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Tru2Chevy · 01-05-2006, 12:14 AM

Lets not turn this into a pissing match about tunes. I'm sure that Cartek has plenty of happy customers, otherwise they wouldn't be in business any longer. The issue was that Bill got a tune from them that was not safely streetable, and didn't seem to make any real improvements, and they couldn't seem to fix it or offer even a partial refund.

He had them return it to stock, and he had the car idling and driving better than with their tune in less than one hour. After a few more tweaks (with stock timing and fuel tables, IIRC) he had gone quicker and faster in the 1/4 mile on a ~30* warmer day with no other changes.

Again, I'm glad that you guys are happy with your experiences at Cartek, however in this case they did not do a good job, and they didn't offer to continue trying to fix it or offer any compensation. For that reason only I would stay away....

- Justin

01-05-2006, 12:14 AM	#21
Tru2Chevy Co-Founder / Site Admin Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ewing, NJ Posts: 22,476 iTrader: (8) Social Networks:	Lets not turn this into a pissing match about tunes. I'm sure that Cartek has plenty of happy customers, otherwise they wouldn't be in business any longer. The issue was that Bill got a tune from them that was not safely streetable, and didn't seem to make any real improvements, and they couldn't seem to fix it or offer even a partial refund. He had them return it to stock, and he had the car idling and driving better than with their tune in less than one hour. After a few more tweaks (with stock timing and fuel tables, IIRC) he had gone quicker and faster in the 1/4 mile on a ~30* warmer day with no other changes. Again, I'm glad that you guys are happy with your experiences at Cartek, however in this case they did not do a good job, and they didn't offer to continue trying to fix it or offer any compensation. For that reason only I would stay away.... - Justin __________________ 1999 Camry - Beigemobile DD 2002 Suburban - Wife's DD 2004 Grand Cherokee - Not running / Project / Selling?