If all these things you stated were bad, you'd have codes. I'm still gonna log and see what they say, but I'm a licensed GM tech so there will be no fooling me if they try.
Who actually has the trifecta tune?
I'm seeing alot of bad reviews for the trifecta tune on this forum while I was doing some homework.. I really find it surprising because I had the tune installed on my 2015 cruze and the cars performance was night and day difference. Why would the trax not perform the same? It has the exact same powertrain.
FINAL EDIT/CLIFF NOTES:
It's been 2 weeks since the trifecta tune was installed. First week did not notice a difference between stock and tuned. Contacted support and they had me do a couple data logs. They created another tune based off my data log and I installed it and logged a WOT pull for them. Car felt different, but still not what I was expecting. They got back to me after a few days and said my gas was not high enough octane, at first I didn't believe them but after another fresh tank of shell 91 and a few KMs getting that gas through the engine, i decided to try out the cars performance again. Holy ****! The car goes like snot. They were telling me the truth about the gas, it's been two or three days now with the good gas and the cars performance is fantastic. It took a week and a half of contacting support, but I am happy with the tune. Very happy!
FINAL EDIT/CLIFF NOTES:
It's been 2 weeks since the trifecta tune was installed. First week did not notice a difference between stock and tuned. Contacted support and they had me do a couple data logs. They created another tune based off my data log and I installed it and logged a WOT pull for them. Car felt different, but still not what I was expecting. They got back to me after a few days and said my gas was not high enough octane, at first I didn't believe them but after another fresh tank of shell 91 and a few KMs getting that gas through the engine, i decided to try out the cars performance again. Holy ****! The car goes like snot. They were telling me the truth about the gas, it's been two or three days now with the good gas and the cars performance is fantastic. It took a week and a half of contacting support, but I am happy with the tune. Very happy!
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If you are a GM tech maybe you can explain to me why both my Encore and Trax Boost pressure read -2.1 PSI with ignition "ON" and the Cruze reads 0.0PSI. It should be Zero, the engine isn't running. Always puzzled me and it seems you can't compensate for this at the ECM. Maybe GM cheaped out to compensate for these heavier vehicles and didn't want to rewrite the software and this is their cheat.
Lol I'm a tech not an engineer. I don't know that but I can look at the description and operation of the sensor and see what the ecm is supposed to see.If you are a GM tech maybe you can explain to me why both my Encore and Trax Boost pressure read -2.1 PSI with ignition "ON" and the Cruze reads 0.0PSI. It should be Zero, the engine isn't running. Always puzzled me and it seems you can't compensate for this at the ECM. Maybe GM cheaped out to compensate for these heavier vehicles and didn't want to rewrite the software and this is their cheat.
Wanted to give you more info, doing the logs today and reflashed to stock, car is running PERFECT, stock actually runs better then tuned. They cannot say my car is at fault. It's running flawlessly under stock software.
If they do start throwing faulty components at me I might just change them. I get cheaper cost for parts and free labor so maybe I'll just play the game and see who wins.
I gave up after weeks and weeks of back and forth emails and Robert not answering his phone.
Sent the logs Sunday night, they emailed back saying I needed to tune the car and go WOT right away, something to do with "octane tables". I just filled my tank with 91 v power gas from shell before making the log and assured them its 91 octane, sent the picture of the receipt, so gas is not the problem. We'll see what they say.I gave up after weeks and weeks of back and forth emails and Robert not answering his phone.
lol, they never used that excuse with me. New one!
Just received an updated tune. Need to do more logs with updated tune. Will let you know more when I know more.lol, they never used that excuse with me. New one!
Installed the updated tune and logged last night. With the updated tune the car runs better and I can actually feel a difference. Didn't get on her too hard because I didn't get all good from trifecta yet, but there is a noticeable difference in power... so they are on the right track.
They weren't that zealous to help me.
I'm not sure what happened but maybe it's because I was a previous customer? I'm also dealing with a local trifecta representative we've met a few times.They weren't that zealous to help me.
Wish he would have been around for me. Mine is a dud.
Do you still have the tune installed?Wish he would have been around for me. Mine is a dud.
Yes, but never use it anymore. Leave cruise on.
It's been a couple days since my last data log. Haven't heard anything back yet.... 😕
I believe what helps with the BNR tune is it will hold 20 pounds of boost if your actuator is good and there are no leaks. I have the BNR billet waist gate actuator on mine.
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What display or radio is that?
Good boost pressure.
What display or radio is that?
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