How much did you pay for your tune?

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05-11-2007, 05:42 PM

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I'm using the Unichip from Turbonetics along with the Dezod black box. Works just fine.

Placed an order for one last night

Im #8 on the back order list.

05-11-2007, 06:14 PM

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p-tuning in virigina said they charge 250 for the first hour and 150 for every hour after and that they are usually finished in two hours, but they do alot of tc's, but not unichips have more limited tuner networks.

you could have it tuned with an emanage since they are more commonly used by dyno tuenrs.

so you suggest dropping the unichip and go for an emanage or emange ultimate?

lemme ask you a real question...what would you rather do?
Take your car to a CERTIFIED Unichip dealer to get a tune based on the tuner going to class and learning the necessary steps on how to properly tune the Unichip, or would you rather just scrap it all together and bring it to anyone that has an emanage cable and software that says they can tune it for you?

I know which one I would pick...I hope you all do as well
IF you were to do an emanage, theres plenty of Certified Emanage tuners as well, bring it to one of them, not your local speedshop that thinks they can do it.

I would rather keep my Unichip and have it tuned specific to my vehicle.
I will not take my place to a local shop that thinks they can do it, rest assured.

05-11-2007, 07:26 PM

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^^^That mos def is the way to go...keep the unichip, it rocks, I had one on my supercharged tC almost 2 years back

05-11-2007, 07:58 PM

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It would cost me 150- 200 to tune my Unichip. I'm not sure I need it tuned as it runs great out of the box. I upped the boost to 9 psi and installed the black box. I'm always around a 11.5 AFR. I did try to get it tuned at GRDPerfomace but they did not have the correct setup for the the Unichip GP. Now they do so I'll up the boost to 10 psi and get tuned this summer. The Turbonetics kit has been treating me very well. Paid 4400.00 shipped from gspec.com on a Monday and had it installed by Sunday.

05-11-2007, 07:58 PM

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I go to R&D Dyno in Gardena. They charge me $100 for 3 pulls (no tuning) and $150/hr for tuning. Really reliable and came highly recommended to me from other So Cal tuners.

Here's their info:
R & D Dyno
115 E Gardena Blvd Ste 1
Gardena, CA 90248

(310) 516-1003

05-11-2007, 09:37 PM

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Thanks for the info, i really appreciate it, That sounds like what I am going to do.
I will give them a call

-drew

05-13-2007, 12:20 AM

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I wasn't condoning 1200 for a tune. I just wanted to steer you to keep the UniChip even though it may cost you a little more to get tuned.

Sorry for the confusion.

05-15-2007, 03:16 AM

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For a piggy back I charge $300 on the dyno. For a standalone it is $450-$600 usually.

05-15-2007, 03:27 AM

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^^^ Dan will be tuning my standalone this week!!! Cant wait Dan.

05-18-2007, 05:41 PM

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For a piggy back I charge $300 on the dyno. For a standalone it is $450-$600 usually.

The standalone tuning pricing seems to be pretty cheap to tell you the truth. Does this include partial throttle, cold start maps, accessory stuff (implement N2O, traction control etc..)?

05-18-2007, 06:55 PM

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Im gonna pay atleast 700 for the standalone tune.

05-19-2007, 12:13 AM

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theres a CERTIFIED unichip tuner that quoted me $500.

05-19-2007, 12:30 AM

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theres a CERTIFIED unichip tuner that quoted me $500.

where at?

05-19-2007, 01:18 PM

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For a piggy back I charge $300 on the dyno. For a standalone it is $450-$600 usually.

The standalone tuning pricing seems to be pretty cheap to tell you the truth. Does this include partial throttle, cold start maps, accessory stuff (implement N2O, traction control etc..)?

Yes it does Paul. I spend a good 4-5 hours on it. I've gotten pretty fast at Hydra and AEM's. Now a Motec, that is another story and I obviously charge a bit more. What I like to do is keep car overnight so I can test cold start but with this weather it is a bit hard to do as it is too warm now.

05-19-2007, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by malibuboy54

here's church's in long beach.....very renowned tuner, just ask any so cal car enthusiast....hard to get an appointment if they're busy, but here's the link to general price page.....

http://home.earthlink.net/~spchurch/...sting/id1.html

Shawn is a good guy and an excellent tuner. I vouch for him 100%.

05-19-2007, 01:53 PM

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any thoughts on megasquirt / megatune or the PCS XFC?

05-19-2007, 05:06 PM

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