Did my junk make you pull your hair out? Lol

 

^LOL

Don't be offended if it is, if only my family and friends could hear what I've said about their vehicles in the moment, they would never look at me the same I still care about their vehicles when I see them driving around, so I in a stupid way, I put some effort into rejuvenating your car and want to see it live and prosper.

So it's more than just a few days of wishing the whole thing would catch on fire and somehow get swallowed by a volcano.

 

close, but no. ever get the other issues fixed?

 

No, my little money tree I was trying to grow was cut down and hauled out of my yard.

I'll pursue getting more fuel, perhaps a cam, lifters, springs, etc. come tax time. Still no overdrive yet, but I'm not concerned with it, silverado is in the garage for the winter.

I'll mess with it again when it warms up.

 

Well, I just dropped the hammer on a VCM Suite. So I'm gonna be at least tuning my own stuff!!!

It may sound retarded, but it's been a dream of mine to get into since I got into working on vehicles. I just never had enough money to do so.

 

Just wanted to update this thread,

I received my HPT in the mail earlier this week and have been studying and logging ever since. I've only made changes to idle speed so far (helps in the winter) and removing superfluous DTC's.

It's a steep learning curve, but I'm really enjoying it. I must say that flashing my ECM is still a scary process though, especially knowing what could happen if something goes wrong.

I've got to do an alignment, install new tires, rebuild my t-case, install my new O2's and fix the crack in my exhaust before I start changing anything serious, even though my logs look great, no KR and no timing being pulled. Which really put me at ease.

Anyway, happy tuning everyone!

 

Insurance, website cost, and the expense of advertising on websites will put an end to it quickly.

You better have that insurance or 1 mistake with a setting will cost you everything. It could just be an engine or trans, but what if you change a setting and the car spins out or the truck goes faster that the speed rating on the tire and someone is killed?

Website cost is minor under $1000 a year for everything

Advertising will put you back over $300 per month on most sites.

If the EPA decides they don't like you that's another story. You can google many stories about that

 

Through the course of this thread I decided to not do this as a business and that I was only going to do it for family and friends. I appreciate your input, but you wasted your time to post that, considering it was not something that endured past the first page.

I also appreciate your concern, but even if I were to start tuning professionally, I would only be doing it local to me. I'm not advertising online or looking to spread out continentally, I would be doing it on a case-by-case basis with people who I know and trust.

Having said that, I've done work for a few people around here, including my friends and family, without issue. That includes oil changes (which can go catastrophically bad), tire changes, exhaust work, engine work, etc. and no one walks away without a safety lecture and crash course on personal responsibility relating to the current changes I've made.

I'm also not concerned one iota by the EPA, if you noticed my location, I am far away from any place that the EPA would ever care about.

 

I meant something different. If you take it from a Job to a real company than you could run into an issue

About twice a year the EPA goes in and closes around 5 or 6 shops (from what I here)

Casper's Electronics Inc. Clean Air Act | Enforcement | US EPA

H&S Performance :: Topic: EPA Crackdown (1/10)

 

Labrador is in Canada, eh.