Thread: Top Swap Tuning

Hey guys it's been awhile since I've posted anything, I've been busy with school. Anyway I've still been looking at top swapping my gt and I wanted to know an answer to yet another question haha.

I already know that I'm gonna need a tune but my question is, should I take my car to a place to tune it, or would I be fine just ordering one off the internet and putting it in after the swap is done. It's just a problem for me because there's no places around me that tune that I know of. I live in central Illinois, Springfield area. I don't really feel like purchasing a tuner myself either so that's not really an option. I just don't see how I would be tuning my car during a swap when the nearest tuning shop is probably 3+ hours away. Thanks guys.

Originally Posted by Bio248

if youre going to be in this for a while just do yourself a favor and buy an HPTuners suite. its literally the best option you have so YOU can make your car run how YOU want. scan all the time, tweak on the fly when youve got 10 minutes to screw around. i wish i would have bought one when i could have.

Don't I have to like buy credits and stuff though once I run out of the ones that come on it? How much do those cost? The credits I mean?

Originally Posted by 99prixgt

I run a "top-swap" tune from Intense. As far as im concerned that's the only pcm mail in tune you should be looking at. I have no knock and the car runs pretty good. There is way more potential in there but, for right now i want it to run safe. You should really look into a tuner and learn how to tune yourself for later. Soon ill be purchasing hptuners.

Thanks for the info. I'll look at the intense tune, and also buying a tuner. I'll just have to learn alot about tuning.

Originally Posted by 01GTP

comes with 8 iirc. You only need 2 to do your car as many times as you want.

? Can you explain this? So you mean you don't use a credit every time you tune your own car after 2 tunes? I'm confused with the whole credit thing. Sorry, but thanks for the help.

Originally Posted by Sabrewings

2 credits (I think, might be more or less) unlocks your car for you. You can tune it as many times as you want. You can use the other credits to add other cars if you ever need to.

Oh ok. That makes alot more sense now. Now that I know that, I understand how much of a better deal it is. I always thought it was a waste if you had to buy more credits for every time you tuned a car haha. Thanks for explaining that. Now, I need to learn how to tune without destroying my car haha.