mail tune or try to do myself?

[oleshifty]

I have some basic mods

I plan on installing cam/ported 243 heads/headers/injectors in the near future


Never tuning a vehicle before, is this something I can SAFELY do myself?


How close would a mail order tune be?




My main dilemna is the closest "local" tuner is about 90 minutes away. I doubt the truck will RUN with the above mods installed, I don't want to buy a nelson tune to drive to tuner, then have him tune my stock computer.

If a nelson mail tune will be good enough, I will def go that route.

My other option is to buy hptuners and give it a shot myself...but that seems like A LOT of changes to tune for at once.

[Frenchy]

You can buy hpt and allen can tune it via email and you can learn at the same time

[oleshifty]

do you happen to know what a 'email' tune costs if I already have the software? I think that'd be my best option, he can get me close, I can fine tune it

[Duct_tape123]

E-mail tuning is as close to a live tune as you can get being in another state. What you do is log the truck while doing some WOT pulls, send the logs to Allen, then he will send you a tune and you upload it to your PCM. Its the same as a live tune, but not a live tune. He does the same thing when live tuning, just he doesn't have to e-mail the file.

[oleshifty]

still gotta pay for software and tune lol

[Maui4x4]

Yeah but its worth it if you dont know wtf your doing...

[oleshifty]

i'm an electrical engineer...i'm sure I could eventually figure it out...just can't have the truck not running for weeks on end

[Maui4x4]

Well rather than trying to take weeks to figure it out, get the tools to get it running along with a tune then play from there. Dont forget a wideband either.

[oleshifty]

so cheapest alternative is going to be towing it to a tuner...damn

[RedHeartbeat]

most tuners can provide you with a mail order "safe" tune that will allow you to drive it to their shop.