I have been building my car for about the past 6 years and its been running great for about 3 years with the exception of tuning related problems. I have been through 3 tuners in Indianapolis, IN..
CAR: 2000 built 3.8l stang, mild-port heads, cammed, HPX 05 MAF, 60lb injectors, dual FPDM with dual GT pumps, single turbo setup, BOV and wastegate venting to atmoshpere.
1st Tuner: seemed to be only making changes to a diablosport handheld only (with me being new at tuning and the fact they had the car for a week i figured the were working on it) they obvisouly were screwing me over.
2nd Tuner: started asking me questions that I thought he should have known and I just had a feeling that he may blow the car up. it was my only car at the time so i pulled the car.
3rd Tuner: was a reputable tuner in the area that has tuned many high HP vehicles. the car blew up on the dyno with him calling me that morning saying that there was a problem but they were working on figuring out what it was. my friend was there and said they ran a WOT pull anyway (i was at a wedding), car sat without them touching it for a month before friends and I showed up with a trailer to check out the motor.
I purchased SCT's PRP kit and was tuning the car with friends which seemed to run good when i was on a single 310 focus pump, but now it seems i am having issues after i upgraded to a dual GT pump setup. I have changed the values in the pump settings to match the new pumps.
I have been turned down by tuners in indiana as the owners say they cant have thier techs devoting time to a project like this, and they would rather bolt on Cobra's and GT's?!? even though the car has been running great over the years and i believe it mechanically sound i just need some tuning help! its crazy to tell them im willing to pay what it takes to get this going and they turn away? are there any folks that have been through this with modified vehicles? I know my car isnt that out of control in terms of what i am running. I would think that it would be a snap to tune if they know what they are doing.... where can i go lol?
CAR: 2000 built 3.8l stang, mild-port heads, cammed, HPX 05 MAF, 60lb injectors, dual FPDM with dual GT pumps, single turbo setup, BOV and wastegate venting to atmoshpere.
1st Tuner: seemed to be only making changes to a diablosport handheld only (with me being new at tuning and the fact they had the car for a week i figured the were working on it) they obvisouly were screwing me over.
2nd Tuner: started asking me questions that I thought he should have known and I just had a feeling that he may blow the car up. it was my only car at the time so i pulled the car.
3rd Tuner: was a reputable tuner in the area that has tuned many high HP vehicles. the car blew up on the dyno with him calling me that morning saying that there was a problem but they were working on figuring out what it was. my friend was there and said they ran a WOT pull anyway (i was at a wedding), car sat without them touching it for a month before friends and I showed up with a trailer to check out the motor.
I purchased SCT's PRP kit and was tuning the car with friends which seemed to run good when i was on a single 310 focus pump, but now it seems i am having issues after i upgraded to a dual GT pump setup. I have changed the values in the pump settings to match the new pumps.
I have been turned down by tuners in indiana as the owners say they cant have thier techs devoting time to a project like this, and they would rather bolt on Cobra's and GT's?!? even though the car has been running great over the years and i believe it mechanically sound i just need some tuning help! its crazy to tell them im willing to pay what it takes to get this going and they turn away? are there any folks that have been through this with modified vehicles? I know my car isnt that out of control in terms of what i am running. I would think that it would be a snap to tune if they know what they are doing.... where can i go lol?
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