i am wanting a tune on my 09 ss turbo, i want the most horsepower out of my car, but dont want to blow it up either, not really wanting to void my warrenty. has anyone had any problems with hp tuners? any codes popping up? any motors blowing lol?GM stage is to much $$$ for me right now. this is the only performance mod im gonna do for a while, right now im working on the apperance of my car. thanks.

 

go with vince at triffecta... its like 300$ and you pick what PSI etc etc... just make sure that with ANYONE that you DATALOG a lot before saying its done!

 

If you don't want to VOID, then get the GMS1. A tuner will tune your car for the same $$, you choose the PSI if you want.

As everyone will say you pay to play.

 

well i can get HP for like $250 local, if i got GMS1, cost what? $450/kit+dealer install be like $600 total, i cant afford that lol

 

Well you pay little now, but if you break you pay usually more later, but in the end you always pay.

 

yea thats what i was thinking too, i would hate to go cheap and void warrenty, then something happen.

 

if you want horsepower you cant have a warranty... you will be limited to no more than 300ish hp...
if thats good for you then go with GM... if not eather 1) forget about your warranty and tune it rihgt or 2) wait till warranty is over..

 

Ever see the Staples commercial?

 

Who says you can't get a custom tune and retain warranty Worked for me..

 

what do you have?

 

He has HP tuners and tunes alot of peoples cars. He email tunes my HHR SS and my friends GMS1 cobalt. My friend has had quite a bit of warranty work done(including trans work) without even taking the tune off. I do a write entire stock tune to my car for warranty work and have not had a problem.

 

I think the ones that get the pass, have the strings to pull. That's not for everyone.

 

No they just own the HP Tuners hardware lol or atleast have access to it

 

Honestly, this ALL depends on the dealer. Using the Tech 2 you CAN see if a car has been flashed, using a NON-GM approved tune.

I have had warranty work done as well, tuned and untuned. Here in NC as well as Missouri. But it also helps that I have friends that work at both dealers.


But if you go in for something powertrain related and they check your PCM and know what to look for they can see that its not factory GM flashed.

 

I did a write entire back to the car and they said they had to check it with the tech2 to approve repairs, GM deemed it untouched. Jax is saying the same as well as a couple other people I have tuned. If you do a write entire it clears the flash count, as soon as you write cal only over that you show it as tuned. If you have access to a Tech2, try that out

 

This is true... but it changes the first line of code.... believe me if they are looking at more than FLASH COUNT....

If they know what to look for they can tell.

 

Im sure if I blew it to bits and they dug hard enough they could def figure it out. But for normal repairs, so far so good LOL!

 

"normal" repairs.

just sayin

 

I'm still laughing at how true this is.

I can already tell you not to tune your car. If it's the only thing you're going to change, something will break, and that something is the IC. You don't sound like you want anything to break.

 

well i want more power, and everybody tells me the best way for instant power is a tune, i see a lot of stock cars running just a tune, and havn't heard of them blowing up yet lol. just right now im not going to put every aftermarket bolt on part on my car, i will later.

 

If you do any mods, from what I have been told this engine loves to breathe. So Intake, DP, and exhaust should be first on the list if you get tuned.

 

My HHR SS has been tuned for 23k, other than oil changes thats all I have done to it so far.(~28k now)

 

you notice a change in power? what tune do you have?

 

I have an HP tune. Love it. makes 21psi and 320hp/365 tq whp. Its Brutal. Had to do the clutch though. Just about to do the exhaust. Its sitting in my garage. Going with the MPx. MAybe I'll dyno again after that.

 

Clutch-jobs sure ain't cheap.