Testimonials
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Transformed my 21 ZR2 into an entirely different truck. My vehicle came pre-equipped with GM's Performance Package (CAI + Catback) however on the stock tune it amounted to nothing more than a better sounding vehicle. The Trifecta Elite Tune filled in the missing pieces; the truck not only sounds good but MOVES as good now. Totally TOTALLY worth the investment.
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2019 Buick Regal TourX 2.0 Turbo calibration... For less than $500 you get 40+ hp, improved throttle response & gear shifts. Plus, it get's rid of the annoying auto stop. If you want the car to return back to stock with the stupid auto stop, just arm the cruise control. Instructions were straight fwd...less than 20 min & you're all set. Immediately noticed the difference as soon as I turned off my street to the main road. Trifecta was prompt getting back to me on any questions I had. Very happy.
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I bought this tune for my 2020 Chevrolet Impala Premier as the 6 speed felt sloppy and unrefined from the factory. I had a friend recommend the trifecta tune as he bought the tune for his Buick LaCrosse. He said that it was a night and day difference shifting and performance wise. Once he told me that, I was sold! I bought the tune for my Impala and it is amazing! The vehicle is more responsive in the low and mid range, shifts are smooth and crisp when you need them to be, and the car really feels like it is opened up now. Power: I run 93 octane in my Impala and when paired with this tune, you'll be roasting your tires every time you go to take off! The tune provided my Impala with much more low end response off the line, and completely changed the mid range power. When driving in the city, the Impala feels as if its ready to take on any street race that may come your way, but still maintains a good balance when you're driving in stop and go traffic and not getting up to speed at every stop. I live in the country with a lot of 55 MPH zones and roads with more deer and cow crossing signs than people. This tune makes it very hard for me to control myself to not open it up every chance I get! With the added response and smooth acceleration, you'll find yourself having more "smiles per gallon" rather than efficiency! Highway Driving: Highway driving is very refined and smooth as the tune contains a feature to turn the tune on and off! I've explained more of that below. Cruise Control Feature: I find myself using this feature VERY often. I do a lot of highway driving for my everyday commute (50-75 miles per day). With the activation of cruise control, the tune goes back to "stock" functioning, but shifts are still much more responsive, less sloppy, and seems tuned for efficiency. My gas mileage has improve about 2MPG on the highway. I only saw as high as 28 MPG on the highway with my Impala whereas now I see 30 MPG easily (and could probably see 31 or 32 when warmer temps come to NY). Customer Service Support: Michael has gone above and beyond to assist me with not only my tune, but my vehicle as well! My Impala seemed to have some extra transmission concerns that I assumed were software related, but turned out to be a physical issue with my transmission. I asked Michael dozens of questions about the issues I was having and responded quickly and provided me with information that many other businesses wouldn't share with their customer to get them to spend more money. Michael has great customer service skills and really helped me through the issues I was having with my transmission, and even offered to tweak my tune if I requested to help alleviate the issue (long story short, it turns out my transmission fluid was contaminated). Overall, you will not regret buying this tune. It completely changes your Impala and is a night and day difference. It still maintains stock functionality with the exception of improved throttle and shift response, in turn allowing you to get a few more MPG when you're cruising down the highway. A great tune from a great company who cares about their customers!
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Purchased Advantage tune for our 2019 Traverse AWD. Installing the tune was very smooth - no hitches at all! Did some informal before /after performance testing with an OBD data-logger my son had. Before testing with 87 octane fuel, was seeing an average calculated 1/4 mile time of 15.9 seconds at 92 mph. The after data with 93 octane averaged 15.5 seconds at 95mph. Again this was informal data from a datalogger , however tried very hard to make 3 identical runs before and 3 runs after. Then averaged for the above before/after data. However; the main reason I purchased this was to improve the transmission's shifting performance (the OEM shifting was VERY soft, and the and downshifts seemed delayed with occasional hunting for the best downshift gear. Mission accomplished - it no longer feels like a CVT tranny ! With light throttle driving it still shifts very smooth. However under heavier throttle the shifIs firm up and it holds gears a bit longer. The downshifts are much better, I would describe them as "deliberate". And the other bonus: the dreaded auto-stop feature is no more 🙂
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Huge night and day difference in my 19 cruze. Highly recommend trifecta over every other tuner. Cruise control option is super nice to have in slow city traffic. Car pulls way harder now and shifts are firmer and faster. Car doesnt lug around as much anymore.
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So I have been debating the purchase ever since I bought my 2017 Malibu 2.0 Premier 3 years ago. I have to admit that I am an extreme pessimist and I half expected that everyone raving about this tune were suffering from a placebo effect (you want to believe its great so it seems great). I was wrong!! If I didn't know that the tune was installed, I would still know there is something awesomely different about the car. Biggest improvement is throttle response. It no longer feels like the car is deciding when to accelerate, it feels like I am the driver again. Every little movement of the pedal is instantly felt! Second largest improvement is power. The car doesn't hesitate to give you power anymore. Its just there when you ask for it. If you think the car was fast before, hold on!! It gets better. A big concern I had was with the 9 speed transmission and how the tune would change it. With 9 gears I was worried the tune would make it shift oddly or hard. I'm please to say that I don't notice any difference in shifting and I am glad that they haven't gone crazy making it shift hard or aggressive. Someone else said it and its true. The tune makes it a totally different car. The tune not only woke the car the he$$ up but it also pissed it off! Very happy with the tune and glad I bought it.
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Bought this for my TourX. Shift patterns are way better, and at speed acceleration is far more noticeable. Definitely makes the car way more fun to drive. Worth the price and would do it again.
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Easy to order, easy to download and set up. Great, quick answers to questions I had. I ordered it. It arrived. So, I dragged my feet for several days. After all, I was doing brain surgery on my baby. Finally though, I did it, connected up to my laptop, sat through the agonizing 10-15 minutes watching the progress bar. It finished, and the lights on the dash all went off and came back on. All looked normal. Turn off the key, turn it back on, start the car. The car started. I STILL HAD A CAR! 🙂 I rolled out of the driveway, down the street. Kinda .. didn't feel any different. Got out to the highway, I goosed it a little. HOLY CRAP! I got a traction warning light on the dash and about snapped my head off! I was NOT prepared for that, even though that's what I thought I was buying. Over the next couple days I played around with it. The additional performance is astounding. All this extra, right there in my Sky, but GM never activated it. And all for about a third what I was prepared to pay for the "official" GM upgrade. Don't hesitate - at least for the Saturn Sky (and of course, the Solstice GXP) this is what you need. BUY IT!
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I bought this calibration to fix the janky shifting of my stock Chevy Cruze. I was extremely pleased to find the tune completely smoothed out the shifting and the car feels much more comfortable. The car no longer hesitates when changing from low to high speed or high to low speed and does not throw me forward in my seat. To add to this, the performance gains are much higher than I expected them to be. My Cruze feels like a completely different car. I have no idea why the stock tune on the Chevy Cruze was so bad but trifecta did a wonderful job fixing it. The tune was very easy to install and only took a couple of minutes. Trifecta support was extremely helpful and always answered my questions completely in an incredibly fast manner. While I cannot speak to the quality of the other tunes, I can say Trifecta is an incredibly easy and professional company to work with that made this process go very smoothly. 300 dollars is certainly a lot of money to spend on a Chevy Cruze but I can say with confidence it is worth it if you plan on keeping the car for a decent amount of time. Overall I have zero complaints with Trifecta and I would recommend the Cruze tune to practically anyone who has the money.
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Amazing. Car initially had little power, not very responsive, and odd shift patterns. After 20 minutes and the full flash I could not believe how much had changed. Shifts at 6500rpm instead of 5000rpm now. Immediately responds to throttle and maintains power. Very good at anticipating your next move and can easily give you the power you want, when you want it. I had to relearn my gas pedal just to drive it but once I got it down, and focused on mpg I was able to get 48mpg on highway! Just a pure joy to drive. If you have any car able to flashed by Trifecta, just DO it. Worth every penny. I'm hoping the new Chevy Cruze is compatible because I will definitely upgrade. I can't say enough good.
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Hello,I have been very satisfied with this tune,nice power gain,the transmission shifts are very good.
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I received the 2.0T Equinox tune today. I had just finished installing it in my wife's car when she came into the garage. I took her for a test drive. OH MY WORD. The tires (Front Wheel Drive) were chirping in 1st gear. We both looked at each other in shock. At the next stop sign, I punched it again and sure enough, the tires spun all of first gear. Major difference. I had driven the Equinox the other day, and it wasn't even close to chirping. This is my 4th vehicle tuned by Trifecta. All previous tunes have been stick. This is my first automatic. All thumb's up again.
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Pre sale service = excellent. The guys answered all my questions (30+) like Rock Stars. Post sale service = excellent. The guys kept answering all my additional questions and concerns while waiting for the cable to arrive. Top notch and timely responses. Tune process = Easy, intuitive, and fail proof (the first three flashes failed due to a bad USB interface on my PC). 4th Flash worked perfectly. No harm done from three failed/interrupted flashes (14%, 94%, 45% completion.... ). EZ Flash has your back. Tune results (first impressions after an hour drive through back roads) = It is not the same car. The TCM calibration changed how the car behaves. The ECM calibration solves the dip in TQ at 3k... it keeps pulling now. The upshifts and downshifts are faster and purposeful making the car a blast to drive in manual mode (aka sportshift). On WOT in manual mod you have to really be quick on the upshifts.. things seem to happen a lot fast now Great mod... adds an aggressive edge to this little Caddy. I'm going to need an updated tire budget.
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I've been using this tune for just about a full year now, save a couple weeks, and close to 35,000 miles within that year. This tune is hands down the best money I've put into this car, feels like it should have come from the factory this way. The transmission doesn't feel confused anymore, power from 3rd+ is absolutely wonderful for a little 1.4T. As for other reviews, yes, you will not be spanking any high powered cars such as a 5.0 'stang, 'vettes, SRT-8s, etc. BUT you will be faster than most of the vehicles on the streets. Hell, I've pulled away from both a RWD and AWD Infiniti G35 (separate occasions of course), most cars around that HP range will take you from the line but from a roll it's a different story. Also, sometimes it's fun to give about half throttle and watch your headlights raise up from the acceleration, then drop back down as soon as you let off with a tiny little BOV "psssewwww." I will admit there has been slight hiccups, but the customer service offered by Trifecta is second to none. They are incredibly responsive, actually care about your vehicle and will attempt any way within their power to make things right with your situation. That perk in itself is worth the price, a company that actually cares about service after the sale.
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BUY IT! Had all the bolts-ons and this was the final step (excluding E85 or any major work I.E. Supercharge/turbos). This made the most significant difference in the power out of everything I have done. EASILY added 20 RWHP at least. MPG had no change...but I also drive with a lead foot since I love the tune...so maybe it's a good thing there wasn't a change. 6 months later I can't believe I waited this long to get this. Screw the air intake, get this tune first (Then a V2 axle back next)! If you want a plug and play tune, get this one. *Make sure you keep both doors closed when uploading tune! It will not upload if you leave your doors open.
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This tune does what you would expect a tune to do.....improve drivability, response and overall vehicle feel. For that reason I am very pleased and woudl recommend this tune for sure if you own the GS. Have realistic expectations, no your car will not be faster per say but it will have the capability to drive faster and handle better overall especially the shift points making it feel faster at times or more responsive. Pickup acceleration does feel more linear now on freeway on ramps. I was mainly going to purchase the auto start/stop delete initially until I noticed Trifecta had posted a full ecu tune. I really am not a fan overall of any cars auto start/stop function as I feel it defeats off the line take offs a bit but that is where things are going unfortunately in the industry. I would prefer a car keeps idle and know it is ready to go at all times instead of risking a thousand re-starts on an engine personally. So I figured I would go all in as I usually have tuned my past vehicles. As the other review poster below stated yes this does remove what feels like the "training wheels" of the car and allows it to be 100% fully what it is capable of. Car manufacturers have a bad habit of playing it safe and keeping things well below threshold to minimize warranties or stupidity liabilities in mass production vehicles. So as well all know there is always some left over overhead for improvement and responsiveness once you dumb down some of the factory restrictions. Having owned 3 prior Audi's and a Mustang GT I purchased this Regal GS for something slightly different, looked just as good as the Audi's, you see very few of them if any on the road, soo exclusivity, also made in Germany and the fact it was about $10k less than an outgoing Audi A4 or similar with the "extras" added (not base model). I'm 42 now and have become tired of receiving too much attention at times on my prior vehicles and my fair share of speeding tickets so I wanted something a little more adult, less noticeable but still sporty enough to enjoy. I am a big Audi fan but I always keep an open mind and do not mind trying something different from time to time. I have referred to my car since day one as my little "Audi on a budget car" as I felt the value for what we got comparatively was a no brainer for me at the time and the car looks sharp for what it is. The upcoming redesigned Audi A4's now look like our car now in the front too practically. Back to the tune....so if you own the GS and you would like it to feel more responsive or receive better vehicle feedback than this tune helps. Also you do not have to be a genius to get this installed yourself. Just need a current good laptop and some basic software know how. Can be done in as little as 10 minutes and calibration comes automatically with a stock calibration file to revert back to if you do not like the tune or wish to put back to factory before selling your vehicle later.
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Have the tune installed for the last 5 months. Cannot comment on the fuel economy since I installed the tune within a week of getting the car and installed bigger tires. I am not sure how reliable the onboard computer is, but in mixed traffic it indicates about 25mpg in average since the tune is loaded. I like how responsive the car is and the longer gears. Makes the car overall more fun to drive. Trifecta service was great since I experienced some trouble during the first load. I like that Trifecta offers continuous support and will let you know when there is an updated file available (wondering what the current August 2020 update is about).
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First of all, I'm greatful that Trifecta has made this calibration at all for a vehicle that is, admittedly, rare on the road. I first got to know about Trifecta in Buick Forums, and after some considerations I decided to try it out. To be honest this is risky because the warranty will be invalidated as soon as the car goes through ECM calibration, but since the calibration for a naturally aspirated engine is reasonably conservative compared to a turbocharged, I considered the risk to be low. Each to their own, please consider the risk before purchasing anything like this. After some hundreds of dollars and a moderate wait, I'm happy to report that the vehicle now has a much more responsive driving feel. To be frank, the 20hp increase is something you'll never feel, but the overall change to the vehicle's behavior makes it feel much more nimble than stock. In normal mode, the transmission logic is similar to previous Sport mode, but the still maintains 9th gear on highways. In GS mode, the car is happy to work in the second half of the RPM range. In any mode, the throttle feeling is much better and you can almost control the gearbox using the throttle pedal. They also have a clever way to maintain the fuel economy of the car on long travels, by tying the aggressiveness with the status of cruise control. Once you arm the cruise control, the car will return to its original state (or somewhat, in my case it still feels more aggressive than original). This enables fuel consumption of around 8L/100km or lower on the highway, same level compared to stock. Beside the calibration product itself, the support team is top notch. They actually agreed to modify my calibration a little bit to include the engine stop/start functionality, which is something I personally preferred to keep. Unless anything bad happens in the long run, my review here will stand final.
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While I just got my Trifecta tune installed on my 2018 Buick Regal Tourx, from the 30 or 40 minutes of running errands (in-town and highway) there is definitely a big difference both in acceleration and shifts. Just as the other reviews stated, the acceleration has quicker response and is smoother. Seems to have shaved a few seconds from the slow rolling type of acceleration to 60mph. From a standing stop the acceleration is also much better, but it is definitely not a dragster. While moving above 30ish mph is where this tune really shines. When you want to pass or accelerate onto the freeway the car just wants to go. In almost no time and before you know it you are at triples 😃 The transmission shifts are crisper and gears last longer before shifting to the next one. This tune is definitely worth the money, and puts an ear-to-ear grin on my face. Two thumbs up, and a one big toe up from a lead foot too
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I have a 2019 Chevy Blazer RS and have owned the vehicle for one year and finally I had enough of the Auto-Start Stop and decided I’d like a little more horsepower in the process and with the kit from Trifecta you get just that. I am impressed with how much this tune wakes it up especially in sport mode. All I can say is WOW! Flash cable and program were delivered within a week. Great communication and response to emails. Using my laptop, I downloaded and the tune and the install went smooth as well, just like in the example video. Flash cable looks to be of good quality. I have been running this tune for a month and it feels much better to have a little better acceleration, firmer shifts no more Auto-Start-Stop. Day and night difference between the different drive modes as shift and throttle response are much quicker. Thank you Trifecta!