Hey guys im buying a stage kit in the next couple days if not then then next weekend. Want to know any info on how the can tune is and stuff. Anyone like or dislike it? Im planning on the stage 3 however. But im also kinda intrested in RAW Stage kits. Let me know what ya think. Thanks.

 

bump?

 

Got RAW STAGE 2 I believe with 2.7 & 60lbs....Car runs mint for 2yrs.

 

What about OTT Stage 1? Any reviews?

 

OTT just put a stage 1 kit out and they say 40 horse to the wheels, i hear they are a great company

 

just go with gm stage 3 that way u dont void ur warranty

 

GM Stage 3 voids your warranty i thought. My OTT Stage 1 is awesome. I will be testing it at the track Tuesday. The one thing I recommend on the kit is getting a GM Stage 2 belt over the tensioner they send out. It does not fit our cars. I shaved the tensioner down and everything. Still didnt fit. Overall, great price for the performance. I will be getting a W/B O2 sensor next month to see how everything is.

 

yeah gm stage 3 voids warranty unless u know someone at the dealership and they wont say anything when u go in for service

 

i had the zzp pcm and the tune wasnt bad but i had a few problems. First, the pcm was programed without a valid vin# so i couldnt license the car which means it cant be retuned with hptune unless you get the dealer to reflash it. Also, the fuel gueage turns backwards for some odd reason. I ended up getting hptuners and reflashing the car myself.
Stage kits are not worth it imo. Just buy the parts and do a custom tune.

 

+1 i totally agree, canned tunes are horrible. Especially if you have mods they don't know about and every car is different. If you don't know how to tune, find someone who does and go from there.

 

i though the gm stage kits were designed to increase performance while matianing your warrenty since gm tested and did the R&D for the kits themselves

 

ya y would gm make a part that voided its warranty. if gm installs it and its their product then its under warranty

 

GM Stage 2 is warrantied. However where im located its gonna cost me close to 1100$ for it. Deff not worth it in my opinion. My warranty is nice but im not gonna blow my car up on a 2.9 pully. My buddy is willing to slap his gm stage 2 tune on my car as long as i grab some injectors, belt, harness, and the pully/hub itself. And the only way they can void your warrenty is if they can prove what you did to your car is what caused the defect. I dont want a 2.8. the smallest ill go without meth, duel pass, and h/e is a 2.9. So im thinking im just gonna surf the classifieds for a while

 

crateenginedepot.com has them for 550 and it only cost me 250 for tune and installation

 

CED is awesome. they shipped my kit to me right away and cost a totally of about 800 by the time i got it on and tuned by gm.