Originally Posted by Steve (Post 27329)

At this point I'm sure it will run fine. Most tuners now have "the fix" program which is why the number eight issues have all but disappeared. Of course, there will always be the occasional failure here and there, but they arent blowing up every week like they were in 2011. Bama tunes now are ultra conservative to insure they don't hurt anything anymore.

The latest trend with some of the bigger tuners is that they will no longer do datalogging tunes on the street and will only do live remote tuning in order to reduce any issues.

Originally Posted by m_tyler_r (Post 27331)

yeah I noted that I was about to buy an SCT and he didn't mention it being a problem. he also said that in the future if I get new mods it would be like $100 to retune

Originally Posted by DirtyD (Post 27333)

Sounds like a decent option to me. Curious to know how they do with your tunes.

I know that Truestreet charges $400 for the initial dyno tune, and then it's shop rate ($80/hr) after that for any retuning.

Originally Posted by DirtyD (Post 27332)

I'm pretty sure that Shaun will still continue his DL since that's what makes his tunes, and why people trust him so much. I just hope he doesn't get overwhelmed to the point of that not happening anymore.

When I spoke with Aaron at JPC, he said they do DL after the initial tune is written, only to fine tune.

I am considering Kevin very highly just because he is local, and can ride in the car with me, or even drive the car, so I can the true street experience.

Originally Posted by Steve (Post 27336)

The last time I spoke with Shaun, he would DL n/a tunes, but was considering no longer doing anything but live remotes for forced induction cars. Some other tuners are doing that completely.


Kevin really knows his stuff, so much so many tuners come to him for advice, especially in regards to anything e85 related. There is some big things in the works coming soon with Kevin, but you guys will have to wait to see. :)

Originally Posted by DirtyD (Post 27327)

How long ago did you have them? I know some of the smaller issues such as the idle surges and stuff are hit and miss. There has only been one actual #8 failure under their watch with a customer, that I'm aware of, in which the they claim the tune wasn't found at fault. But I haven't dug deep enough to try and uncover other occurences, because it doesn't really matter to me. I know my 4 options for custom tuning will either be AED, JPC, Truestreet, or Kevin.

Originally Posted by Courtesy Flush (Post 27345)

Bought my tuner and intake combo w/ offroad pipe in January of 2011.
Took it to TS in October of 2011 for a custom tune, twas the first time the car had been on the dyno since parts were installed. Bama tune put down 431/411 STD.

Originally Posted by m_tyler_r (Post 27325)

called up Gearheads... they said it would be $250 for a dyno tune... any thoughts? high? low? if I go that route would I need a tuner?

Originally Posted by merlinmol (Post 27352)

My tune with HPP was $400 for a lifetime tune, which means the tuning only cost me dyno time from this point out. I already had an unlocked SCT from Maggie though.

Originally Posted by m_tyler_r (Post 27353)

that's what True Street quoted me. Im meeting a guy today about getting an unlocked SCT for $250

Originally Posted by DirtyD (Post 27354)

Was that the one I saw listed on CL from the beginning of the month?

Originally Posted by m_tyler_r (Post 27355)

maybe...the OP was Zeek

Originally Posted by DirtyD (Post 27361)

Maybe not....

Originally Posted by m_tyler_r (Post 27362)

either way, hopefully it'll be mine by the end of the day. can I still load a tune on it before I get a dyno tune?

Originally Posted by m_tyler_r (Post 27362)

either way, hopefully it'll be mine by the end of the day. can I still load a tune on it before I get a dyno tune?