Hi All,

Just wanted to let you know that I successfully installed my custome Wester's Tune today. The worst part of it was waiting the 30 mins for the passkey relearn procedure.

I cannot believe how much more spunk my truck has now. The Torque manglement that GM implements is dogging our trucks down and not letting them live up to their potential.

I ordered an 89/93 tune with max Fuel Economy, so I'm hoping to have some impressive MPG numbers here in a few weeks or a month. I'll be sure to post my numbers. I'm a freak ( ask MrQuadrasteer) and have kept mileage numbers for almost every gallon of fuel that has gone thru my ride, so I have hard numbers to compare with those of the new tune.

I also have flowmatched injectors from Wester's ( a steal at 19.95 per injector)

Here's a pic of my 8 pack of injectors


Thanks again Eric for you help!

Long Live Quadrasteer!

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Say...how about posting a pic of your truck when you post your new numbers? I am anxious to know of your results as I am contemplating the same dirty deed!

Hey BlackDawg,

Don't wait on the Wester's Tune, get it now and enjoy it longer!
Here's a pic from the day I brought her home from the dealer.. Heh... dealer temp tag and all.

Gotta get ready for work. L8r Dudes!

Sean

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Sean, I don't know how I missed this ???

By now you have a few miles on it, how's the tune doing?? Get the injectors in, yet ??

Can't wait to hear your results

Hey MrQuad,

I love the tune. Like you said it makes the truck totally fun to drive and a different animal. I'm having a hard time keeping my foot out of it.

I've only put one full tank through it so far and my MPG is 12.4. That's mainly in town driving to and from work. I think I need some good solid Highway miles to get those numbers up a bit.

The injectors went in last weekend and wasn't as bad a job as I thought it would be. When you do it, just don't drop the injector retaining clip when removing them from the rear injectors I only lost one to the neverland monster that lives at the back of the engine ontop of the tranny.. LOL. Stopped by the dealer yesterday and they can't get the single clip yet but they had a kit of 8 for 10$(GM Part # 12570620). being that the bar secures the injector very well, I decided to wait untill GM offers a single clip for sale.(GM Part # Z5168573)

Oh and also don't accidentally close the patient without counting the rags that you used to catch the coolant fluid. Myself, Bro in Law, and a retired ASE Mechanic forgot to do so and I broke my A/C Belt. A quick trip to the autoparts store resolved this and I found out how easy it is to change the serpentine belt in the process.

Incase anyone is wondering why cooling fluid was involved in the injector process, I also changed out the Tstat and did the Throttle body coolant bypass. No, GM isnt running coolant thru the injectors
Sean

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Thanks for the update, bud. It is hard to keep out of it, ain't it ?!!? It's just plain funner to drive !!!

Man, be careful with those rags !!! Glad nothing bad happened !!! How's the rag ?!!?

Did you notice any difference with the injectors ?? Smoother idling, pulling, etc ??

How's that initial 12.4 compare, do you think ??

Hey Eric,

Yeah, it's so hard to not tear off the line now. Before the tune, I wouldn't even bother cause the torque manglement would kick in and bog her down. Now she's takes off like a scalded ape!

The rag is in rag heaven.. Mr AC belt decapitated the rag We had a nice service for the rag at 1pm

I really don't notice a difference with the injectors but if my stock ones were flowing(or not flowing at all) anything like the ones in the Injector flow vid then I'm glad I did them.

1/1/2005 28702 1.769 19.802 35.03 190.80 9.64
1/2/2005 28769 1.619 6.133 9.93 67.00 10.92
1/8/2005 28990 1.718 16.899 29.03 221.00 13.08
1/15/2005 29210 1.699 18.615 31.63 220.00 11.82
1/22/2005 29656 1.739 23.050 40.08 325.90 14.14
1/29/2005 30194 1.759 23.018 40.49 270.30 11.74
2/5/2005 30392 1.789 17.070 30.54 198.00 11.60
2/13/2005 30679 1.789 23.563 42.15 287.00 12.18
2/18/2005 30988 1.869 23.986 44.83 309.00 12.88
2/27/2005 31213 1.789 18.758 33.56 225.00 11.99
3/3/2005 31331 1.799 10.181 18.32 118.10 11.60
3/8/2005 31611 1.97 22.078 43.67 279.90 12.68
3/16/2005 31848 1.969 20.694 40.79 237.00 11.45
3/24/2005 32081 2.039 21.276 43.38 233.00 10.95
4/7/2005 32725 2.339 22.787 53.11 233.90 10.26 Wester's Tune installed with 1/2 tank remaining
4/10/2005 32904 2.299 14.431 33.18 178.90 12.40 First Full Tank with Wester's CPU (93 octane)
4/17/2005 33128 2.299 16.983 39.04 224.30 13.21

The last column is the MPG, so it is up a bit. That's prety much in town driving. I really want to see what she'll get with straight Highway miles. I'm going to the FL Keys at the end of May, so we'll see then what her hwy mpg is.

Sean

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Sean,
Did you increase the grade of gas when you installed the Webster's tune? It looks like you did but with the price of gas now it is tough to tell. It appears the cost per mile has gone up.

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Hi Strapwrench,

Yep, I'm running 89 now. I can't quite stomach 93 yet at 2.30 a gallon.


Sean

Somebody had calculated my cost per mile a little while back- thought I posted it here

Anyway, my operating costs went down by .02/mile. This is running super now comparred to running regular before.

I'll take that

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Originally posted by Seanp1:
Hi Strapwrench,

Yep, I'm running 89 now. I can't quite stomach 93 yet at 2.30 a gallon.


Sean

$2.30 a gallon?! Are you cheap? I'd really love to get 87 at $2.30 a gallon. Here in So Cal were paying $2.67 for 87. I paid $2.78 a gallon for 91 the other day.

We got the beaches and mountians, so I guess we get reamed on gas.

Hey SS Crew,

I filled up yesterday with 89 at $2.29 a gallon
That's the most I've ever paid per gallon for gas. I remember way back when I lived in the FL Keys and regular 87 was .99 a gallon.

We have Mountains and Beaches here in NC too

Trucks Rule..... Trucks with Quadrasteer are da Bomb!

Sean

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Originally posted by Seanp1:
Trucks Rule..... Trucks with Quadrasteer are da Bomb!

Sean

Hey Mr Q,

Stiill loving my truck and tune. Within a year I'll need new rubber and will need a reburn with the new tire diameters.

I think I need to have the tune adjusted for the 186 deg TSTAT as Im not sure we included that with the initial burn.

Can we also program it for E-fans even tho I don't have them yet? I'm just trying to think down the road and avoid having to send the cpus back and forth.

Thanks

Sure, Sean, we can put the programming in for E-fans, and it'll be there waiting when you're ready

I think Lyndon should have the hareness adapters ready now, too



Blah- time for new tires for me, too I'm stepping up a size in my Revos this time- 285s Shoulda went with those first time around