So I asked whether HP Tuners was worth it on a stock Cavalier. You told me "probably not".
Survey Says: Pretty much true.
I was able to:
a) Spend a month waiting for them to write support for my car into the program
b) Run a Crank Position relearn, which for some reason my car randomly decided it required after I had the battery disconnected. That went fine.
c) Increase my idle speed / Reduce idle vibration / Get my HO alternator to produce at idle
d) Set more aggressive partial-throttle shift speeds, keep the revs up a bit and make car seem more responsive
Not bad for a start -- but I've decided that I'm going to leave it at that. The potential is there to do quite a bit more if I committed myself and/or started throwing some decent upgrades at the car, but the investment in time and parts is something that, in retrospect, I never really intended to go through with.
Besides, I think by the time I sell HP Tuners, I'll have gotten a pretty good price for a CASE relearn (which for me would have meant a shop visit) and basic tune.
Basically, this is a thinly veiled cross-posting advertisement (link removed) . Someone could save quite a bit of money on the Standard Suite, just because I'm an impulsive shopper. Sounds like a good deal, no?
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I feel a bit cruel for starting it at 99 cents, since we're well beyond that territory now. Just to sooth any concerns about me trying to pull something and ending the auction early, the bidding is already past the range where I would consider such a thing. I'm so happy with the initial response that I'll even make this pledge: There will be no advertising (by me) for this auction outside of the ORG.
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you got stickers with yours??
John Benham wrote:you got stickers with yours??
I sure did. Luckily, I decided that even stickers of such high quality (which would surely add several torques and g-forces through the aerodynamics alone) would be a waste on my car, so they are unused. Perhaps they will go to an owner who can use them in a non-ironic sense; someone who has actually tuned their car, and increased their HP.
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WOW! 26 bids after less than a day. i think you'll make your money back.
maybe one for the brag board....thats about it...
I only wish i had a need for HPT, i've seen it in action at one of our local shops, its a very sweet product.
