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Jul 11, 2008 | 09:57 AM

susiejasmine

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Houston Tune

Have a lot of confidence in you guys so I need your opinon.
I have a base 2006 C6 manual trans with K&N cold air induction,and Corsa catback with X pipe system.
Can you give me several referrances for doing a tune in the Houston area?

Jul 11, 2008 | 10:24 AM

m_LeDez

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From: Houston, Tx.....'05 Corvette M6 LS3 Magnuson Heartbeat

HPE (Chuck), EnglandGreen Gulf Coast, Fastlane Inc. to name a few.....

Edited (Tue. 7/15/08), MTI (Houston)......closed.

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Jul 11, 2008 | 11:34 AM

dmaxcamss

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G-Force all the way. Great bunch of guys over there.

Jul 11, 2008 | 01:32 PM

Dvlray6

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Originally Posted by m_LeDez

MTI (Jayson), HPE (Chuck), EnglandGreen Gulf Coast, Fastlane Inc. to name a few.....

MTI is reportedly out of business on tuning.

Jul 11, 2008 | 01:58 PM

dmaxcamss

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MTI is reportedly out of business on tuning.

That doesn't surprise me. I used them long ago with my original tune on my other car and the customer service was not up to par with me. That's all I'll say.

Jul 12, 2008 | 08:05 AM

SnowyATX

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MTI is reportedly out of business on tuning.

That's interesting. How do you run a business like theirs without doing tunes? Or are they just not doing tunes on cars they didn't do the work on? I used them on my C5 with good success.

Jul 12, 2008 | 08:07 AM

setxws6

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MTI is reportedly out of business on tuning.

They tuned my car only 2-3 months ago. Probably just a rumor...

Jul 12, 2008 | 08:55 AM

MachineWorks

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Nope, its true. They not going to be working on cars anymore.

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Jul 14, 2008 | 12:45 PM

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ok since MTI is out and it seems to have been the choice who is 2nd in line and what general price am I looking at for the tune?

Jul 14, 2008 | 01:18 PM

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dmaxcamss

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Did you miss my post? The normal charge for a custom dyno tune is $500.

Jul 15, 2008 | 08:42 AM

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Yes I missed that post Dmax sorry.
Next question. Ive installed corsa xpipe and sport catback,K&N intake and Looking for Kooks long tubes. Should I wait for headers before the tune or would there be a performance gain by getting a tune done on just what Ive installed now?

Jul 15, 2008 | 09:34 AM

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You will get a performance gain tuning ANY setup, but unless you have your own copy of the software or your tuner gives free retunes you will want to wait until you have the mods on that you want your car tuned for.

Jul 15, 2008 | 09:50 AM

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dmaxcamss

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Wait till you install the headers. The tune is lifetime, meaning you can get it tuned for free when you make changes, but you will pay for dyno time. So just do the headers then get the tune so that you don't pay twice for dyno time.