What choices do we have besides livernois
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bpd1151
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Besides Livernois Motorsports, the following are the most prominent, well known tuners (in no particular order, or preference) :
Unleashed Tuning (Torrie).
Gearhead Motorsports (Matt).
AJP Turbo (Brad).
I recall fellow owner's having posted other, smaller/lesser known independent vendors that performed tuning for their vehicles over the years, but don't recall immediately off hand those company names.
But suffice to say, the aforementioned one's are the "big four" with product offerings.
Plenty of arguing, debate, and opinion's on each of them.
So please, (to the OP) for the love of God, do your own research and decide for yourself upon scouring through all the posts on each of them, as to whom you will choose.
Last we need here is more rancor on who is best and blah blah blah.
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Unleashed Tuning (Torrie).
Gearhead Motorsports (Matt).
AJP Turbo (Brad).
I recall fellow owner's having posted other, smaller/lesser known independent vendors that performed tuning for their vehicles over the years, but don't recall immediately off hand those company names.
But suffice to say, the aforementioned one's are the "big four" with product offerings.
Plenty of arguing, debate, and opinion's on each of them.
So please, (to the OP) for the love of God, do your own research and decide for yourself upon scouring through all the posts on each of them, as to whom you will choose.
Last we need here is more rancor on who is best and blah blah blah.
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When choosing a tuner, I think it is important to decide how involved YOU want to be. Do you want a plug & play tune that requires no effort to enjoy or would you prefer to work with tuner who expects to see logs and do tweaks? If you choose to do the logging and have the tuner do the tweaking, do you want to know exactly what he is doing and learn from the experience or are you content to just have him tweak the tune but provide no explanation of what he is doing?
At the end of the day, the choice of tuner may not make huge difference in how your car runs. All of them will be much more enjoyable than stock. How you get there can vary, however.
At the end of the day, the choice of tuner may not make huge difference in how your car runs. All of them will be much more enjoyable than stock. How you get there can vary, however.
agree 100% with bruce, i don't want to data log & wanted a tune that gave me more of what the sho has but not the max so i went with livernois 3yrs ago. no issue except have to reset to stock to pass state emissions inspection, don't have to worry about warranty long gone on my '10. now if i could get rid of the annoying chirp of the tires when going from 1st to 2nd. just kidding, the pony members of my ford club get a real kick out of that!!!!!!Brucelinc said:
There are some Tuners which disable the Rear 02 sensors and should not be an issue as long as you have the PPE Catted version DP and if thats the case simply revert back to stock tune prior to emissions testing! OBD scan tool is a great way to monitor the I/M Readiness state and best of luck to ya. ZHD-Rugby said:
I’ve had both unleashed and ajp tune my sho and now doing the same with the edge. Both are very good guys with excellent customer service. Brad at AJP explains things much more and really listens to your feed back. He’s really great to work with and a smart guy. Torrie at unleashed has probably the best customer service I’ve ever seen. He will answer you all hours of the night. But he won’t go as deep into the tune as Brad. He also really doesn’t explain as deeply what he’s doing and why. I honestly would recommend either. Unleashed it really simple you may get 1/2 revisions after logging. Brad really takes his time and fine tunes everything. Might be 4/5 revisions before you get exactly what you are looking for.
ZSHO, thank you Sir as I’ve reached out to PPE regarding catted DP with coating. What is an OBD scan tool? Do I purchase from said recommend tuner? The guys on here have been great offering their experience with whom they’ve utilized for tuning. I rather not have to take out the tune and revert to stock just to pass an inspection. This is all time-consuming as I will be putting at least 50,000 miles on the car this year for work. My motto is set and forget, just hold on and go.ZSHO said:
The obd scan tool isn't the same thing as your handheld tuning device. Both can read and clear codes but what you specifically need the scan tool for is to check the I/M readiness status for emissions. By having that tool and checking the I/M readiness status you'll know if you will pass or fail an inspection before you actually go to get it done. Just a nice tool to have. You don't have to buy one though. You can probably go to any parts store in your area and simply ask for them to check your I/M readiness status and they can do it for free. You want the I/M readiness status to read 0. Not sure what the standard is in all states but in VT it can read 1 and you will still pass. Then its just a visual inspection here in VT...my guy "didn't see" anything wrong lmfao
