How much for a tune?
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How much for a tune?
Hi,
I recently got headers and a cai on my C6, and I was wondering how much a tune would be? I've called a couple of shops around me, and I get anything from 800-1400 for a tune, which seems like a wide range of prices. How much did you pay for your tune?
I recently got headers and a cai on my C6, and I was wondering how much a tune would be? I've called a couple of shops around me, and I get anything from 800-1400 for a tune, which seems like a wide range of prices. How much did you pay for your tune?
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yup thats about right, little on the high side. I payed 700 15yrss ago for a full 1000hp build S/C'ed. if i was me i would not get it tuned for that money if you don't get it cammed. Waste of money for 10 to 15hp
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Those prices are kind of nuts.
You have a stock car at the end of the day. I can’t say I have ever paid over $500ish for a tune.
I know some shops charge like $1400 for tunes, but they are the social media famous ones with inflated egos
PS: a tune is only going to give you 10-15whp if you are lucky.
You have a stock car at the end of the day. I can’t say I have ever paid over $500ish for a tune.
I know some shops charge like $1400 for tunes, but they are the social media famous ones with inflated egos
PS: a tune is only going to give you 10-15whp if you are lucky.
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Most discussions I have seen about long tube headers would give you around 40-50hp increases and needing a tune to take advantage of the higher flow rates and delete the rear O2 sensors. So you guys are saying headers will only get you 10-15 hp with no tune needed at all?
Melting Slicks
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Most discussions I have seen about long tube headers would give you around 40-50hp increases and needing a tune to take advantage of the higher flow rates and delete the rear O2 sensors. So you guys are saying headers will only get you 10-15 hp with no tune needed at all?
headers do not need a tune. A tune will give to the same 10-15whp if its stock, or mild bolt on.
Headers themselves add a good bit of hp though. Usually to the tune of 20-30whp alone
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yes. The lack of catalyst code is just a cel. No performance issues other than seeing a light.
And don’t think if you get high flow cats you will circumvent that, because you will most likely still get a heater code.
Tuners shut the back sensors off.
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No, disabling the rear O2 sensors only turns off the MIL and has no effect on how the engine runs. It's not really a "tune" to disable these as it's just a few clicks in the software to disable and doesn't require any datalogging or adjusting based on logs. A real tune will involve driving your car and logging various parameters, and then making adjustments based on that and is much more involved, and yes while doing this a tuner would take the extra 10 seconds to disable your rear O2s if you don't have any.
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I paid $750 two years ago for a dyno tune on my old C5.
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