Hit me up with a retune bro! ...or not.
05-01-2012, 11:04 AM
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Yes, and when we have someone coming in with a full build and they ask how much it will cost to get it running right, I have to tell them that it could be $200 or it could be $2000. That never goes over very well, because people refuse to belive that there could be a bunch of issue with their car.
05-01-2012, 11:15 AM
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Yes, and when we have someone coming in with a full build and they ask how much it will cost to get it running right, I have to tell them that it could be $200 or it could be $2000. That never goes over very well, because people refuse to belive that there could be a bunch of issue with their car.
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05-01-2012, 11:16 AM
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Yes, and when we have someone coming in with a full build and they ask how much it will cost to get it running right, I have to tell them that it could be $200 or it could be $2000. That never goes over very well, because people refuse to belive that there could be a bunch of issue with their car.
It's just a 09 Cobalt SS. Just ship it back with a bill lol.
05-01-2012, 11:46 AM
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yep a lot of times theres MORE then what meets the eye. people just think its the tune thats all wrong..... a lot of times its just funky because of a problem lying underneath. better yet i love the "oh yeah my car just needs a clutch......" and the car comes in on a flatbed with no plugs in it, wiring everywhere, no turbo and all this non sense because mr ill diy because shop labors soooo much money could diy lol.
however theres also a lot of CRAP tuners out there and a lot of people that think because they pick up an hpt suite they are tuners and a crappy tune leads to a bunch of problems later down the road aswell so it can swing both ways. im sure you guys have seen quite a few junk tune files up there just like we have.
however theres also a lot of CRAP tuners out there and a lot of people that think because they pick up an hpt suite they are tuners and a crappy tune leads to a bunch of problems later down the road aswell so it can swing both ways. im sure you guys have seen quite a few junk tune files up there just like we have.
05-01-2012, 12:06 PM
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Well said, Matt. A lot of peoples first instinct is to blame the tune. The tune was fine before, what changed? Oh, well I did A,B and C... well theres your problem. Somewhere along the line of changing A,B, or C, something went wrong causing it not to run right. Fix the problem, car is fine.
OR, tune a car and problems arise... well, it's the tune... no, not really, this is failing/failed and this needs changed to compensate for added boost/power. Car as xxx,xxx miles on it so things fail/break.
Peeps be quick to point fingers at anyone else but themselves or just don't understand that **** happens or that human error exists when upgrading parts.
Well said, Matt. A lot of peoples first instinct is to blame the tune. The tune was fine before, what changed? Oh, well I did A,B and C... well theres your problem. Somewhere along the line of changing A,B, or C, something went wrong causing it not to run right. Fix the problem, car is fine.
OR, tune a car and problems arise... well, it's the tune... no, not really, this is failing/failed and this needs changed to compensate for added boost/power. Car as xxx,xxx miles on it so things fail/break.
Peeps be quick to point fingers at anyone else but themselves or just don't understand that **** happens or that human error exists when upgrading parts.
05-02-2012, 08:59 AM
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05-02-2012, 07:49 PM
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Total thread jack post, but I figure Id get the right response here. Im hoping to get my car tuned this summer (handed out 16 resumes in the past 2 weeks ^_^).
My questions are:
1. Is dyno tuning the best way to tune, and will yeild better results over a street tune or e-mail no contest?
2. What kinda of power on a dyno (very roughly..) would I grab from 23PSI tune on a %100 stock LNF.
My elevation is 1650FT if that could make a difference.
Sorry for the thread jack, but Im bugging out handing my car over to strangers =)
My questions are:
1. Is dyno tuning the best way to tune, and will yeild better results over a street tune or e-mail no contest?
2. What kinda of power on a dyno (very roughly..) would I grab from 23PSI tune on a %100 stock LNF.
My elevation is 1650FT if that could make a difference.
Sorry for the thread jack, but Im bugging out handing my car over to strangers =)
05-02-2012, 08:34 PM
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Total thread jack post, but I figure Id get the right response here. Im hoping to get my car tuned this summer (handed out 16 resumes in the past 2 weeks ^_^).
My questions are:
1. Is dyno tuning the best way to tune, and will yeild better results over a street tune or e-mail no contest?
2. What kinda of power on a dyno (very roughly..) would I grab from 23PSI tune on a %100 stock LNF.
My elevation is 1650FT if that could make a difference.
Sorry for the thread jack, but Im bugging out handing my car over to strangers =)
My questions are:
1. Is dyno tuning the best way to tune, and will yeild better results over a street tune or e-mail no contest?
2. What kinda of power on a dyno (very roughly..) would I grab from 23PSI tune on a %100 stock LNF.
My elevation is 1650FT if that could make a difference.
Sorry for the thread jack, but Im bugging out handing my car over to strangers =)
05-02-2012, 10:08 PM
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Wow this sounds like the story of my life. I get called at least once a week from a customer complaining that their tune is too rich, too lean, the timing is off, not enough boost, etc, and it MUST be the tune.
No, it's not the tune. Fix your **** and it will run right.
No, it's not the tune. Fix your **** and it will run right.
05-02-2012, 10:47 PM
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I had customer come in and say "i used duct tape to hold the couplers onto the intercooler, but I think I need a [Stg1] re-tune because the boost doesn't spike/hold any more.." really now - I wonder why?
i later found there was hair-line crack on the left-side plastic end-tank that ran from the top of the end tank to the bottom.. and the customer later asks me "how much will it cost to re-tune without t-clamps" - really now? after i told him - he needed the t-clamps to perform a "street shake down"..
i later found there was hair-line crack on the left-side plastic end-tank that ran from the top of the end tank to the bottom.. and the customer later asks me "how much will it cost to re-tune without t-clamps" - really now? after i told him - he needed the t-clamps to perform a "street shake down"..
05-06-2012, 02:14 PM
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So Matt, what do I do about this humid ass weather on my blow thru maf set up? I keep getting moisture built up on the maf, even after removing the intercooler, spraying maf cleaner in it, buying a new maf(throws maf high freq. code), blowing air through the intercooler to get the moisture out of it...my air filter isn't wet but I still get moisture on it. Even drained water out of the charge pipes. This humidity is ridiculous....is there a way to tune around it?
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05-06-2012, 04:01 PM
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So Matt, what do I do about this humid ass weather on my blow thru maf set up? I keep getting moisture built up on the maf, even after removing the intercooler, spraying maf cleaner in it, buying a new maf(throws maf high freq. code), blowing air through the intercooler to get the moisture out of it...my air filter isn't wet but I still get moisture on it. Even drained water out of the charge pipes. This humidity is ridiculous....is there a way to tune around it?