to me than the guy who says I will get you more HP and does it by getting your AFR to 13.0 and up.
Chris
Chris
