Dyno Tune vs ECU Tune
02-23-2012, 05:14 PM
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i think you mean mail order vs street tune vs dyno tune.
Mail order is kinda like a canned tune from a programmer, except better. You send your pcm off to the tuner, they flash on a tune, and they send it back. Or they send you a flashed pcm and you ship them your stock one.
Street tune is the best IMO for a daily driver. You tune, log, tune, log, wash rinse repeat. You would have to have someone locally do that, or buy the software and do it yourself.
Dyno tune is going to cost the most because you're paying for the tuning and for dyno time. Its the best for WOT tuning because you can see where you're making the peak power at.
there are pros and cons to each one, but a mail order or a street tune would be best bang for buck.
Mail order is kinda like a canned tune from a programmer, except better. You send your pcm off to the tuner, they flash on a tune, and they send it back. Or they send you a flashed pcm and you ship them your stock one.
Street tune is the best IMO for a daily driver. You tune, log, tune, log, wash rinse repeat. You would have to have someone locally do that, or buy the software and do it yourself.
Dyno tune is going to cost the most because you're paying for the tuning and for dyno time. Its the best for WOT tuning because you can see where you're making the peak power at.
there are pros and cons to each one, but a mail order or a street tune would be best bang for buck.
02-23-2012, 05:17 PM
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The search button works wonders 
Dyno tunes are great and all but I would rather do a live street tune.
Either way you go about it both are tuning the ECU a.k.a. PCM
I wouldn't worry about a dyno tune in your case since the truck just has a cam. Best bang for buck would be a street tune like he said ^^^.
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Dyno tunes are great and all but I would rather do a live street tune.
Either way you go about it both are tuning the ECU a.k.a. PCM
I wouldn't worry about a dyno tune in your case since the truck just has a cam. Best bang for buck would be a street tune like he said ^^^.
Goodluck
02-23-2012, 05:49 PM
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a street tune and a dyno tune will be pretty close. If its your daily driver, you should be concerned about day to day drive-ability and reliability, not squeezing every little bit of power you possibly can out of it
