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Trav_13 Senior Enthusiast

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Melissa from Nelson Performance called me on Tuesday and let me know that I was up on the list for the Tune...I'm really looking forward to this as it should be here by the middle to end of next week. I went with the 89/93 Dual Octane Tune.....so we will see how it goes! As far as the Stock ECM/TCM should I keep them or send them back...is it really worth the $350 in Core Charges to have the stock sitting around?? What have you guys done?

svensk Senior Enthusiast

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Melissa from Nelson Performance called me on Tuesday and let me know that I was up on the list for the Tune...I'm really looking forward to this as it should be here by the middle to end of next week. I went with the 89/93 Dual Octane Tune.....so we will see how it goes! As far as the Stock ECM/TCM should I keep them or send them back...is it really worth the $350 in Core Charges to have the stock sitting around?? What have you guys done?

yes it's worth it. esp if you have to go back to the dealer for warranty work.

motoxxx Enthusiast

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I agree and personally just purchased an ECM & TCM from Melissa. They are so easy to change out, so when going to the dealer for service you can just swap them out. Especially if you have the extended 100k warranty, that way you won't be screwed if they noticed your stuff is programmed. Also, when they do updates it won't rewrite over your tune...then you have to send your stuff back to Melissa.

 

Hopefully, if there was ever a warranty issue the service manager wouldn't be able to see the stock ECM & TCM's had been swapped back and forth. I would interested in knowing if the techs could figure this out. Either way, I think it's just safer to have the extra ones lying around in my opinion.

 

Good luck with the tune...I am still waiting for mine. The first tune they sent me they forgot to tune out the active fuel management.

2007silveradonbs Enthusiast

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$350 for cores! :thumbs: You should buy your own off of eBay and shipped them to them. Between buying my own cores and having Blackbear tune them, I only spent $350. You can buy the cores off of ebay and ship the ebay items back to Nelson and save about $150.

2007silveradonbs Enthusiast

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Jeff-

 

It was the best money I have spent yet on the truck. I had my eBay modules programmed at the dealer, by a buddy of mine. Then I drove up and had a live tune done by Justin. I may go back up after I get my Magnaflow exhaust and have him do a finer tune on it for 93 octane instead of 89.

 

Anyway, when I was looking at programmers Melissa said they can program any modules as long as they are the right part number.

VMax2007 Senior Enthusiast

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Jeff-

 

It was the best money I have spent yet on the truck. I had my eBay modules programmed at the dealer, by a buddy of mine. Then I drove up and had a live tune done by Justin. I may go back up after I get my Magnaflow exhaust and have him do a finer tune on it for 93 octane instead of 89.

 

Anyway, when I was looking at programmers Melissa said they can program any modules as long as they are the right part number.

 

Nelson is a good tuner, as is Justin. How is the CS at Blackbear? I have spoke with Justin a couple of times and he seems MUCH more personable than Allen or Melissa. I have also heard from MANY customers that Justin's CS is second to none. Allen's rep is great among his locals, but outside of that, it sucks!!!

Trav_13 Senior Enthusiast

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Thanks for that info...I'll be keeping a close watch on that.

 

 

Did you also notice where he (Sean) had his tuned? :nono: (hint, hint). :drool:

 

Sean, How do you like it?

 

 

Yeah I noticed....Melissa called me last Tuesday afternoon and said it takes one to three days to process and she was going to get back with me on a Shipping Quote.....I still have yet to hear anything....

VMax2007 Senior Enthusiast

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Imagine that! :nono: And this is before the sale even, and Melissa is the "better" one of the 2 (between her and Allen) about getting back to you. :drool:

2007silveradonbs Enthusiast

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Jeff-

 

It was the best money I have spent yet on the truck. I had my eBay modules programmed at the dealer, by a buddy of mine. Then I drove up and had a live tune done by Justin. I may go back up after I get my Magnaflow exhaust and have him do a finer tune on it for 93 octane instead of 89.

 

Anyway, when I was looking at programmers Melissa said they can program any modules as long as they are the right part number.

 

Nelson is a good tuner, as is Justin. How is the CS at Blackbear? I have spoke with Justin a couple of times and he seems MUCH more personable than Allen or Melissa. I have also heard from MANY customers that Justin's CS is second to none. Allen's rep is great among his locals, but outside of that, it sucks!!!

 

 

Justin instantly replies to emails and phone calls. I had the same issue with Nelson. Justin makes sure that you are happy with every aspect of your tune prior to purchase and well after purchase. I didn't go with Nelson because of his CS prior to purchase. I figured that if he was that way before I gave him money, he would be a lot worse after purchase. I felt like I was just a dollar sign to him.

BigHerky Enthusiast

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I purchased efilive from justin and we are currently working on my tune. He is incredibly helpful. During the week he responds extremely quickly. I had some problems getting the pid's on efilive to work, and he was able to fix my problem quickly. He sent me a tune on friday and told me to log some more data, and then he will tweak it some more. He is highly recommended. For $750 I got efilive and a free tune from him, and only $50 for an additional tune.

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