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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 10:43 AM
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cheap tune

looking for a cheap tune here in halifax
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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 01:31 PM
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you get what you paid for, cheap tunes = new engines or replacement parts
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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Snakes709
you get what you paid for, cheap tunes = new engines or replacement parts
Good advice .....Contact trifecta or Danny@ JD
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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 01:42 PM
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dont get a tune if ur a stock sc.
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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 01:48 PM
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like the other guys where saying in your other posts. There is no point in getting a tune unless you have smaller pulley and bigger injectors. i think you are getting the impression from the sst/c where you can get greast power gain with just a tune. That is because gm limited the stock tune on the car to make it safe...you can boost it up and still be safe but ....well gm is gm. With a near stock ss/sc you arent going to get anymore then 5-10hp increase with a tune. To tune your car it will cost $200 for the hp tuners licence to licence your car and then whatever the rate is to tune it....most likely $70-$90 an hour....is $400 really worth 10hp? Of course that is just a rough estimate for the price...it would have cost me $1500 for the dyno tune i got when i did the stage 2 upgrade, but i got a deal.

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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 07:37 AM
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my suggestion is if you have a sc car. get the gm stage 2 kit. cold air intake and header. and then a tune. will be much more worth it. but thats just my opinon.
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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 09:28 AM
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I can trifecta tune you for $210 usd. You come to me.

Vince states that his tune can show an increase of 15-20hp on a stock ss/sc.

Hope that helps.
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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by kidcrash603
I can trifecta tune you for $210 usd. You come to me.

Vince states that his tune can show an increase of 15-20hp on a stock ss/sc.

Hope that helps.
So $210 for the tune and god knows how much in gas+food+tolls+hotel (if need be) = approx $400-500 and the time to go to you...for 15-20hp? not worth it at all. And i wanna see dyno graphs of before and after of this 15-20hp increase just with a tune on a stock ss/tc
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 12:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Snakes709
So $210 for the tune and god knows how much in gas+food+tolls+hotel (if need be) = approx $400-500 and the time to go to you...for 15-20hp? not worth it at all. And i wanna see dyno graphs of before and after of this 15-20hp increase just with a tune on a stock ss/tc
Actually, on a stock SS/TC, just a tune can see increases of 50whp.... and the dyno's are all over the site... but I know what you meant.

I am 4 hours from Montreal... that's the extent of what I know about the distance from me to anywhere in the great white north.

Hey, I'm a reasonable guy with a spare bedroom that my wife keeps clean.... knock the hotel off your cost!
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 12:36 AM
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yea sorry, ment to say ss/sc. When i moved/drove from nova scotia (where he is) to edmonton, alberta. It took me 12 hours to get to quebec city, which is a few hours shy of montreal.....of course i was taking breaks now and then because i had 2 cats in the car. But with that 12 hours to montreal which everyone hates driving through and the 4 hours to get to u, i still think its abit pointless. Emailing the tune would be easier. The point im trying to make is not to insult you in anyway but the OP is trying to get hp gain without using alot of money....which is, well i dont want to sat impossible but hard to do. You gotta pay to play..lol. I put $5000 into performance mods only to get approx 100whp increase from stock. And with me new car it cost me $761 for approx 15rwhp. Like i said, its nearly impossible to get hp for cheap. Think the best mod to get with the best $:hp ratio is the intake on the cobalts. With my car its the underdrive pulley, not to sure what it does for the cobalt.
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 06:41 AM
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Originally Posted by kidcrash603
Actually, on a stock SS/TC, just a tune can see increases of 50whp.... and the dyno's are all over the site... but I know what you meant.

I am 4 hours from Montreal... that's the extent of what I know about the distance from me to anywhere in the great white north.

Hey, I'm a reasonable guy with a spare bedroom that my wife keeps clean.... knock the hotel off your cost!
Do you have a dyno at your shop?? You must know Pete @ Performance Dyno??
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 02:34 PM
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Do you have a dyno at your shop?? You must know Pete @ Performance Dyno??
No, and No.

LOL I live in an apartment, and sell the Trifecta tune for Vince. No shop here. I install the prepared tune for the customers vehicle, send datalogs back to vince for analysing and optimization if it needs it, and reflash as needed.

Sorry I'm so far away.
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