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Mine did this on cold start only & was a lot worse on cold days, some people thought I had a lumpy cam it was that bad. I had the car retuned & it still done it, needless to say I was pissed off & took the car back. After making excuses they plugged their laptop in & added 10% more fuel on start...

Thanks pirate, that graph tells the average punter bugger all really but looks can be deceiving, it don't look like much but it really is a big difference.

Righto, have been driving around all morning & can honestly say the car has been transformed. I loooove it. I didn't have a lot of time with it yesterday so i drove it like i stole it but now iv'e had time to drive it sensibly i can't believe how much better it is & how much of a bastard it used...

Update, Car has been serviced & tuned at East Coast Customs today & all seems good so far. I haven't had a lot of time with the car yet but it definitely runs & drives better. Car has gone from 243rwkw to 262rwkw but don't notice it so much as it at the top of the rev range but can notice a...

Update, car booked in for Monday next week at East Coast. Spoke to the owner Rob last week & he seems to be a nice guy. He sat me on the couch for 20min explaining the world of tuning to me & made me feel very confident in his abilities, it was more like a therapy session than a sales pitch lol...

All that typing & such a quick simple response, Thanks Pirate.

Hi all, just wondering if anyone has experienced the same "tune" issues as i am. I bought a manual SS ute around April this year that came with stock exhaust but had CAI with MAFless tune. At first i run the car on 95 & it ran pretty ordinary Particularly cold starts were a bit crappy & the car...

Always liked the wagons & utes myself. Nice colour too.

I recently got my ute back from the panel beaters after i (slightly) bent the tailgate & had all badges removed while it was there. Personally, i think it looks a lot better now as did my FG XR6 when i had it debadged. A Holden or HSV badge still looks good but the E85 badge is rubbish, SS looks...

Haven't done a thing yet, car has to go to panel beaters next week after I put a dent in the tailgate. (Ouch). No biggy but $600 excess & pissing around has delayed my tune plans for a few more wks. I think I'm just gonna go with East Coast as I can't be bothered ringing around & they are close...

As I stated earlier, east coast done it for free & it takes 5min, he wanted $150 to do the same thing when if he done it for free i probably would have given him the job. See how it works, you catch more flies with honey than vinegar.

You could be right mate, most people probably go there & don't ask questions & just pay. I can understand that to a point, if you've got a brand new car & want a tune & your prepared to pay their egotistical prices but if your car is 2yr old & has already had an aftermarket tune & isn't running...

Just been to Brendale & can safely say i won't be going back. I'm a little shocked at their attitude to be honest, i spoke to them for 5min subtely trying to urge him to plug in his laptop so he could give me their version of what my tune looked like but would have no part of it unless i coughed...

Great road manners, that's the key words I wanted to hear. My car seems to have plenty of power it's just not behaving the way it should.

I think I'll just go with Powertorque. They've easily got the most recommendations & it's a lot easier for me to get to. Will try & get some pictures of the before & after tune sheets up. Thanks for all your help guys. Stay tuned hahahahahaa.