Osiris
My brother has an '05 Z with just an intake (not tuned) and there is a huge difference between my car and his as far as power. Granted, I have more mods, too, but I think the tune made a big difference.
Every Pro Tuner is going to have different rates for dyno tuning. Based on their location, their ability, and how much they paid for their dyno and what the shop costs to run.
$85/hr in Alabama isn't unreasonable.
$175/hr in Austin TX isn't unreasonable.
We generally spend about 2 hours dyno tuning a car here, and at $175/hr thats $350. On top of the $400 for the Osiris License.
It also depends on your working relationship with a shop, and how much you've spent with them over how many years. So every shop will have a different total cost.
Some cars do take longer to dial in that others. Stating "oh well thats NA it only takes an hour" is total BS. We've had NA cars that have taken far longer than an hour to dial in, and we built the damn software, we have more experience than anyone with it. We had a totally stock car in here a few months ago that took 2.5 hours. It made solid gains at the end, but there was something screwy with the car. We finally got it figured out, but if you're strapped to the dyno, you're going to pay dyno pricing hourly, not just general labor. So we always make certain to let a customer know that our estimate is $750, it may end up higher or lower than that depending on their car.
We always let them know that their car should be in good running condition before it gets on the dyno:
1. change plugs/fluids
2. make sure there are no leaks
3. radiator doesn't show any signs of leaks, car hasn't overheated recently
4. tires have reasonable tread
Otherwise they will be paying to unstrap the car and have the work performed before we strap the car back onto the dyno to complete the tune.
$85/hr in Alabama isn't unreasonable.
$175/hr in Austin TX isn't unreasonable.
We generally spend about 2 hours dyno tuning a car here, and at $175/hr thats $350. On top of the $400 for the Osiris License.
It also depends on your working relationship with a shop, and how much you've spent with them over how many years. So every shop will have a different total cost.
Some cars do take longer to dial in that others. Stating "oh well thats NA it only takes an hour" is total BS. We've had NA cars that have taken far longer than an hour to dial in, and we built the damn software, we have more experience than anyone with it. We had a totally stock car in here a few months ago that took 2.5 hours. It made solid gains at the end, but there was something screwy with the car. We finally got it figured out, but if you're strapped to the dyno, you're going to pay dyno pricing hourly, not just general labor. So we always make certain to let a customer know that our estimate is $750, it may end up higher or lower than that depending on their car.
We always let them know that their car should be in good running condition before it gets on the dyno:
1. change plugs/fluids
2. make sure there are no leaks
3. radiator doesn't show any signs of leaks, car hasn't overheated recently
4. tires have reasonable tread
Otherwise they will be paying to unstrap the car and have the work performed before we strap the car back onto the dyno to complete the tune.
haha ya...i hate it up here. I'll be makin the move down to phoenix in october...need a LITTLE more variety in my life lol
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