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Old 06-09-2013 | 01:32 PM
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I'll be the first to admit... I got really ******* sloppy towards the end.

Cost me a motor due to my own stupidity. I did however poney up and help with the rebuild and cost.

I personally no longer tune... period. I do not have the time I had to give it. Termi will blow me up for loading a tune on without logging it. Yes he came to my house rushed me I did what he wanted and had to roll. I shouldn't have but I did. I owned up to my mistakes.

But since I no longer have the time, nor the desire. I stopped doing it. After 235 cobalts/ hhrs/ and Sky Soltices. I was done.


Area/ Termi/ BYT/ Panda boy! All have done really well.
Ghey.. . But thanks for the help along way and you giving up tuning forced me to learn.
Old 06-09-2013 | 02:14 PM
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Ghey.. . But thanks for the help along way and you giving up tuning forced me to learn.
Thought byt disappearing forced you to learn to tune?
Old 06-09-2013 | 02:21 PM
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Thought byt disappearing forced you to learn to tune?
No had dubs tune me a week after I got my car back from Nick.
Old 06-09-2013 | 02:29 PM
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I wasn't forced to learn but wasn't gonna pay a 3rd person for tuning on top of the price for Hpt..
Old 06-09-2013 | 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by donkeyballs
I wasn't forced to learn but wasn't gonna pay a 3rd person for tuning on top of the price for Hpt..
Maybe you should tell where to begin. I'm tired of paying for tuners. I'd love to learn!

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Old 06-09-2013 | 08:30 PM
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Maybe you should tell where to begin. I'm tired of paying for tuners. I'd love to learn!

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there is a write up on RLF on how to for LSJ
there is a write up of the LNF somewhere here.
Old 06-09-2013 | 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Wert842
Maybe you should tell where to begin. I'm tired of paying for tuners. I'd love to learn!

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Start here and watch all these videos and make sure you thank cobaltssoverbooster for taking the time to make these vids.
LNF Guide Videos



Then go on hpt forums and read somemore lol
Old 06-09-2013 | 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Area47
on a side note, that broke touched on. if you're car is not 100% mechanically sound. YOU NEED MORE THAN A DAMN TUNE.

the older these cars get, the more and more you MUST keep up on routine maintance. sorry, it's not the person doing the calibration in your vehicle to fix it.
Old 06-09-2013 | 10:21 PM
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^^^^ahahahahahaha
Old 06-09-2013 | 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by donkeyballs
Ghey.. . But thanks for the help along way and you giving up tuning forced me to learn.

Not a problem. I honestly just no longer had the time to do it. My new job has me working 50-60hrs a week. My off days, I like to relax.
Old 06-10-2013 | 07:14 AM
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lmao, love that gauge!
Old 06-10-2013 | 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by M-Dub
Not a problem. I honestly just no longer had the time to do it. My new job has me working 50-60hrs a week. My off days, I like to relax.
I work 50-60 hours a week and somehow I still find the time to tune
Old 06-10-2013 | 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Wert842
Maybe you should tell where to begin. I'm tired of paying for tuners. I'd love to learn!

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Learning can be costly if you are not careful. Before you look at the other tuning how tos you should read my thread on here and the hp tuners forum on what all those tables in the tune actually do and how they relate to each other. I did write it up before we had wg control and injector and fuel pressure control though.
Old 06-10-2013 | 09:50 AM
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I have a James tune. Kinda making me concerned here reading all this. Anyone wanna take a peak at it for me?
Old 06-10-2013 | 10:41 AM
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Post it up. We'd love to.
Old 06-10-2013 | 10:42 AM
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I'd definitely be curious to see it.
Old 06-10-2013 | 10:54 AM
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I have a James tune. Kinda making me concerned here reading all this. Anyone wanna take a peak at it for me?
Post it up or email it to me if you wish. starovertexaspaint@yahoo.com
Old 06-10-2013 | 01:11 PM
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James' attitude towards other people was enough for me to stay away from him, being that he offered to tune my car on more than one occasion. Really glad I didn't now.
Old 06-10-2013 | 01:12 PM
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Yeah i had a friend here who got tuned by him and told me his experience with him. Was the main reason I didn't do it and im glad.
Old 06-10-2013 | 02:18 PM
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I have a James tune. Kinda making me concerned here reading all this. Anyone wanna take a peak at it for me?
Send it to me... I will look at later tonight. pnptuning@gmail.com
Old 06-10-2013 | 02:38 PM
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if you're good at what you do, people will come to you.
qft
Old 06-10-2013 | 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Rissa
James' attitude towards other people was enough for me to stay away from him, being that he offered to tune my car on more than one occasion. Really glad I didn't now.
if you did this, i would have come to cali and kick you square in the cooch.
Old 06-10-2013 | 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Area47
if you did this, i would have come to cali and kick you square in the cooch.
Old 06-10-2013 | 04:15 PM
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I forgot I had these bad boys kicking around. I blacked out the file names because fingers don't need to be pointed anywhere as far as who's cars they are. Here are a couple examples of tune files that I had repaired for a guy on here and another sent from someone asking me to help him with issues he was having. I wish I could fit a little more in the screen shot, but the disabled DTC's and Tip In Retard removal should be enough to add to the OP's point. The disabled and modified DTC's are highlighted in green because they are being compared to the stock files just in case a few of you didn't realize. Some of the b1s2 DTC's I can maybe accept due to a catless dp but everything else is just straight up ridiculous.

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Old 06-10-2013 | 04:43 PM
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My opinion of him isn't high. I'm not going to bash the guy - seems like a nice enough guy. I knew there was a problem though the moment he said an s20g was bigger than my s256et.

And why tune an lnf for 26 degrees of timing on e85 when it's stopped making power at 23 degrees lol



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