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Old Mon, September 26th, 2011, 06:53 PM
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To tune a truck with a custom turbo, would it require for it to be tuned on the dyno , or is just giving the specifics of the set up enough?
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I believe that you should do it on the dyno, if it is a common turbo setup then you can get a preliminary tune so you can drive it to the dyno to get it done the right way.
Each truck has a different base tune, and you have to base all your changes off of that tune, so yes you can a more generic tune than a dyno tune to run, but if you want the safest and fastest tune you will need to get on the rollers.
plus with a dyno tune it will be automatically adjusted for your altitude and if you have a good person doing the tune, you can have it adjusted to your driving style.
Good luck, and let us know what you do!
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Thanks for the response, so in order to have it dyno tuned by PHP i would have to take it to their shop? is there a way they can tune it without me leaving texas.
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Thanks for the response, so in order to have it dyno tuned by PHP i would have to take it to their shop? is there a way they can tune it without me leaving texas.
You have a few options, you can organize a local dyno day, you can try a live tuning session, or ask bill to perform a large favor... I would check their website, Power Hungry Performance - Feed your hunger for POWER!, and see what else they have available. Good luck, what part of texas you from?
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Old Tue, September 27th, 2011, 09:45 PM
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Man, i was really hoping to keep my edge cs, im not familiar with dyno tuning but would it be possible to go to a local dyno shop and then send over all the info from the dyno to PHP? and im from Houston.

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if I remember right, if you find enough people, 8-12ish, that are willing to get their truck dyno tuned you can have Bill come to you, but... yeah that isn't going to be too easy but I bet Houston has quite a few dynos and people with trucks that they want tuned right... .
You can always keep the edge cs and use it for the gauges and DTC lookup ability.
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Alright well looks like I'm going to try to arrange something in the future, hopefully it can be done , and yea there's that too but it would be nice to have the edge cs do more than be a set of expensive gauges.
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