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Old Jun 7, 2013 | 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Omiotek
terms good, we are good, theres some others too. depends if you wanna come out to us to tune. for a big turbo car I feel its the best route over a remote tune.
well ill be driving out to zzp anyway....lol. still undecided, thats why i jumped on this thread. figured all the tuners would be on this topic lol.
Old Jun 7, 2013 | 12:03 PM
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well if you might be interested inus doing your install and tuning and stuff shoot me a pm. this threads not the place for this
Old Jun 7, 2013 | 05:16 PM
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It wasn't on my car, i pulled it off a Saturn sky. The owner texted me cause his afr was 15+ @wot. We logged it and was getting 8*+ of kr cruising, tip in, wot , basically all the time haha..
Old Jun 7, 2013 | 05:31 PM
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It wasn't on my car, i pulled it off a Saturn sky. The owner texted me cause his afr was 15+ @wot. We logged it and was getting 8*+ of kr cruising, tip in, wot , basically all the time haha..
Seen a few 0.95 PE lambda 27 psi tunes which is terrifying to me. Who did the tune?
Old Jun 7, 2013 | 06:03 PM
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Seen a few 0.95 PE lambda 27 psi tunes which is terrifying to me. Who did the tune?
Old Jun 7, 2013 | 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by riceburner
Well where do i get the straight dope at? Lol. I think im gonna go to omiotec and get a dyno tune. Thats how you tune a car for real forget this emailing tunes crap.
i have been saying this forever. Mail tunes arent thorough enough. If you take your car seriously you should do the same with the tune.
Old Jun 7, 2013 | 11:21 PM
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i have been saying this forever. Mail tunes arent thorough enough. If you take your car seriously you should do the same with the tune.
This, I would never do a mail order tune. In person is much preferred, because the tuner actually gets to FEEL how the car is performing. I guess I'm really lucky though to have several of the best tuning shops for my car in the country just a few hours from home, both with in house dynos.
Old Jun 7, 2013 | 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by TommyP
This, I would never do a mail order tune. In person is much preferred, because the tuner actually gets to FEEL how the car is performing. I guess I'm really lucky though to have several of the best tuning shops for my car in the country just a few hours from home, both with in house dynos.
How far are you from AMS?
Old Jun 7, 2013 | 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by TommyP
This, I would never do a mail order tune. In person is much preferred, because the tuner actually gets to FEEL how the car is performing. I guess I'm really lucky though to have several of the best tuning shops for my car in the country just a few hours from home, both with in house dynos.
i would have to say i have one of the best turbo corvette tuners in the states in my town. Easily was able to handle a 4 banger with a 20g. I really trust my WOT without fear of detonation. That and E85 doesnt hurt.
Old Jun 7, 2013 | 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by kdub1492
How far are you from AMS?
didnt even know AMS still do Evo's i though they went to the big boy league
Old Jun 8, 2013 | 01:14 AM
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For some of us remote tunes are the only way to go
Old Jun 8, 2013 | 01:21 AM
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For some of us remote tunes are the only way to go
you can go to psyco stevo =p
Old Jun 8, 2013 | 01:35 AM
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Lol been there done that nooo thank you
Old Jun 8, 2013 | 01:41 AM
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Originally Posted by FF_ace
Lol been there done that nooo thank you
can you travel to get a good GM/Hpt Dyno tune? If not now, plan ahead or save for it? Its really worth the experience.
Old Jun 8, 2013 | 01:51 AM
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I have my own hp tuner... And my tune is by james rakes @ rpt. Im built running a 5857 @25psi on e47 made 426/376 on a dynojet in this great az summer heat and the dyno shop never had the fans on only got 2 pulls before iats got up to 140
Old Jun 8, 2013 | 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by FF_ace
I have my own hp tuner... And my tune is by james rakes @ rpt. Im built running a 5857 @25psi on e47 made 426/376 on a dynojet in this great az summer heat and the dyno shop never had the fans on only got 2 pulls before iats got up to 140
very nice. the shop you pulled on couldn't take a look at the tune?
Old Jun 8, 2013 | 02:12 AM
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I have my own hp tuners so I can look at whatever what... had all my stuff plugged in but they wouldn't let me operate my vehicle while on the dyno which I didnt like
Old Jun 8, 2013 | 02:20 AM
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I havnt had any issues with that tune which I ran for quite some time ive since installed zzp cams once I install my pwerks spacers I may dyno again once it cools down and see what numbers I put down
Old Jun 8, 2013 | 02:55 AM
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Originally Posted by FF_ace
Lol been there done that nooo thank you
same, he was my 1st tuner
Old Jun 8, 2013 | 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by c130aviator
i have been saying this forever. Mail tunes arent thorough enough. If you take your car seriously you should do the same with the tune.
Say what you will but I do some of my best work remotely. None of my tunes are "mail order" though because to me that term implies a canned tune sent out to everyone not a full custom tune. I can see everything I need to and I can also tell when there is an issue like a hiccup (minor misfire) or a boost leak. I can even spot a MAF issues such as turbulence in the logs and suggest ways to fix the issue. When someones car is having issues in person they have to be fixed before tuning and as such it ends up being a lot of wasted time seeing as they have to come back when the issues is fixed (I do not "work" on other peoples car), but remotely they can fix the issue and then we can resume tuning easily. As far as tuning goes those who do a dyno tune only are the ones really missing out because not only do 99% of the dynos out there no replicate real world loads but since you are only at wide open throttle that is the only area that gets tuned.
Old Jun 8, 2013 | 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Terminator2
Say what you will but I do some of my best work remotely. None of my tunes are "mail order" though because to me that term implies a canned tune sent out to everyone not a full custom tune. I can see everything I need to and I can also tell when there is an issue like a hiccup (minor misfire) or a boost leak. I can even spot a MAF issues such as turbulence in the logs and suggest ways to fix the issue. When someones car is having issues in person they have to be fixed before tuning and as such it ends up being a lot of wasted time seeing as they have to come back when the issues is fixed (I do not "work" on other peoples car), but remotely they can fix the issue and then we can resume tuning easily. As far as tuning goes those who do a dyno tune only are the ones really missing out because not only do 99% of the dynos out there no replicate real world loads but since you are only at wide open throttle that is the only area that gets tuned.
Agreed, your tune is great. (Mods sorry for the sidebar convo in the thread)
Old Jun 8, 2013 | 08:39 AM
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we do remote tunes as well and just like term we make them right. we never send a customer away with a junk tune.
Old Jun 8, 2013 | 09:47 AM
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You can street tune on a dyno as well.....
Old Jun 8, 2013 | 09:47 AM
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Old Jun 8, 2013 | 11:00 AM
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I'm tuned by Pwerks and Dave had it on the dyno, the took it too the street. I got the best of both worlds

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