Lime Swap Tune

[Jrgunn5150]

I had one done on Saturday. Previously I had attempted to mess around with a buddy's EFI Live, but it really wasn't very effective. My tuck is a 06 with the 5.3, 3.42 gear's, and 255/75r17 tires.

I went down to Novi, talked with Jeremy a while, who's a nice guy, and really knowledgeable about tuning. It seems he usually tunes for a more street oriented crowd, but we were able to come up with a strategy I'm happy with.

Before I went in, my speedometer was off by 10%, he got that corrected, I had an EVAP solenoid code, that made the pump shut off non-stop while fueling, he killed that, pumps gas fine now, traction control is killed, Displacement on Demand is killed, I'm not blowing big clouds of smoke coming out of cruise now.

All in all, for 100 bucks, I'm really happy. I didn't gain 567 RWHP, or probably any, but it drives much nicer now. Holds lockup where before it wanted to kick down two gear's to keep 60 mph on a two lane highway up a slight incline. It has improved my MPG by about 1.5. My speedo is accurate. The thing is really a pleasure to drive now, whereas before it was quirky to say the least.

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Getting a tune is such an improvement for this platform. GM left a ton on the table in their tuning.

 

[C-ya]

Lime Swap tune here, too! I'm very happy with it.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

It just made such a difference in driveability just having the transmission shift properly that I don't even care if I gained any peak HP lol. Like I told Jeremy, the thing lives it's life below 3,500 anyway. But that throttle response is great now!

 

[hockeyman]

Huh... I'm gonna have to look into this Lime-Tune thing. Never heard of it but getting a better throttle response and trans shift would make me happy.

I'm assuming this will work for the 4.2l also?

 

[Mounce]

Pretty much the same thing that pcm of NC does but cheaper.

 

[Mooseman]

A lot cheaper on the V8, which for some reason PCMofNC likes to jack the price on quite a bit. Jeremy charges the same as the I6.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Huh... I'm gonna have to look into this Lime-Tune thing. Never heard of it but getting a better throttle response and trans shift would make me happy.

I'm assuming this will work for the 4.2l also?

Yes, I know he did a local guy's 4.2.

I know you can send him your PCM for tuning just like PCM of NC, but I actually went down and met with him, since I use my truck as an exploration/offroad truck, it was nice to be able to communicate that and my specific need's rather than just getting a canned one size fits all tune.

 

[hockeyman]

Awesome, but now I'll need to figure out how to tune it when I send my PCM their way.

Thank you

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Definitely helps to discuss things with the tuner. I was more specific on my reflash for gearing change on my pcmofnc tune and it came out even better than the initial.

The tuning changes the drivability and feel so much I do not think i could own one without it.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

I feel like an idiot for putting it off so long, it was a two hour drive, a thirty minute chat, and 100 bucks to have a truck that runs like it should.

 

[BlazingTrails]

Yep, best bang for your buck all day every day.

 

[Matt]

I think I'll make the 3 hour trip in spring or summer.

 

[C-ya]

I had an appointment at the VA hospital in Ann Arbor and drove on over to his place afterwards. Great guy, listens to what you want. And yes, the tune makes the truck much more driveable (drivable?)!