How to pick a good tuner?

[spacemonkey]

I pretty much have the turbo kit I want picked out. I haven't ordered it yet because I am unsure about getting it tuned.I found a shop about an hour away.The only other shop is about 3+hrs away from me so that kinda sucks. I found him through the SCT site.I e mailed the guy and this is what he sent in return

Jason,

Thanks for the email. I have tuned alot of 5.0 fox bodies, cobras gt's. Most have all been either blown or turbo cars. Probably the hardest so far was a 5.0 vortec with e85 fuel.

I would be happy to tune your car. My charges are as follows.... Dyno tuning 120/hr. SCT flip chip, cable and switch- $260. We need to make sure you have a big enough mass air flow meter. How much boost are making?

I don't charge for every minute I'm on the dyno or working on the car. Most of my tunes will take about 5-6 hrs and end up 300-600 in labor plus parts. It really depends on the car and how all the components match.

I use a steady state dyno for tuning. It makes for really good drivability and good power numbers.

If you need references I would be happy to provide them.

Please call me anytime if you have any questions. Thanks again,

What do you guys think?Doesn't sound like he has done any Sn's. Reason I am asking is I know that the Sn's are, do I wanna say harder to tune?From what I read anyway.
I like to consider myself fairly mechanical and learn quickly.But I don't think I can tackle the task of self tuning so I don't think I will consider that.
Would you give him a shot on tuning?

 

[GaryG]

hey Jason, i stopped by ur house yesterday saw the GT out but knocked on the door an got no answer, but i was curious to who/where is the shop u emailed? im curious cause ill need to find a shop to do the tuning for the turbo on my car as well and i dont wanna have to go to MC Racing in KC since its lil over 3 hrs away