Trifecta switchable $320 tune. Anybody have it?Researching tunes.
08-26-2015, 05:30 PM
#26
My cobalt has a GT2871 with a recirc BOV and trims are near perfect most of the time. When running E47 they can swing a tad from fill up to fill up but I chuck that up to ethanol content in my mix.
My gas tune was near perfect as well. Most guys that have wonky trims is usually due to the EVAP, some small vacuum or boost leak somewhere, dirty MAF, etc. Trifecta asks you to address the issue rather than tuning over it like HPT guys will do. It'll just rear its ugly head in the future and you'll end up going back for a log/revision from your tuner, and they'll tune over it again.
I prefer trifecta's way of asking me to check my vehicle rather than simply tune over an issue. Never been as happy with any HPT tune I've had (and I go back to BYT, etc) as opposed to trifecta's tune in regards to best power and daily drivability, and features. Never had a Term2 tune, but if you go HPT, that's they way to go.
My gas tune was near perfect as well. Most guys that have wonky trims is usually due to the EVAP, some small vacuum or boost leak somewhere, dirty MAF, etc. Trifecta asks you to address the issue rather than tuning over it like HPT guys will do. It'll just rear its ugly head in the future and you'll end up going back for a log/revision from your tuner, and they'll tune over it again.
I prefer trifecta's way of asking me to check my vehicle rather than simply tune over an issue. Never been as happy with any HPT tune I've had (and I go back to BYT, etc) as opposed to trifecta's tune in regards to best power and daily drivability, and features. Never had a Term2 tune, but if you go HPT, that's they way to go.
08-26-2015, 09:15 PM
#28
Trifecta switchable $320 tune. Anybody have it?Researching tunes.
My cobalt has a GT2871 with a recirc BOV and trims are near perfect most of the time. When running E47 they can swing a tad from fill up to fill up but I chuck that up to ethanol content in my mix.
My gas tune was near perfect as well. Most guys that have wonky trims is usually due to the EVAP, some small vacuum or boost leak somewhere, dirty MAF, etc. Trifecta asks you to address the issue rather than tuning over it like HPT guys will do. It'll just rear its ugly head in the future and you'll end up going back for a log/revision from your tuner, and they'll tune over it again.
I prefer trifecta's way of asking me to check my vehicle rather than simply tune over an issue. Never been as happy with any HPT tune I've had (and I go back to BYT, etc) as opposed to trifecta's tune in regards to best power and daily drivability, and features. Never had a Term2 tune, but if you go HPT, that's they way to go.
My gas tune was near perfect as well. Most guys that have wonky trims is usually due to the EVAP, some small vacuum or boost leak somewhere, dirty MAF, etc. Trifecta asks you to address the issue rather than tuning over it like HPT guys will do. It'll just rear its ugly head in the future and you'll end up going back for a log/revision from your tuner, and they'll tune over it again.
I prefer trifecta's way of asking me to check my vehicle rather than simply tune over an issue. Never been as happy with any HPT tune I've had (and I go back to BYT, etc) as opposed to trifecta's tune in regards to best power and daily drivability, and features. Never had a Term2 tune, but if you go HPT, that's they way to go.
08-27-2015, 02:31 AM
#29
Senior Member
If vince would go leaner, and fix fuel trims no one would have problems.
Tunes for LNF are maybe.. 400 unless it a rep tuner and they have unlimted creds and know what they're doing easily and quickly then it costs less.
320 for a tune not including the cable and being able to switch between the two tunes you have is great. Maybe have a e85 hpt tune from term but have a switchable 91 tune from trifecta would be nice.
Basically what I'm saying about the switchable tunes is that if you get tuned on e85 from someone good then get a regular 91 tune from vince and always turn on the 91 tune when you start your car and then whn you wanna have fun turn it off and haul ass in e85 mode that might work. I don't know if it keeps the old tune in a way still.
I'm going to go full E with either term2,area47, cssob, or a local guy named psycho steveo that tunes lnf's and has a very great price and has 09 credits already. I'll have to see the kind of power I make with the local guy and if i'm happy I will stay with him.
Back to trifecta.... the budget tune is GREAT power for the price with 2-3 boltons but horrible drive ability on the daily. I was making power on trifecta's canned tune the same as my brother with a tune on a slipping clutch with bolt ons through james.
Tuning an LNF well is not easy, it's not just like 3 or 4 tables like other cars, you have to touch over 8 tables and caliberate and log over and over lots of stuff to make the tune good and that's even if the person has good/new spark plugs and clean intake valves.
And then here comes the hate from CSS.net saying I don't know ****.
Tunes for LNF are maybe.. 400 unless it a rep tuner and they have unlimted creds and know what they're doing easily and quickly then it costs less.
320 for a tune not including the cable and being able to switch between the two tunes you have is great. Maybe have a e85 hpt tune from term but have a switchable 91 tune from trifecta would be nice.
Basically what I'm saying about the switchable tunes is that if you get tuned on e85 from someone good then get a regular 91 tune from vince and always turn on the 91 tune when you start your car and then whn you wanna have fun turn it off and haul ass in e85 mode that might work. I don't know if it keeps the old tune in a way still.
I'm going to go full E with either term2,area47, cssob, or a local guy named psycho steveo that tunes lnf's and has a very great price and has 09 credits already. I'll have to see the kind of power I make with the local guy and if i'm happy I will stay with him.
Back to trifecta.... the budget tune is GREAT power for the price with 2-3 boltons but horrible drive ability on the daily. I was making power on trifecta's canned tune the same as my brother with a tune on a slipping clutch with bolt ons through james.
Tuning an LNF well is not easy, it's not just like 3 or 4 tables like other cars, you have to touch over 8 tables and caliberate and log over and over lots of stuff to make the tune good and that's even if the person has good/new spark plugs and clean intake valves.
And then here comes the hate from CSS.net saying I don't know ****.
08-27-2015, 09:48 PM
#30
Basically what I'm saying about the switchable tunes is that if you get tuned on e85 from someone good then get a regular 91 tune from vince and always turn on the 91 tune when you start your car and then whn you wanna have fun turn it off and haul ass in e85 mode that might work.
And then here comes the hate from CSS.net saying I don't know ****.
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08-29-2015, 12:33 AM
#33
Senior Member
In my experience, Trifecta is one of the best options for tuning the lnf. I started with 93 e10 tune which ran really really strong. It ran so well I decided to invest another 100$ to see whta they could do with e47.
The E47 tune was phenomenal!!!! I also really liked being able to turn the extra power on and off as needed with the selectatune. I would get better mileage while cruising 60-65mph with tune on. 65+ cruising would get better milage with tune off. (remember i had hhr with 4.05 fd at the time)That was just one of the perks. I had absolutely ZERO issues with my tunes and drivability was superb. Never studdrered or ran funky. Very very, consistent. AFR also very consitant. Dynojet numbers were 330/350. I told them to turn it the **** up and they did. "They" being BNR. Dynoed again same dyno at 331/407. Now yes they are just numbers and all he did was up the boost blah blah blah but car never skipped a beat and continued to run ******* perfect, Exactly like stock and GMTU excluding power increase obviously. Every time i sent in a log( which wasnt often because car was always running excellent) it always took at least 4 weeks but they always ended up sending me another file which ran just as perfect as the previous. It always surprised me when they sent me another file as i thought they would tell me no more adjustments were needed.
This tune was enough to pull a stock 2014 mustang 5.0 40-120 roll with my fatass HHR and slower 4.05 FD. Now I'm HP tuned, making even more power, and I still really miss how perfect my car ran with trifecta. Trifecta is not as bad as these guys make it out to be. Bad experiences have happened with both HPT and Trifecta. I would still bet any amount of money that LNF newbs have a better chance blowing their engine hiring an HPT tuner vs Trifecta...
The E47 tune was phenomenal!!!! I also really liked being able to turn the extra power on and off as needed with the selectatune. I would get better mileage while cruising 60-65mph with tune on. 65+ cruising would get better milage with tune off. (remember i had hhr with 4.05 fd at the time)That was just one of the perks. I had absolutely ZERO issues with my tunes and drivability was superb. Never studdrered or ran funky. Very very, consistent. AFR also very consitant. Dynojet numbers were 330/350. I told them to turn it the **** up and they did. "They" being BNR. Dynoed again same dyno at 331/407. Now yes they are just numbers and all he did was up the boost blah blah blah but car never skipped a beat and continued to run ******* perfect, Exactly like stock and GMTU excluding power increase obviously. Every time i sent in a log( which wasnt often because car was always running excellent) it always took at least 4 weeks but they always ended up sending me another file which ran just as perfect as the previous. It always surprised me when they sent me another file as i thought they would tell me no more adjustments were needed.
This tune was enough to pull a stock 2014 mustang 5.0 40-120 roll with my fatass HHR and slower 4.05 FD. Now I'm HP tuned, making even more power, and I still really miss how perfect my car ran with trifecta. Trifecta is not as bad as these guys make it out to be. Bad experiences have happened with both HPT and Trifecta. I would still bet any amount of money that LNF newbs have a better chance blowing their engine hiring an HPT tuner vs Trifecta...
Last edited by LNFwagonSS; 08-29-2015 at 12:45 AM.
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08-31-2015, 05:54 AM
#38
I had gms1, then went to trifecta, and really liked the selectable tune. I put the k04+ on and went to 09cobaltSS1 for my hpt tune. Even though I should have only picked up 25 hp with the +, the car was totally different. We have since swapped to e47 and I have been totally satisfied with my results, to the point where I can't understand why anyone would want to go big turbo. Car drives great with no knock either on 93 or e47 and is a beast on e47. The car feels like it's got 150 more hp on e47 than it had on trifecta. If you want to get the most out of your car and only have simple bolt ons trifecta can work for you. But honestly my car now verses what it was are 2 different machines. I would recommend john to anyone.
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