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Old Jun 12, 2013 | 06:54 PM
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Heh, the guy was like a monkey pressing buttons.
Old Jun 12, 2013 | 07:52 PM
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As for those wg duty cycle settings like his DALs they lack the proper taper and smoothness and the numbers make no sense. Example the table of all 85% wg duty cycle settings in that case the ecm is commanding the wg to be 85% shut at all desired boost levels above 0%. So at 10% throttle when the wg should be open so the car drives well and the turbo does not surge or choke he has it clamped closed most of the way. If I was not posting from my phone I would put up proper examples of wg duty cycle and all the other related throttle, torque and desired boost tables.
Old Jun 12, 2013 | 08:24 PM
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First hand experience after some things came about and I looked into things from my car being *fine*... I'm not impressed. I will be looking towards my new results... I should've created a thread of my own and stated results.

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Old Jun 12, 2013 | 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Wert842
First hand experience after some things came about and I looked into things from my car being *fine*... I'm not impressed. I will be looking towards my new results... I should've created a thread of my own and stated results.

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You can still make one. Hopefully others will check into their tunes now and they will see the light.
Old Jun 12, 2013 | 10:12 PM
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My tune is great!
Old Jun 12, 2013 | 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by nhanson
My tune is great!
Says who
Old Jun 12, 2013 | 11:11 PM
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Says who
Me!
Old Jun 13, 2013 | 12:53 AM
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Me!
And you know this how? If you "know" , then please explain to me why you paid somebody else to do it....
Old Jun 13, 2013 | 12:56 AM
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Lol
Old Jun 13, 2013 | 03:03 AM
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About time! I've been speaking against James for years! Gave him a second chance and still wasn't happy. I really didn't like it!

Based on my experience, I'd only recommend Trifecta and Terminator2
Old Jun 13, 2013 | 05:44 AM
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Originally Posted by nhanson

Me!
I was just blowing you crap. Get that Pontiac outta here :P
Old Jun 13, 2013 | 06:15 AM
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Old Jun 13, 2013 | 10:37 AM
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Well all my parameters were in check. Ive looked at the tune myself.
Old Jun 13, 2013 | 11:16 AM
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Well all my parameters were in check. Ive looked at the tune myself.
I guess this sums this up.....
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Old Jun 13, 2013 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by nhanson
Well all my parameters were in check. Ive looked at the tune myself.
I hope for your sake you know what you're looking at then.

He tends to remote tune narrowband vehicles without an external wideband signal piped into hpt. Nor does he dial in ANY VE tables what so ever. Good luck with that one.
Old Jun 13, 2013 | 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by 09CobaltSS1
I hope for your sake you know what you're looking at then.

He tends to remote tune narrowband vehicles without an external wideband signal piped into hpt. Nor does he dial in ANY VE tables what so ever. Good luck with that one.
Yeah you cannot dial in a narrow band vehicle without a external wideband which is why I do not like remote tuning LSJs. They never have the wideband hooked up right or they do not have one at all. It makes it impossible to dial in the MAF and VE.
Old Jun 13, 2013 | 12:44 PM
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I guess this sums this up.....
lol time to move on lol. "none so blind as those who cannot see"
Old Jun 13, 2013 | 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by imphat0260
I guess this sums this up.....
all in all we,re just bricks in the wall.

Originally Posted by Terminator2
Yeah you cannot dial in a narrow band vehicle without a external wideband which is why I do not like remote tuning LSJs. They never have the wideband hooked up right or they do not have one at all. It makes it impossible to dial in the MAF and VE.
not 100% impossible, just really ****** close to it.
Old Jun 13, 2013 | 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Terminator2
You can still make one. Hopefully others will check into their tunes now and they will see the light.
I guess I could, but I don't know if I wanna stir a even bigger pot...
Old Jun 13, 2013 | 06:40 PM
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That's cobalt kids for you

One or 2 people say he does good tunes, and bam, every cobalt driver think ccss3 is the **** and a god of tuning. Without doing research on their tunes
Old Jun 13, 2013 | 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Area47
not 100% impossible, just really ****** close to it.
And never really a good idea
Old Jun 13, 2013 | 06:58 PM
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I think a big problem is that people get a car thats quicker than before and therefore believe that person is the **** and a great tuner without actually knowing what was done and if that change was good.
Old Jun 13, 2013 | 07:03 PM
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Iv stayed outta this up to this point because i know nothing I say will stop these bandwagoner sheeps from speading misinfo but id like to point out something the topics talking about byt and his shitty tunes was quickly locked because of how people where bashing him yet the mods allow this to keep going? Either way ill not be responding to anyone that comments back at me.
Old Jun 13, 2013 | 07:23 PM
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No ones bashed him, for the umpteenth damn time. It's not the hard to comprehend this. It's like any other product, or service someone pays for. Francis got flamed hard about his crap headlight and the thread wasn't locked. OTTP gets threads about unhappy customers.

If someone is PAYING for something and they are not happy, they have every right to let someone know why. This is no different.
Old Jun 13, 2013 | 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Vander Nars
Iv stayed outta this up to this point because i know nothing I say will stop these bandwagoner sheeps from speading misinfo but id like to point out something the topics talking about byt and his shitty tunes was quickly locked because of how people where bashing him yet the mods allow this to keep going? Either way ill not be responding to anyone that comments back at me.
No misinformation only the facts have been posted in this thread. The truth is the truth whether you can accept it or not.



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