hey guys i just boosted my ls and a shop nearby charges 300 per hour for dyno time and only 150 for a "complete" street tune, my question is will it be a reliable daily driver if i get street tuned? why is dyno so much more expensive and what exactly is a "complete" street tune

 

A street tune is where you drive the car on the street and dial in your air fuel values. You can't really dial in ignition timing for peak torque or maximum horsepower for that matter. An experienced tuner should know where the general ignition tables should be though. Street tuning is a bit more dangerous as well as you are driving on open roads.

The reason why a dyno tune is more expensive is because a dyno is a tool that can cost from $28k to $120k depending on the kind they have.

 

In the end you get what you pay for...

 

$300 per hr is alot

 

after putting all the $ into ur setup why settle for a street tune?

 

there is nothing wrong in street tuning if your doing it yourself but if your paying someone you might as well put it on the dyno to get the best results.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bigbadboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">there is nothing wrong in street tuning if your doing it yourself but if your paying someone you might as well put it on the dyno to get the best results. </TD></TR></TABLE>yes there is things wrong with doing a street tune yourself, just because you have a wideband and a laptop doesnt mean everyone in the world can tune. And dyno rental is around 100-150 an hour and i guess if the tuner is charging 100-150 an hour there is you 200-300 dollars an hour of dyno tuning.

 

If they are charging $300 an hour on the dyno and only $150 for a complete street tune...they probably dont have their own dyno and are renting time on someone elses for about $150/hr...is my guess.

 

$300/hr is high....around here $120-150/hr is the norm

 

Wow 300 is high. Who are you having tune the car? I noticed that you are in Puyallup, so you are probably having Intec or SpeedFactory tune it, correct?

 

yeah i got quoted at speedfactory 300 an hour on the dyno and 150 for a street tune.......i guess i just want to know if they have the same quality of tuning or not.....and if it will be reliable for a dd.......do they use basically the same equiptment on a street tune?

 

I had James at Speedfactory street tune my car and it runs great. No problems other than stuff that i caused haha. I believe that they have to rent the dyno, hence why they charge so much.

Honestly though, I'm so happy with my street tune that i didn't feel it necessary to put it on the dyno. Obviously his street tuning will hold up for a daily, i've been running my set-up since June and i honestly couldn't be more happy with it for what it is and it gets driven hard...and often.

James is a member on here - JFK78. Hope that helps

Edit: And not only that, everyone at SpeedFactory is pretty cool. It was nice being treated like a valued customer. It felt good to know that they cared about my car.

 

hey thanks man thats exactly the answer i was waiting for

 

90sedan - Thanks for the vouch. Glad your happy with it.


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I just wanted to set this straight. WE <U>DO NOT</U> CHARGE $300 PER HOUR FOR DYNO TUNING.

Dyno tuning is $160/hr. Sorry if there was a misunderstanding. And yes the same equipment is used on a street tune.

Just give me a call if you have any questions.

 

sorry about the mix up JFK that info was through a buddy that was also shopping for a tune.....i shouldnt have taken his word for it.... youll be hearing from me soon

 

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Not a problem

I've got a couple of friends that i will be sending your way soon. And once spring hits i'll be coming back for some more boost on a built engine.

 

Sounds good!

Built motor, huh? Still keeping that super sleeper status?

 

Yep, hopefully funds will allow it haha. Looking for 300whp out of a daily sohc. I know you'll be able to take care of that.

Other than the rota's i have on the car, nothing has changed cosmetically.

 

300 in your sedan would be sweet. Talk about surprizing the crap out of people- no one would ever suspect it.