Ford Tuner
 

Who here in town is a good Ford tuner? We have a customer that wants us to do some performance work but we don't have the software to tune Fords.

no one local that I know of.

Arthur Todd in Conway SC is the only tuner I'd let work on mine. (if I didn't tune my own myself) (843) 365-6918

Tell them to make the trip to Columbia and see Chris Tuten.

Or if they want a mail order chip to call JMS CHIPS.

Yep

What kind of build? If it's a modular I'd say there's Rick @ Amazon Tuning in Andersen and then there's Mike McHale @ Unique Tuning in Hardeeville (southern tip of SC). Mike tuned my cobra and I couldn't be happier.

mph for modular dtuff imo

After seeing what I've seen come out of there I wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw them.

I recently had a mail order N/A tune done from Rick and from what i can tell its pretty solid, although its not on a race car its pretty stout for what it is.

If i had a tune done for my slobra i would probably choose Tuten or MPH but thats just from what ive read.

FYI i believe a majority of the board here is not for Amazon and its from personal experience.

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I can understand that. Every shop has had it's hiccups (some more than others) and it's success stories. Some people, regardless of experience, will always have a sour taste in their mouths. That's why I think that it's important to find someone you trust, you're happy with, and takes care of you, then stick to that one person.

I'm a big do-it-yourself'er, so I turn my own wrenches whenever possible. However, when it comes to tuning, My car goes to UniqueTuning (http://www.uniquetuning.net). Mike McHale has been fixing a lot of others mistakes for a while now and his anal retentive approach benefits his customers. I'd recommend some of the closer ones (Charleston?) check him out. He's worth the drive, extremely thorough. It's a one man operation and a two bay shop so sometimes you have to wait to get in, but I really haven't heard one bitch or complaint from anyone coming out of the place.

Mike's a good guy, been hearing more and more good things from his shop.

Not necessarily, Most of the Cobra guys are happy with Amazon.

If you have a Lightning, i'd hang it up with them. They just need to stop trying to tune them all togather......... In the 3 years that I have been reading and watching, Not 1 single Lightning that they tuned has done anything remotely impressive.

And 90% of the 14 second turtle Lightnings have their tunes in their mod list.

I think its auto's.... I don't think he can tune an automatic transmission, he just thinks he can.

Lightnings > cobra's on the site haha

this is true and well said.. we have our share of people coming here who were not happy with each shop that has been mentioned already.. and IM sure those shops have the same thing happen with other shops customers..that is just the way it is in this business.. you cant make every single customer happy no matter how hard you try..we have tons of customers who drive up here from your area who are totally satisfied but then we have some who were not.. and so does every other shop

if you want to stay closer to your area Mike@ Unique Tuning is an excellent choice..but I would still recommend talking to any of the tuners you are considering and see how you feel after you talk to them..

I'd just like to point out that non of them have blown up motors either..when our customers express that they are not interested in having to rebuild a blown motor ..they will get a conservative tune..why was it again that you had to rebuild your motor? ahh who was it you were trying to be faster than?and didnt you have a non Amazon tune when that happened?

I think winning the very first JDM Lightning shootout is impressive. and we did that years ago with our 99 Lightning when most of you guys didnt even know what a Lightning was..and the guy Rick squeeked past that was running NOS was Sal@PSP


you may think that Rick cant tune a Lightning... you are entitled to your opinion Randy.. lord knows ..we all know the history with you and Amazon.. but at least he is a man of his word.. if he makes a promise ..he keeps it.. unlike someone I know who will look a man in the eye,shake his hand and make a promise to never say another word then a month later break his word

to say that Rick cant built or tune a Lightning ..well ..you just keep on thinking that way....we do have 9 second Lightnings around.. their lives do not revolve around the internet..they dont have to post about every fart they make..

90% of our customers have no desire to race their trucks..they are more interested in spirited street vehicles with longevity of the motor..those trucks will never see a track..

we bent over backwards to make you happy.. offered to dyno tune your truck for free just so Rick could get the data he needed to get your issues fixed..you refused..that should be the end of it.. the offer was made.. you refused it..

the situation between us is what it is Randy.. I'll pray for you that no one in your life ever does to you what you have been doing to us for the last 3 years..

9 second simulated dyno runs do not equal 9 seconds at the track. :hide:

been down this road before with you.. the dyno has a rollar that is a certain diameter.. it turns a certain # of times...to calulate a certain distance in a certain period of time ...it isnt rocket science.. you cant get more simple than that..it is more accurate than slipping and sliding down a track with weather and driver ability ,etc to add to the equation

I do understand what you mean tho.. the true test is at the track.. we all know that..but you can have the exact same conditions and still not have consistant results every time down the track..

Lets get this strait, Sal's tune didn't take my motor out, I did...... and made a damn fine pass doing so. I put that stock block into the low low 12's many times over on 15# of boost and many many more 7.60's for a year or two before I jacked it up even more running 7.50's and 7.40's heading for mid 11's on boost only. Not to mention I raced it almost every weekend for 2 years that it didn't rain.

Noone, I didn't need too. My old 15# ET is faster than anyone around here with a Eaton Lightning was and still holds now.

Hell yeah, if I had an Amazon tune I'd probably still have my motor, but id be stuck running 8.50's and 13's on a 100 shot of gas and 19# of boost.

Thats impressive, who tuned it?


If theres one thing I can't stand, its watching other people get screwed, its a pet peeve of mine......And when I see people complaining about their track times and I look in their mod list and see Amazon..... It becomes my civic duty to explain to them why their so slow.

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If thats the case, you should advise them to stay with the stock tune.

After what I had seen and heard, it would have been a waste of gas money.

Just tell people the truth, you can't tune a Lightning to run a number at the track, but you can tune a pullied Lightning to run the same number as it did when it was stock and make the tranny sound like it has a midget with a jack hammer in it.