Hi just wondering what the thoughts are out there as to what tuning program I should buy. I own a 2000 silverado with the 5.3. I Have the basic bolt-ons. K&N, throttle body spacer, jet chip, hypertech power programmer, flowmaster exhaust, and jet power servo. This spring I want to put in a LPE-GT2-3 cam and LS6 intake as well as put bigger injectors. Then a turbo later in the summer.

 

I am also researching about these options also..I have read that handhelds are good for certain people and from what I have read it seems the spe proflash is hard to beat for the money $325 shipped Or get a custom tune for around $350-550 depending on who does it..I myself will get a pcmforless tune when I can spare the extra $375 I Was quoted $250 for the tune and a $125 exchange fee for your old pcm..When you send in your old pcm you get a $125 refund ...That sounds awesome to me and from what I have read here abnd other sites a custom tune simply is one of the best mods out there for our trucks..good for an extra 20-35 horses .......And you can also send in your new pcm for upgrades for new mods..Just do some searching for custom tune or pcm or westers ..You will find gobs of good info on this subject....GL and let us know what you decide to buy and how it works out for ya.......

 

if you are going to get a turbo i would go with something you can tune yourself and not a pcmforless. pcmforless is a good tune but i am definately not sure i would want it on my truck if i had a turbo. i know allen from nelson performance knows how to tune one i know mti would know how to do it. but with a turbo the very best would be something you can tune yourself so you can up the boost and retune it anytime you want to and also play with it to tweek it out to its max potential

 

Yeah I was thinking along the lines of LS1 EDIT, HP TUNERS or F.A.S.T.

 

Teah I was thinking along th elines of LS1 EDIT, HP TUNERS or F.A.S.T

 

If you are going to get a turbo then I would go with a Nelson tune cause he tunes for STS so he knows how to tune for turbos

 

I think that a serious set up like your describing should be dyno tuned, not mail ordered. I would suggest looking into HP Tuners. I have EDIT and there's nothing wrong w/ it, but I hear that HPT is coming out w/ 3bar speed density tuning, which could really help in tuning a turbo setup.

 

After using HPtuners for a week and tuning mine and a buds truck, it's nice. It's got a lot of features that EDIT never even thought about! The best part is it comes with it's own scanning software.

If tuning it yourself isn't an option, then I would consider MTI or Texas Spped, they have some sick cars and tuning cars would be about the same as tuning trucks. Futral and Thunder also have some pretty wicke cars.