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Old Apr 15, 2018 | 11:28 AM
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Im doing a cam, headers, upper/lower pulleys, intake on my 2015. Who do you guys recommend as far as tuning goes?
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Im doing a cam, headers, upper/lower pulleys, intake on my 2015. Who do you guys recommend as far as tuning goes?
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You will need a good dyno tune. Choose your tuner wisely they can make or break your build!
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Originally Posted by supraman95
Im doing a cam, headers, upper/lower pulleys, intake on my 2015. Who do you guys recommend as far as tuning goes?
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What area? What city.
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What area? What city.
I am in TN but willing to travel.
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What part? I’m in memphis
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Originally Posted by supraman95
Im doing a cam, headers, upper/lower pulleys, intake on my 2015. Who do you guys recommend as far as tuning goes?
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Cam is a job on these cars. Time you add the costs of cam and both pulleys. You could do like I did so simple and less money and get a 2300 Blower instead. You need the Halltech or AFE intake anyway so then the headers and blower
makes 673 on my tuner's mustang dyno and feels amazing.

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Originally Posted by 3 Z06ZR1
Cam is a job on these cars. Time you add the costs of cam and both pulleys. You could do like I did so simple and less money and get a 2300 Blower instead. You need the Halltech or AFE intake anyway so then the headers and blower
makes 673 on my tuner's mustang dyno and feels amazing.
That would be over 700 on any dyno Jet..

what upper and lower pulley? I assume stock lower and around 3.0 upper
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I'm in Memphis, TN. Taking mine to GPI on Monday.
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Originally Posted by djpelosi
I'm in Memphis, TN. Taking mine to GPI on Monday.
They do decent work.. should run ok
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Car already has upper/lower pulleys, stage 2 cam, intake and full 2" headers back.. Just looking for a highly recommended tuner.

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Originally Posted by supraman95
Car already has upper/lower pulleys, stage 2 cam, intake and full 2" headers back.. Just looking for a highly recommended tuner.

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let me know how things go at gpi. i need a tune for my car badly in memphis too. what mods done to your car. thanks, joe
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let me know how things go at gpi. i need a tune for my car badly in memphis too. what mods done to your car. thanks, joe
headers, CAI, 2.31 upper pulley and short throw shifter. I kno a LOT of people who have had GPI tunes and always been happy.
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What are you guys paying for tunes?

RPM in Garner, NC wanted >$800 to tune and another $400 - $500 if I wanted a second ECU so I could keep the OEM unit if I needed warranty work.

That's roughly twice what they charged to tune my 2015 Z51.

When I asked why? They said the Z06 was much more difficult to tune...
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What are you guys paying for tunes?

RPM in Garner, NC wanted >$800 to tune and another $400 - $500 if I wanted a second ECU so I could keep the OEM unit if I needed warranty work.

That's roughly twice what they charged to tune my 2015 Z51.

When I asked why? They said the Z06 was much more difficult to tune...
I believe mine is going to be $550. If you have a 2017 or newer it's more expensive because licensing costs went up for the software in 2017.
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^Thanks.

Mine is a 2018.
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Like Cajun said, Chris Crawford or given your location Ben (t/a kid) could help you out. Both are competent and well known on the HP Tuner forums. A lot of tuners struggle with our gen 5 platform, but these guys have it under control.

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What things should we be looking for in a Tuner? I mean, how do you find a vetted (lol) tuner that you can trust in your area? In Michigan, so I'm talking with Livernois.
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What things should we be looking for in a Tuner? I mean, how do you find a vetted (lol) tuner that you can trust in your area? In Michigan, so I'm talking with Livernois.
That is a well respected shop with talented tuners. You are in good hands with them
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