Pros and cons of different styles of tunes?

[zts gixx]

I see from reading on here that alot of people go and are happy with a Nelson Tune. Question is, what are the pros and cons of getting a Nelson tune vs a tuner that will ride in your truck and tune it? How can a Nelson tune get you the most out of your truck by not riding in it and tuning it or having it on a dyno? I don't know what would be best so just asking for opinions and why Thanks for any info.

[sprayedenali]

Allen knows his stuff, his mail tune will be just as good if not better than many peoples live or dyno tunes.

[GasGuzzler]

Look back in the Chevy High Performance mags in 2004 and 2005. They were doing some farting around with HPT and tuning trucks with mild mods. They did a test where they compared one of Allen Nelson's tunes done by mail order to a PCM4less that was a live street tune. The truck was given time or miles to use each tune and the dyno numbers (that are a measurement but not the best for determining street manners and power) had hardly a difference at all....something less than 3-4 HP.

Does that answer the question? I don't even have one of his tunes so I'm mostly unbiased.

[ma.racing]

he just has dyno tuned so many trucks with so many mods he has them all saved haha just takin a guess thats what i do

[PurpleMinivan]

I put in a LS3 418 w/ cam, heads, intake manifold, new injectors, full bolt-ons, new transmission with 3200 stall and a mail order Nelson tune in my TBSS... drove it down to get it "Live Tuned" with him and the only thing he changed was I wanted my shift points higher. Moral of the story, he nailed it with a mail order tune, I later went to the track and busted off a high 11 with it. That's just my experiance with him...

[CHEVROLADE]

yea,he aced my blown,cammed 08',a/f ratio was perfect,no pings,knocks etc,just power!!and new set of tires lol
it too was a mail tune...

[ma.racing]

yea,he aced my blown,cammed 08',a/f ratio was perfect,no pings,knocks etc,just power!!and new set of tires lol
it too was a mail tune...

see thats how good he is do you no how hard it would be to guess at a boost tune. i would have never trusted anyones mail order tunes with boost tho i would have took it to them i may just be superstitious tho cuz i do my one tuning

[Sleaper]

This is a Nelson site so you are going to get some biased answers but with that being said all the above is true! I had a mail order tune from him for a year with turbo, injectors, cam & stall with no issues what so ever. He's one of the best you'll find.

[DBRODS]

I got a Nelson tune too......thanks again Allen

[ma.racing]

This is a Nelson site so you are going to get some biased answers but with that being said all the above is true! I had a mail order tune from him for a year with turbo, injectors, cam & stall with no issues what so ever. He's one of the best you'll find.

very true he is the only person i would trust with a mail order tune and boost and thats sayin alot