that is the question, where is a tune shop in nc, i live on the virginia border, bout 25mins north from raliegh on number 1

 

not that it's close... but there's several of us with HPTuners in Charlotte...

 

Well some of you Charlotte tuners may get some stuff for me, unless I buy the HPT stuff, but Area47 has all my tunes!

 

he can send them to us... or we can pull them right off of your car...

 

are there any shops in nc that do dyno tunes im looking at gettin a crate motor for my 2.2 LS when i get back thats sposed to come outta the crate at 220 WHP and 200 WTQ and im probably gonna have to get it dyno tuned among other things

 

what kinda crate motor are you gonna get to work in a 07 LS? These cars are computerized to hell and back... I don't see anything but trouble with an engine swap.

 

the motor is a jbody performance crate motor designed for the LS (L61) im in contact with them right now trying to get all the particulars on the motor ill keep you posted as i learn more

 

interesting... very interesting...

 

the motor is completely swapable and only requires a dyno tune for proper fuel delivery and max power ya kno all that happy crap only downside is that thers a 2g core charge which i assume is on top of the 2600 dollar cost of the motor but thats not bad for a motor capable of sustaining 300 whp with no mods and higher with a little extra work

 

I got my tuning done at RPM in garner, but I don't think i'd suggest it. He boasted a 20-30hp gain and only got me 7hp. They normally work on v8's so i guess he doesnt know 4bangers well.. but either way, thats where i went, and where i go for any other work i may need that i cant do/too lazy to do..

http://www.ryansperformance.com/

 

thanks, i think my thread got ambushed, with a motor swap or somthing....lol

 

lol threadjacking should be a felony jk..

Hey man, next time your headed into raleigh, hit me up. I've been dying to mess around with some other cobalts since no one around here is motivated to meet up. I am taking the balt in for a ticking valve(probably cause I drive like an *******), so after i get that cleared up, i would like to do a couple pulls. Especially since last time we met you were having clutch issues. Next time we can get some cleaner starts if your down.

BTW, RPM is a pretty cool shop, but like I said, Ryan didnt get me the gains i was hoping for. They are pretty nice to me considering i have less than half the displacement they are used to working on. If you do head out there, let me know and i'll try to roll out there with ya. atleast do a dyno day or something. And Ricky, if your reading this, bring your ass out there too. I havent seen ya in a while..

 

Hhahaha ya i have been busy with the new house and the job back at cisco. got a **** load of weddings for the next couple of months. Right now I am doing some studying for the ccna. aftewards i should be pertty free to do something once i get some new tires. I am working on the stage 2 aswell

 

sounds good, i am jobless right now, had an interveiw with pergo in garner today but anyway i am probably gonna head up to dinwiddie virginia for some test and tune nights here coming up if you wanna go i will let you know, it would be about a 30 min ride for you to henderson, then hour and a half to virginia motorsports park, it is a 1/4 mile nhra strip.

 

I would normally be definately down, but work is a pain in the ass to get out of. Next time fo sho..

 

oh yea i just looked at it on google and hell its right down the street from pergo, where i went for an interveiw, when i had my integra we used to race down there were pergo is on waterfeild drive, good times.

 

SoOOOooo, you guys don't talk much on here! Whattup with that!

Anywho is there any good tuner in the Raliegh area yet???

 

haven't heard of one...

 

whats up, i emailed ryan and he said like 450.00 does that sound right, he said he had a tune specially for my car, i guess the same one he gave you.

 

thats what they were going to charge me. They are a good company. Check out Horsepowerjunkies.com they are always on the board there. put me down as a referral

 

I think that my tune was 350 actually.. I cant remember though, its been a while. And as cool as those guys are, I just don't know if im happy with my tune. Like I said before, I only got 7hp out of it, when he said I could get 20-30. Perhaps he was just being a salesman to get me to come back for the tune. But I really thought I would atleast get 15hp out of the sloppy stage 2 tune.

Your call though. Your mods are a lil more extensive than mine, so he could probably squeeze more hp out. And they are always nice to me. Ive been up a few times to switch back and forth between stock tune and his custom tune and they have no problem with it. But beware.. They are v8 guys so there may be some laughing in the background lol.

But yeah, they a pretty cool bunch of dudes. Just don't expect the finest tune since they are used to v8s, so 4bangers arent their expertise.

Let me know when any of you guys go up there. I'm dying for some cobalt companionship lol.

 

lol, ok i'll let ya know

 

maybe we can get a dyno day out of all the local cobalts..........

 

Good luck with that one Rick. I have found that the locals are impossible to organize. That means you too! But if you get it going, you can count me in..

 

let me talk to ryan at rpm and see what i can do, i think i can take alteast a couple of hours of my busy day and do that. if its local i am usually good.