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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 04:21 PM
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ElevationTC (Mike) and I put our heads together (and my foot to the floor) and did some street tuning on my car yesterday. The results are fantastic! I had the tune buttoned down somewhat decent but couldn't street tune while driving very well. Mike (aka D Man) drove out an hour away after work to come street tune in inclement weather. Apparently he gets scared at 115 in the rain... lolz. All I can say is the guy knows what he's doing when it comes to street tuning an F/IC. Maybe I'll secure some dyno time on the local Superflow and have a little fun
Old Sep 2, 2009 | 05:15 PM
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What's the timing on wot? How did you guys monitor timing?
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mike is an awesome guy and knows his stuff... i love mike <3 nohomo lol
Old Sep 2, 2009 | 05:47 PM
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What's the timing on wot? How did you guys monitor timing?

We monitor timing via scangauge 2 and fuel trims threw it as well.
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mike is an awesome guy and knows his stuff... i love mike <3 nohomo lol

Thanks pete! I do it for more of the passion! PLus i usually get free lunch out of it
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shiznit gonna go boom....lolz jk....mike come tune my emanage. come to find out its hard to street tune in denver traffic. bahhaha.
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btw im not really calling my self m-tuning its just a joke
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Thanks pete! I do it for more of the passion! PLus i usually get free lunch out of it
free lunch ftmfw!!!!!!
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I'm getting you a free 09 upper grille
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I'm getting you a free 09 upper grille

Old Sep 2, 2009 | 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by rangerryda
ElevationTC (Mike) and I put our heads together (and my foot to the floor) and did some street tuning on my car yesterday. The results are fantastic! I had the tune buttoned down somewhat decent but couldn't street tune while driving very well. Mike (aka D Man) drove out an hour away after work to come street tune in inclement weather. Apparently he gets scared at 115 in the rain... lolz. All I can say is the guy knows what he's doing when it comes to street tuning an F/IC. Maybe I'll secure some dyno time on the local Superflow and have a little fun
Nice work Mike! I don't blame ya on the 115 in the rain. Been there, done that. SCARY!

I had a local whom wanted me to do that with no seat belt in the car either. The passenger seat belt was removed. I was like PASS!
Old Sep 2, 2009 | 07:38 PM
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Nice work Mike! I don't blame ya on the 115 in the rain. Been there, done that. SCARY!

I had a local whom wanted me to do that with no seat belt in the car either. The passenger seat belt was removed. I was like PASS!

Glad im not the only one!
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On another note for a funny story! D best is a inside joke!

When street tuning the car driving around from his insane driving i kept hitting shift D instead of control D to increase things so his map had a few D's in it!
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did you guys get any logs?
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so whats timing on full boost? i dunno if its bad or not i know i am at 19 on full boost. i think
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damn it i need a scan guage! naw but mike has helped many people on the forum verbally or physically!
Old Sep 2, 2009 | 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by m6ar2cel6oTC
so whats timing on full boost? i dunno if its bad or not i know i am at 19 on full boost. i think
19 degrees full boost is accually alot.. for 19psi is it?

i would invest in a egt gauge!
Old Sep 3, 2009 | 12:45 AM
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Mike definitly has help above and beyond, which is the reason my car is running the great way it is right now, installing the Ptuning kit was a huge difference, and having Mike tune it was bringing it alive to a whole new level. sounds kinda out there, but every person i took for a ride before and after the tune has told me they felt a huge difference in power delivery =) my car is running like a champ now! thanks again Mike!
Old Sep 3, 2009 | 01:02 AM
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It's on 20 psi and meth. So I hope works out good. I want a egt from aem a digital one but it's alot lol.
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FYI, Mike did NOT have his seat belt on despite my suggestion... lol *knock on wood* To this day, 8 years of driving and no tickets or accidents
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