vettecrazed1

IMHO a tune for $600 to get 10 hp
a huge waste of money and yes the
tune was done at reputable shop outside
of Dallas.
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captej

everyone has an opinion.

dvandentop

better to wait on a tune til you get done with a cam or headers, rather then doing it after cold air and exhaust. IMHO

biggest dyno #'s are like who has the biggest house who makes the most $$ and who has the hottest woman. somone will always have better

eurotrashkicker

if that's all he got for 600.00 I share his opinion.

yanniz

heck yeah, I totally agree....especially if the car is mostly street driven....10 extra HP will make no difference....

WFO

Definetly. At minimum, a header, cold air install coupled with a good tune is integral good fuel/air mixture ratios, enhancing overall performance from the aforementioned mods.

A tune by itself is expensive, yes, but then you should have asked, and then evaluated the cost with gain.

chillininaz

What were the baseline # 's & AFR ? Maybe the factory set-up was dead on, and there wasn't much room for gain !!!

vredvet

I agree. We need some before and after numbers.
Under perfect cool operating temps, the stock motor and tune is not bad. But we are rarely in that zone. A good tune will allow your car to perform great, even in higher temp situations. The stock tune pulls alot of timming out when the coolant and air intake temps get high. Thus the poor performance in hot weather.

Dizz

Well, I picked up just about 40 rwhp with my Halltech Tune and intake. Worth the money to me and yes, I can feel the difference.

dvandentop

did you do ported intake as well?

Dizz

No, just the Halltech Killer Bee and the Tune.

LiuBearPig

"No single drop of water blames itself for the flood." EVERY horsepower makes a difference.

zich6

60$ per HP is not so bad considering other mods and their price to HP ratio, but a tune that nets 10HP is suspect.

hemmerman

Just curious if anyone out there has the $600. performance chip sold by ZIP. I recently bought SS brake hoses from them for my Z and noticed the tuner chip for stock Vetts. Just wondering if it would be worth the $$$ I'm thinking NOT!

yanniz

if you are racing it does...not on the street where you can't even use the 500HP to begin with....

HotZ06

So that's about a 2% gain which would be equivalent to losing 60 lbs weight. Cheaper to go on a diet

BLU-BY-U

holy crap! 600 for a tune only?

care to share the tuners name here? that is very high, probably the highest amount I've ever seen for a tune

0LMP

That can't be just a tune.

Hawkeye2

I once spent $500 to have my LS1 tuned. Gained 6 HP,

vettecrazed1

t-stat and a tune close to $700 with tax. Stock 448 rwhp 5th pull 457 rwhp. I would rather not give out the name of the shop that did it. I am not disappointed with the #'s because you can only get so much blood out of a turnip. People need to know that a tune only ( no cam, headers, etc. Is not much of an improvement.
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