Tuned live. In real time. Every gas vehicle we tune is dialed in on the dyno while it runs — the tuner at the keyboard, pull after pull, watching what your engine actually does. Not a file written from a spec sheet and emailed to you.
This is the whole difference, so it is worth being plain about it. A remote tune is written in advance from what you typed into a form. A live tune is written in front of the engine, and corrected the moment the engine disagrees.
Year, make, model, engine, VIN, every modification — plus the two that decide everything on a gas build: the fuel you actually run and the power adder.
Within 24 hours you get an itemized package back — the tuning, the dyno time and anything else, each as its own line. Dyno time is booked in two-hour blocks, and the quote says how many we are setting aside.
Paying the tuning portion locks your date in against the tuner's calendar and ours. You bring the car on the day — this is an appointment, not a drop-off.
The car is strapped down and tuned live while you watch it happen — most owners drive their own pulls. Fuel, timing and boost get worked pull after pull, and you leave with a sheet showing exactly what it made.
Gas sessions are booked in two-hour blocks. A clean naturally aspirated car often fits in one; a boosted build on E85, or a car that needs its converter and trans sorted alongside the engine, usually wants two or more. Your quote says how many we have set aside.
A live tune runs at the pace the engine sets. If we need to go past the block you bought, any additional time above the quote is approved by you before we proceed — you will never find it on a bill at the end. 801-505-9199
Gas engines are knock-limited. How much timing yours will take depends on your fuel, your intake air temperature, your compression and the exact combination of parts on it — and no two cars answer that question the same way, even when the spec sheets match.
Tuning it live means the answer is measured on your engine instead of guessed at conservatively. That is where the safe power is.
Changes made and verified while the engine runs, not written blind beforehand. Every gas vehicle, every time.
Measured on our chassis dyno. You see what the tune actually did, pull by pull, and you leave with the sheet.
91, 93, E85, race gas or a multi-map setup for switching between them. The fuel you run changes the whole calibration.
Supercharged, turbocharged or on a bottle — boost, timing and fuel get resolved together, live, which is the only way they resolve correctly.
On a high-power automatic the shift points, line pressure and torque management are part of the job, not an afterthought.
Our request form is platform-agnostic on purpose — give us the year, engine and VIN and we will tell you plainly what is workable.
We do not publish gas tuning prices, because a number on a page would be wrong for almost every car. What we can tell you is exactly how the money is structured.
The tuning line reserves your tuner and the dyno for a live session. It is charged in full up front and is non-refundable once your session is booked.
Paying it is what puts you on the calendar.
The dyno block, any additional labor, and any parts or hardware are quoted as their own lines and settled on the day.
If the session runs long because of a mechanical issue or a more complex setup, any additional time above the quote will be approved by you before we proceed.
Utah Dyno Shop facilitates custom tuning — we are not the tuner. We coordinate the session, provide the chassis dyno and run the pulls. The calibration itself is developed and supported by our independent tuning partner.
That is why tuning appears as its own line item on every quote rather than being folded into a single number: you can see what you are buying, and from whom.
Worth having to hand before you open the form — it takes about five minutes if you do.
The dyno is at 1885 E Ave in Tooele — about forty minutes from downtown Salt Lake City straight out I-80. A live session means you are here for it, so the drive is worth knowing about up front.
Salt Lake City, West Valley City, West Jordan, South Jordan, Sandy, Draper, Murray, Taylorsville, Magna and Herriman. Close enough that a two-hour block is a morning, not a whole day off work.
Ogden, Layton, Clearfield, Roy, Bountiful and Farmington to the north; Provo, Orem, Lehi, American Fork, Spanish Fork and Payson to the south; Park City and Heber City over the pass. If you are driving in on a built car, tell us on the form and we will book the block so you are not sitting on the schedule.
Tooele sits on I-80 at the western edge of the state, which makes it a straightforward target from out of state. Cars come in from Idaho Falls, Pocatello and Boise, from Evanston, Rock Springs and Star Valley in Wyoming, and from Elko, Wendover and Las Vegas in Nevada — trailered and driven both.
Traveling in or towing the car? Say so on the request form. We will build the session around your drive so the block starts when you actually arrive.
Five minutes on the form, an itemized quote back within 24 hours.