dyno tune or mail order tune ????

[xs man 27]

hey guys I m undecided on whats better off to do with my car either get a mail order chip tune like sct 4 chip or a dyno tune ? now I know the dyno tune is better obvi.. but its also way more expensive and I m not into track or racing at all just a street car . I m doing all searching and its as I know dyno is better can a chip still be as good and is it needed first and for most. my mods on my car are all basic bolt ons as: trick flow heads, edolbrock performer intake, bbk intake, bbk throttle body, 24 ib injectors. headers, h pipe, flowmaster exhaust, pulleys, I m sure I m missing some stuff but just your all your basic bolt on, I have no nitrous, s.c , or turbo.. if I would get a chip from online site would that work for all my mods ? or do you think I need to make an appointment and get it dyno tuned ? thanks for any input I m very confused and seems like them more I read the more opinions I see that mixed between the two.. thanks again

 

[ttocs]

I got the mail order from bama/am muscle. Then I was able to just barely able to limp it too the dyno, and drive it home from there. I still have the free tunes, but will be going back to the dyno for my next tune.

 

[Barner1]

So much better when they have the car there bro. Dyno is more expensive, but well worth it.

 

[Orange 94]

dyno. Tried remote and its just a pain.

 

[ttocs]

the cheap comes out expensive when it doesn't work. Ask me how I know...

 

[ScottyDsntKnow]

Only reason to go with a mail order is if you do not have a dyno tuner within reasonable driving distance. Pay for that mail order tune and you'll be paying more later for a dyno tune when the car doesn't perform like you want it or god forbid the tune isn't right and you hurt the motor. And in that situation when a dyno is not close get a Moates QH and learn to tune it yourself vs a mail order.

 

[Mustanger]

If you are thinking Bama Tunes from AM don't. They cannot not do aftermarket heads or cams...only GT 40 stuff & the alphabet Ford Racing cams...

 

[ttocs]

well not necessarily true I have twisted wedge heads and stage 1 cam and those parts were all in the dropdown menu's but again the final product was not something I was happy with.

 

[the.greg]

OP are you still on the stock cam? If you are, I would try to get a small stage 1 cam in it then get it dyno tuned. I think that will give you a very noticeable improvement and get the most out of your dyno session.

 

[MustangChris]

with bolt ons, i suggest the mail-in tune (unless you live somewhere at an excessively high or low altitude.)

but since you have a head swap, I'd suggest a dyno tune.

 

[Mustanger]

well not necessarily true I have twisted wedge heads and stage 1 cam and those parts were all in the dropdown menu's but again the final product was not something I was happy with.

Bama tunes will not sell me a tune with AFR Heads & a Steeda 19 cam or similar....like you found out it may run but not well...I was talking to the directly for a week or so & they finally told me no. This was before Christmas.

 

[ttocs]

They never mentioned it to me and the guy doing the tune even called me to find out if I had the conversion hrns off of my lightning maf. Wish they would have mentioned that it might not run right/well as I would have saved the money and just gone to the tuner.

Even with bolt ons its hard for them to know everything going on in your car.

 

[the.greg]

Really its hard to do a mail order tune correctly without datalogs being exchanged. I mean they are pretty much just using their experience to "guess" on the tune but ideally they need the datalogs to dial in the AFR perfectly.

 

[Magic]

One of the BEST places for a mail order tune for the 94-95 Mustangs is from Willie @ DirtyDirtyRacing.com. There are two or three other places that are good with the 94-95 computers that other tuners dont understand or dont want to understand.

http://dirtydirtyracing.com/zc/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66&products_id=182

The other guys are, if memory serves correct

Wes Ratcliff @ TPS Performance, not sure if hes there anymore

Don @ Lasota Racing

Adam @ POPs Racing

There might be a one or two more who can do a mail order tune. And there are some guys who have a good grip on the 94-95 computers by doing it themselves using Moates and BE or TwEECer etc..