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It's been awhile since I've been on the Nation', and even longer since I've posted anything worthwhile. With the purchase of a beater car my Colorado has spent most of the past few months parked and resting. After rolling over 100K and a daily commute of 50 miles, the numbers were adding up and with three more years on the loan, my baby was growing old before her time.
Nevertheless, with a new boss, and a slight pay increase I found myself with a little extra money to throw around, so I dropped $100 on Jeremy (limequat)'s tuning services. Now I'm no stranger to tuning, having owned a highly modified diesel pickup, and from reading about Gerry and Supermods elite tuning capabilities for these trucks. I know Gerry's tunes are the cream of the crop around here, but his work also comes at a premium price that I just couldn't afford. Essentially it came down to paying $300 (or whatever his fee is) for a 100% awesome made to order tune, or pay 1/3 of that price for a tune that's 80% as good. I know, a cookie cutter tune isn't a comparison to a made to order tailored to your driving style tune, but that extra $200 would go a long way towards the new front door the wife is demanding.
I've talked to Jeremy several times via PM and read and researched around here and the general consensus is he knows what he's doing. So, as I have a beater car now, I mailed in my PCM rendering my truck useless for a week. Not a problem at all. I called Jeremy once to let him know my PCM was on its way, discussed what I wanted a little bit, and the rest was in his hands.
I mailed the PCM express, and it arrived the next morning. Jeremy worked his magic, and my PCM was in the mail on its way back the next day. It was a reflash in a flash. Jeremy mailed the PCM priority with tracking, and it arrived today. After getting home from work, I was very excited about how my truck was going to react.
After reinstalling the PCM and starting the truck I noticed immidiately the glaring CEL was gone. I had Jeremy disable all of the stupid EVAP codes, disable VATS and do some other stuff with Power Enrichment and Torque Management. The details of my exact tune will remain classified.
In the initial test drive the truck acted snappier, peppier, and during acceleration, I was doing 70 and didn't even know it. Power came on really smooth, and the shifts are now especially crisp. While the truck dosent "feel like a different truck", it does feel different, and it does drive and react to throttle inputs differently. The shift habits are also improved.
Is Jeremys work comparable with Gerry and SuperMod? From what I've read, no. Is Jeremy's work worth $100? All day long. Any type of performance upgrade for $100 is a good value, and I honestly feel more from this $100 than I did from my intake, exhaust, and corvette servo combined. There's approximately $400 in mods with those pieces alone, and Jeremy's $100 tune was my best bang for the buck yet.
If you've been waiting for a tune and don't have $300-$400 to pay the experts, Jeremy's $100 tune will get you reasonably close at a fraction of the cost.
L
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Nevertheless, with a new boss, and a slight pay increase I found myself with a little extra money to throw around, so I dropped $100 on Jeremy (limequat)'s tuning services. Now I'm no stranger to tuning, having owned a highly modified diesel pickup, and from reading about Gerry and Supermods elite tuning capabilities for these trucks. I know Gerry's tunes are the cream of the crop around here, but his work also comes at a premium price that I just couldn't afford. Essentially it came down to paying $300 (or whatever his fee is) for a 100% awesome made to order tune, or pay 1/3 of that price for a tune that's 80% as good. I know, a cookie cutter tune isn't a comparison to a made to order tailored to your driving style tune, but that extra $200 would go a long way towards the new front door the wife is demanding.
I've talked to Jeremy several times via PM and read and researched around here and the general consensus is he knows what he's doing. So, as I have a beater car now, I mailed in my PCM rendering my truck useless for a week. Not a problem at all. I called Jeremy once to let him know my PCM was on its way, discussed what I wanted a little bit, and the rest was in his hands.
I mailed the PCM express, and it arrived the next morning. Jeremy worked his magic, and my PCM was in the mail on its way back the next day. It was a reflash in a flash. Jeremy mailed the PCM priority with tracking, and it arrived today. After getting home from work, I was very excited about how my truck was going to react.
After reinstalling the PCM and starting the truck I noticed immidiately the glaring CEL was gone. I had Jeremy disable all of the stupid EVAP codes, disable VATS and do some other stuff with Power Enrichment and Torque Management. The details of my exact tune will remain classified.
In the initial test drive the truck acted snappier, peppier, and during acceleration, I was doing 70 and didn't even know it. Power came on really smooth, and the shifts are now especially crisp. While the truck dosent "feel like a different truck", it does feel different, and it does drive and react to throttle inputs differently. The shift habits are also improved.
Is Jeremys work comparable with Gerry and SuperMod? From what I've read, no. Is Jeremy's work worth $100? All day long. Any type of performance upgrade for $100 is a good value, and I honestly feel more from this $100 than I did from my intake, exhaust, and corvette servo combined. There's approximately $400 in mods with those pieces alone, and Jeremy's $100 tune was my best bang for the buck yet.
If you've been waiting for a tune and don't have $300-$400 to pay the experts, Jeremy's $100 tune will get you reasonably close at a fraction of the cost.
L
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