tuner????

**ponyeater123** · 07-02-2008, 11:42 AM

hey everyone im new to this site but i just got a 2004 gto about 2 months ago and its pretty awesome lol. anyways i started doin a few mods to it (CAI and throttle body bypass) and i want to get a tuner for it but im not really sure which one to get. any suggestions on which one will give me the biggest bang for my buck?

**Railripper** · 07-02-2008, 04:56 PM

Im pretty happy with the predator tuner I have.

**mark21742** · 07-03-2008, 03:02 PM

predator or Hptuners if you have a laptop
hptuners is my choice, more advanced and can do more but it takes awhile to learn and is pretty complicated

**sappy96** · 07-03-2008, 06:26 PM

I would say HP tuners. It may be more expensive for start up but it has way more flexibility to tune and change w/ your car and tune other cars as well.

**ponyeater123** · 07-03-2008, 07:35 PM

i was lookin at the hp tuners and just lookin at the website was confusing me lol. i was also thinkin of havin a professional actually do the tuning even tho it'll cost me do you guys think its worth it?

**mark21742** · 07-03-2008, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by ponyeater123

i was lookin at the hp tuners and just lookin at the website was confusing me lol. i was also thinkin of havin a professional actually do the tuning even tho it'll cost me do you guys think its worth it?

lol we were all confused when we started on Hptuners but all you have to do is get on here or their website and start asking questions

**ponyeater123** · 07-04-2008, 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by mark21742

lol we were all confused when we started on Hptuners but all you have to do is get on here or their website and start asking questions

thats true. well heres my first question about it, which would be the right way to go the standard model or the professional?

**mark21742** · 07-04-2008, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by ponyeater123

thats true. well heres my first question about it, which would be the right way to go the standard model or the professional?

pro model lets you data log runs without a laptop hooked up and gives outputs for several extra tuning tools like a wideband o2.
Id go with the pro if your some day going to wild with your mods. If you plan on just doing mild mods you can get by with the standard, then if needed you could upgrade to the pro

**GOT1GOAT** · 07-06-2008, 09:53 AM

Having gotten lazy in my old age and not wanting to sink a lot of $$$$ into my car I opted with the Predator and I'm quite happy with it. The best part of it for A4's is the reduction of torque mgt. There is another mod that us 04's can do and that is to grind down the throttle stop enough for the butterfly to open all of the way. You need either a dremel or similar or even a rough file will work.

**WS6ICK** · 07-09-2008, 11:53 AM

I got tired of paying a tuner everytime I did a mod. Now I have HP Tuners and tuning is way fun. I even made enough money from tuning other people's cars that it paid for itself. I purchased the learn@home class and the book has step by step instructions on how to tune. Check it out.
http://www.thetuningschool.com/classes.html