Anybody tune LT1's in NE?
 

We stopped years ago and still get a lot of calls for tuning them. Would love to give a shop name to them so they can deal with it.

My friend had someone tune his lt1, ill ask next time i see him

My suggestion is to go with an EFI Connection LS1 ECU Conversion

It's some $$ - but if you get enough calls and folks willing to pay - you could do the conversion in house and then tuning as well. Now that would rock!!!

Otherwise most LT1 guys now go with PCMForLess.com and a mail order tune or they are in NC if folks want to drive.

Don have you considered offering installs on the 24X system?

Most lt guys won't pay for it. I know all the options, we know how to tune lt1's. Just don't want to.
From what I gather there is no tuners in New England that will touch lt's.
I could of sent plenty of people to them.

Are LT1s that bad that you wouldn't tune them? Your market wouldn't be as broad obviously but if you're the only tuner in NE for them I can't see how that would be bad for business. Just my .02 cents

Lol, I wish I knew more about tuning.....

due to the software and time it takes, the amount we would have to charge would be double the LS tuning costs. Most people do not want to pay 1000-1400 to tune a car.
Then what we find is a lot of cars need mechanical work so they can be tuned.

It's just not a market we want to get back in to. Since we are very busy with projects we like, it's just not worth it for us to try to take on more.

That makes sense then. I wouldn't want to pay a grand for a tune either lol

I think Jannetty Racing in CT will still tune LT1s, I know they have in the past.

Yea if you are willing to get ass raped.

What kind of mods are people coming in with? cammed, bolt on only? boost?

All the above.

Still funny that a lot of people build these but never research having someone tune it after.

gotta love it. damn cheap LT1 drivers.

That sucks.

It's easier to name the places that are rip-off artists in New England.

From some posting I've seen, Frank is not wrong, and there is another shop in Manchester CT that's even worse.

On a side note this is one of the reasons I don't mod my car!

This thread is just a reminder why LT1s suck haha

Don did say he could tune them if we coughed up the $$$ if I had a big HP turbo build I would be willing to fork it over, vs risk losing everything to someone who hasnt a clue.

Whats 1500 to a 10k+ build.

I think if most people are going turbo theyd be going LSX anyway.

Its a lose lose for us. If you want to save money/get experience and do it yourself buying a cable and using tuner pro and winflash is a cheap solution. If you convert it to LS pcm then your spending 1500+ for that, and either 700+ for tuning software yourself or MORE to have it tuned.

I have been tuning mine myself with the help of Joe this past year and Pizza back in the day, I learned a lot from them. It is a good alternative for bolt on's and cam. Changing displacement and adding boost is a whole different ball game.

On a side note I'm trying to make my own 24x reluctor / junkyard parts kit for a cheap conversion alternative.

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I don't think we will even tune them for $$..

Truthfully the 24x conversion one's still don't run as good as they should. The fuel trims are never even from bank to bank showing the fuel timing is still off.

That's interesting. I've looked into the 24xsignal processing side of it pretty in depth because that's the only hard part about it. What would cause that? Some inaccurate data from an LT1 sensor of an LS sensor not calibrated for its location.

Seems legit.