i just wanted to give another +1 for Ed because he deserves it. I got my car road tuned a while ago and i forgot to post about how well he tuned my car.

2004 wrx protuned by Ed @ EQ tuning

mods:
hks hiper catback
helix catless dp
helix up
ssac TMIC
STi pinks
walbro fp
vf22

about 19lbs of boost at max,
and an extremely smooth curve,
i can't believe i used to think stg2 was fast..
heres the dyno:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/bdawg/tuned.png

thanks again Ed, and sorry this is kind of late :)

Nice numbers...which Dyno was this on?

this was actually a road tune, where i think he said stock STi's get around 220-230whp

Ed FTMFW. Damn youre making as much horse power as my stage 2 sti.(275) Nice numbers!

thanks, yeah ed does quite the job

Is this on pump gas?? Cos 273whp/255Tq seems awful high for a VF22.

is not that high at all.
a vf34 or vf22 is suppose to make around that horsepower.

and stock sti dynos ~215whp on Ed's dyno.

He's the man!

yeah its on 91 pump, and yeah those numbers are right

is not that high at all.
a vf34 or vf22 is suppose to make around that horsepower.

and stock sti dynos ~215whp on Ed's dyno.

He's the man!

I guess it's hard to judge until you get it on a Mustang dyno and compare.

Great numbers though...congratulations.

yeah thanks

Road dyno means dragging your car on the ropad. The numbers come from no dyno, just a computer.

What Ed does is takes your car to a country road and does a bunch of pulls.

I've seen one or two EJ20s with VF34 & VF22 maps and none of them make anywhere near 275whp/255TQ on pump gas....on a Mustang that is...Maybe it's a freak motor...Ed's tuned a few of those.

Could be.

Hey thanks for the nice review :)

Its not uncommon to see 260-270whp out of a VF30/34/39. The VF22 makes just a touch more than that, so these numbers are right where I'd expect them for the setup and a healthy motor.

This is indeed road dyno software and stock STI's put down 215-220whp. The numbers have been backed up many times with drag strip results. 275whp should be good for around 107-108mph traps. But again, these are just numbers. The real important part is how the car actually performs in real conditions, not on rollers ;).

Thanks

Ed, let me know when I can get a tune. I emailed you, I just had my VF34, pump installed. Tomorrow I get my Pink injectors put in. I'd like to set something up in about 2 weeks or after. Thanks

PM'd you.

Thanks

yeah, those are right about spot on for the numbers.
ive seen a couple vf34's and 22's hit close to 300 wiith no dyno correction.

but then again, its not about how much hp it has one some rollers, its how it performs on the track =)

The real important part is how the car actually performs in real conditions, not on rollers ;).


which is why i will eventually be coming to you for a road tune ;)

that does seem prretty high, but nice numbers.
My vf34/pinks/wbr fmic/ etc made 258hp and 236tq on the GST Mustang dyno.

that does seem prretty high, but nice numbers.



**boom**

¿Que?

i have PM... lets look inside.

I'd appreciate it if you kept random irrelevant comments out of my review threads. If you have any real data or evidence to bring to the table, I'm all ears.
__________________
-- Ed

Equilibrium Tuning

why use a PM, **boom** have something to hide from the main forum? **boom** why so defensive? **boom**


my comment was simply a reference to the fact that when something seems to good to be true it usually is, **boom** nothing more. how is that random and irrelevant? data and evidence? **boom** why?

i am merely stating my opinion, i don't need any facts to back it up.












**boom** :rofl:
calm down, no reason to get defensive if your not blowing motors

Irrational, some times you can Be a bit Of a punk. That being said, what makes me wOnder is what could ed have to hide.... Makes you go HmmMmmm.....


Things That make you go hmm are quite funny.....

Irrational, some times you can Be a bit Of a punk. That being said, what makes me wOnder is what could ed have to hide.... Makes you go HmmMmmm.....


Things That make you go hmm are quite funny.....

no reason for name calling and secret messages and what not GT35 STI... we dont want to disrespect paying vendors. this is i-club, be polite

:p.

I have nothing to hide, I just choose to keep irrelevant conversation out of the threads and in PM's where they belong.

Good night and good luck :)

:pointlaugh:

I have nothing to hide, I just choose to keep irrelevant conversation out of the threads and in PM's where they belong.

Good night and good luck :)

so... in a +1 thread, customers can't say their -1 opinions because it is some how irrelevant to the thread, and should be kept quiet in PM's.......


Got it:thumb:

-1 facts are welcome, but -1 opinions should be kept out of the thread. If you have evidence or a story, let it be heard.

Ed knows the story. Most people actually know the story....


What i've also wondered is how much do the feds take out of a tuners income in taxes

Ed knows the story. Most people actually know the story....


What i've also wondered is how much do the feds take out of a tuners income in taxes

or why the CA secretary of state has no records for EQ tuning :noidea:
http://kepler.ss.ca.gov

and how does any of this have anything to do with the "*boom*" comment?

I don't think how my business is registered has anything to do with my tuning ability or the satisfaction of my customers.

Thanks

Oh you're right, your customers should have no idea that your "business" practices are completely ****ed

Oh you're right, your customers should have no idea that your "business" practices are completely ****ed

:blah:

Look guys... it is no news that I don't have a physical shop and that I tune part time. Tuning is more of a passion and interest to me than a full time career. That's how I run things and that's how it is. Some may not like it, but it seems I do a good enough job to have built a good reputation with people actually running my tunes. I personally believe this approach allows me to keep my passion for this and to constantly be on the cutting edge instead of getting jaded like so many other full time tuners. Some people want a physical shop to go to and that's completely fine... we have several such establishments in the area. Others, however, appreciate my drive and passion and my personal approach to tuning and they make the choice to work with me and are almost always extremely happy with the service and results. On occasion I have rubbed some people the wrong way. This is generally due to a lack of communication either on their or on my part... no one is perfect. I will, however, say that if I get the chance to make things right in such a situation I always do everything in my power to do so. In the end people choose what makes them happy and what fits their needs and goals.

All of that being said, I've always been "the little guy" in this industry simply because this is a part time activity for me. Being in that position opens me up to a lot of criticism and bashing from people who may have never even dealt with me on a professional level. I'm getting quite used to this by now and caring much less about it which is a good thing for me personally. I have many many very happy and loyal customers and more than enough work to keep me busy. I think you guys are showing your true colors with this kind of irrelevant stuff and I believe most people can see right through it.

Thanks

and how does any of this have anything to do with the "*boom*" comment?

I don't think how my business is registered has anything to do with my tuning ability or the satisfaction of my customers.

Thanks

Say, hypothetically of course, you tuned a car that had previously been running fine and had a brand new motor in it. 150miles later it, hypothetically speaking, explodes. Lets also say, for giggles, the defi gauges say it was running 1.5 bar at the time of the pop.

As the last person to work on the car damages become the liability of Equilibrium Tuning and would be covered by your business insurance. This protects both the business owner, you, and the specifically the consumer. Business licenses come in all flavors but the major reasons for a City to issue them to businesses are:

1. to ensure the business location is properly zoned for the activity to be conducted;
2. to ensure the building or temporary structure the business will be operating in meets fire safety and building codes;
3. to ensure all state and local codes are adhered to, insuring the safety and well being of residents and patrons;
4. to ensure businesses are properly regulated (taxes, health codes, BAR, etc);

when work is done under the name of a legal entity (individual, corporation, llc, etc), such as a properly licensed shop, consumers are provided with certain recourses in the event something happens. So the status of your business license is both relevant, and indeed, of the utmost importance.

Should someone wish to enter a complaint (suit) with the courts where the defendant is EQtuning, and EQtuning does not have a license or insurance.... things could get messy. Not to mention once the state realized there was taxable income for a fake company I'm sure they would want in on the action.

This is, of course, hypothetical. You do have a business license right? And insurance? A moral Compas?



-1 facts are welcome, but -1 opinions should be kept out of the thread. If you have evidence or a story, let it be heard.

so what your saying is.... opinions need to bekept out of the thread that was started for the specific purpose of sharing someones opinion.... you get a goldstar:thumb:

now please leave my interwebs, adults are talking.







remember kids, owning a business is a privilege, not a right. And knowing is half the battle.

No one here is questioning your tuning capabilities, nor the fact that you don't have a physical shop, I agree for what you do it would be a waste of time/money for you to get a physical shop to work out of. What I am talking about however is how you have treated other shops in the past, and it's more then just a one time fluke with one shop. It's several, not to mention the fact that you aren't even a licensed business, so none of these shops could even come after you for money if they needed to

:blah: :blah: :blah: :blah: :blah: :blah: :blah:

don't you have to have a VALID business license to be a vendor on this forum? I read it when I was trying to sign up....

hmmm

Mods?----care to provide some :D56CC97E5391454A915 on this?


KTHX

Blah blah blah, everyone opinion is the only one that counts. Lets just say I've been rubbed the wrong way by several different shops in the Bay Area. and for the most part I'm an easy guy to get along with unless you do so. I went to Ed out of curiosity because a certain tuner in this area kept flaking like he has to many other customers. Ed tune was 200 times better then I ever expected and I finally knew what "smooth power" was all about and I was only running on 3 cylinders. He has had my back ever since and has turned in to be one of my good friends, thats just not for tuning. Say what you wanna say, but if everyone acts the way they do on this forum as they do in the "real world" I can see why Ed doesn't like ur ass.

Blah blah blah, everyone opinion is the only one that counts. Lets just say I've been rubbed the wrong way by several different shops in the Bay Area. and for the most part I'm an easy guy to get along with unless you do so. I went to Ed out of curiosity because a certain tuner in this area kept flaking like he has to many other customers. Ed tune was 200 times better then I ever expected and I finally knew what "smooth power" was all about and I was only running on 3 cylinders. He has had my back ever since and has turned in to be one of my good friends, thats there for me just not for tuning. Say what you wanna say, but if everyone acts the way they do on this forum as they do in the "real world" I can see why Ed doesn't like ur ass.

FYI

Ed has been known to try and pull customer's from other shops.....while @ the shop. Glad you had a great experience with him....others.....havent been so lucky. And these people are from....first time meeting ed and having dealt with him before.

:faint2:

Blah blah blah, everyone opinion is the only one that counts. Lets just say I've been rubbed the wrong way by several different shops in the Bay Area. and for the most part I'm an easy guy to get along with unless you do so. I went to Ed out of curiosity because a certain tuner in this area kept flaking like he has to many other customers. Ed tune was 200 times better then I ever expected and I finally knew what "smooth power" was all about and I was only running on 3 cylinders. He has had my back ever since and has turned in to be one of my good friends, thats just not for tuning. Say what you wanna say, but if everyone acts the way they do on this forum as they do in the "real world" I can see why Ed doesn't like ur ass.

Adam we are cool, but nothing in your post has any relevance to the points me and irrational are making. I said it he is a good tuner. I have dealt with ed personally and will state everything I have said on this forum in person

FYI

Ed has been known to try and pull customer's from other shops.....while @ the shop. Glad you had a great experience with him....others.....havent been so lucky. And these people are from....first time meeting ed and having dealt with him before.

:faint2:

I happen to know most people on this forum like to think on their own. That being said I know of more than a dozen people that went to Ed because they werent happy with "other tuners" in the area.

Adam we are cool, but nothing in your post has any relevance to the points me and irrational are making. I said it he is a good tuner. I have dealt with ed personally and will state everything I have said on this forum in person

:lol: are u kidding me? read the rest of the post, not just what your selective eyes like to see.

everyone opinion is the only one that counts. Lets just say I've been rubbed the wrong way by several different shops in the Bay Area. and for the most part I'm an easy guy to get along with unless you do so. I went to Ed out of curiosity because a certain tuner in this area kept flaking like he has to many other customers. Ed tune was 200 times better then I ever expected and I finally knew what "smooth power" was all about and I was only running on 3 cylinders. He has had my back ever since and has turned in to be one of my good friends, thats just not for tuning. Say what you wanna say, but if everyone acts the way they do on this forum as they do in the "real world" I can see why Ed doesn't like ur ass.


Here is your post again.... please bold where it talks about him not paying taxes, and him not having a business liscnese, or even where he didn't **** over numerous amounts of local shops.... all I see is YOUR experience with him


My selective eyes must be missing something

Here is your post again.... please bold where it talks about him not paying taxes, and him not having a business liscnese, or even where he didn't **** over numerous amounts of local shops.... all I see is YOUR experience with him


My selective eyes must be missing something

:rofl: what does it matter to you guys? are you the Better Business Bureau or something? or just someone that posts on forums all day long?

:rofl: what does it matter to you guys? are you the Better Business Bureau or something? or just someone that posts on forums all day long?

I'm at work, I'm getting paid to post. Glad we go to personal attacks when your argument was found to be invalid

I'm at work, I'm getting paid to post. Glad we go to personal attacks when your argument was found to be invalid


what part of "what does it matter to you" is invalid? :lol:

what part of "what does it matter to you" is invalid? :lol:

If it's not a big deal that a "vendor" is commiting Fraud and pity theft, then why does it matter that we state our VENDOR REVIEW in the uhh... *looks up* the Vendor, Tuning, Service, and Parts Review section

If it's not a big deal that a "vendor" is commiting Fraud and pity theft, then why does it matter that we state our VENDOR REVIEW in the uhh... *looks up* the Vendor, Tuning, Service, and Parts Review section

well maybe he is just a GOOD GUY that likes to tune cars for people that deserve a nice smooth tune. He is about ready to blow this popsicle stand anyways..... :lol:


Either way I'm getting tuned on Thursday by Ed and its gonna be a hell of a time! :D



PS the whole "fraud" thing doesn't bother the people ACTUALLY GETTING TUNED BY HIM *hint* My point exactly why this thread isn't relevant to you *hint* :rofl:

well maybe he is just a GOOD GUY that likes to tune cars for people that deserve a nice smooth tune. He is about ready to blow this popsicle stand anyways..... :lol:


Either way I'm getting tuned on Thursday by Ed and its gonna be a hell of a time! :D


And what I'm pointing out is he might be a good guy on the front side, but he has another side to him that needs to be heard...

If he has all the customers he needs then this shouldn't matter anyways. So why the fuss?? People who are looking for a good business to go to should know all sides of the story, not just one




Ahh... nice about the finally getting tuned thing, let me know what kinda power you make... Hope it goes smoother then my car is going



PS the whole "fraud" thing doesn't bother the people ACTUALLY GETTING TUNED BY HIM *hint* My point exactly why this thread isn't relevant to you *hint* :rofl:

this is where you are wrong... it IS relevant to me, because I was going to have Ed tune my car. Then after talking with a few shops, I have found out that he really isn't as great as people say he is, and has ****ed over those local shops. After that I will not support someone who will blatantly screw over a local shop, then try to sweet talk his way out of it and blame it on communication problems once it goes public. Ed is a great talker, and he gets his minions to do most of his talking for him. It's who he is. So like I said it actually does have relevance to me, and I feel others should know incase they have the same morals I do

And what I'm pointing out is he might be a good guy on the front side, but he has another side to him that needs to be heard...

If he has all the customers he needs then this shouldn't matter anyways. So why the fuss?? People who are looking for a good business to go to should know all sides of the story, not just one

I tend to think the last thing on people minds when they get tuned by Ed is whether he has a business license or needs to renew it. :lol:


What other side of Ed? The Russian Mafia Killa Kali side? :rofl:


Standby for my numbers to show how horrible of a tuner Ed is ;) :lol:

Standby for my numbers to show how horrible of a tuner Ed is ;) :lol:

I said it he is a good tuner.
No one here is questioning your tuning capabilities,

Dude if you are going to argue/nut swing... atleast read the ****ing posts



What other side of Ed? The Russian Mafia Killa Kali side? :rofl:




The side me and irrational and even Madra88it brought up that you, mr nutswinger has yet to address

Dude if you are going to argue/nut swing... atleast read the ****ing posts







The side me and irrational and even Madra88it brought up that you, mr nutswinger has yet to address

Yeah I did actually I said "who cares?"

DIY > "SHOPS"


MINIONS FTW! you and me both bud

kk got it... so your attitude is who cares that he screwed over numerous amount of local shops, and who cares that he thinks he is above paying taxes....


glad this debate is settled

kk got it... so your attitude is who cares that he screwed over numerous amount of local shops, and who cares that he thinks he is above paying taxes....


glad this debate is settled

more or less :rofl:

more or less :rofl:


sounds like the typical ed
:drama: :drama: :drama: :drama: QUEEN, shiz


damn man... getting the reach around on the side? :embarassed:

sounds like the typical ed
:drama: :drama: :drama: :drama: QUEEN, shiz


damn man... getting the reach around on the side? :embarassed:

how'd you guess :rofl:



Frankly I give 2 sh*ts about shops, DIY is the only way you get work done.

wait you cant cop out after an argument like that. you were defending him and now you say DIY is better? DIY tune though?

This thread is out of hand and completely inappropriate. It is bashing to public make unproven allegations of this matter and there is a lot of flaming back and forth. If you can't be constructive, stay out. Next comments that I deem to break flaming/bashing rules will get infractions.

This thread is out of hand and completely inappropriate. It is bashing to public make unproven allegations of this matter and there is a lot of flaming back and forth. If you can't be constructive, stay out. Next comments that I deem to break flaming/bashing rules will get infractions.

I would argue warning forum users about fraud, theft, destruction of property and gross negligence is constructive... but you may not be speaking to me.

wait you cant cop out after an argument like that. you were defending him and now you say DIY is better? DIY tune though?

no DIY as far as installations, DIY tune is outta the question. Ed is the pro for that aspect.

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Where did Ed go?

This thread is out of hand and completely inappropriate. It is bashing to public make unproven allegations of this matter and there is a lot of flaming back and forth. If you can't be constructive, stay out. Next comments that I deem to break flaming/bashing rules will get infractions.

Nothing I have said is an unproven allegation, so I'm not sure who you are talking about. I'm glad you are supporting a "business" that as far as the government knows doesn't exist, nor does he pay taxes on anything. This is a PROVEN fact, not unproven. Another Proven fact is he has stolen customers at another tuners shop, when the tuner was being nice enough to let him use his dyno... this is a PROVEN fact, not a fake allegation. Another fact is he has ran from payments on several shops.


Everything me and irrational-x has said is true. These aren't fake allegations, Irrational-x even linked a damn government site PROVING he doesn't have a damn business liscense.. What more proof do you want, if we were making false claims saying ed blows up cars every day, then I can understand you ranting. The fact is we are making proven facts about Ed, notice how he has yet to deny or try to explain anything other then the *boom* comments...

Ed has personally admitted to me when we use to talk about how he dodges taxes, if I recall it's how he paid for his wife's wedding ring...


you are a staff member so their is no purpose arguing with you, because you will probably go all SubieGal on us... Just be known that you are potentially screwing more people by your actions since what we say is fact not fiction

If part of your ranting mr. staff member is because we are in a +1 ed thread, we can gladly make a -1 ed thread...

See, since this guy has only had ED tune his car and no other tuner. This is infact an opinion, not a fact. While our statements aren't based off opinion on a situation, these are based off a fact.

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Where did Ed go?

he is probably performing his due diligence by contacting one of the following:


Department of Consumer Affairs
Bureau of Automotive Repair
10220 Systems Parkway
Sacramento, CA 95814
800-952-5210
916-322-4010


County of Yolo Assessor's Office
625 Court Street, Room 104
Woodland, CA 95695-3448
530-666-8135


Yolo County Recorder's Office
625 Court St., Room 105
Woodland, CA 95695
530-666-8130

so, um, what tuner tuned the fastest STi on a stock turbo? I can't seem to remember. Did irrational x actually get tuned by Ed? I've yet to hear any actual customers complain about Ed's work.

VALID business license or not i will have ed tune my car for me.

so, um, what tuner tuned the fastest STi on a stock turbo? I can't seem to remember.

You, sir, need glasses. Please go back and read the thread. If comprehension of the English language escapes you, ask for assistance or visit babelfish.

Did irrational x actually get tuned by Ed? I've yet to hear any actual customers complain about Ed's work.

No but i was fully prepared to. I even took out cash to keep on hand. We discussed it for several hours in person (in the shop of another tuner, as a matter o fact) but shortly after I witnessed two people getting Ed'd . So I took my money and my car elseware.

since that point i know two more people who had serious issues involving previously stated offenses. One of those people does not visit the forum, one used to but no longer does... thats probably why they aren't posting.

VALID business license or not i will have ed tune my car for me.

AMEN!

Ed'd???????????

Ed'd???????????

thats right, his name is now a colloquialism for getting bent over

thats right, his name is now a colloquialism for getting bent over

Wow you're bringing this back circa 2004. :rolleyes: No matter what you say he is still gonna get business. That's the funniest part! :rofl:

You, sir, need glasses. Please go back and read the thread. If comprehension of the English language escapes you, ask for assistance or visit babelfish.


I actually don't go through etire bashing threads, no matter who the subject is, so I haven't even read most of the thread, its usually a giant waste of time, especially when I only really see two people posting.

Alright dudes, I don't even care what happens with these threads, but here's the bottom line:

Shops are jealous of Ed. They are jealous that Ed is kind of tuning on the side for the heck of it while already able to make a good living being an engineer, while they struggle to have a shop that doesn't make much money and then have to open a new shop, etc. etc. Jesus man, I can see where the frustration comes from when you say, love cars so much you don't go to school and then open up a shop because cars are supposedly all glamorous. Then you lose money and along comes this college kid Ed taking your Subaru business while someone else takes your EVO business. SUCKS man. SUCKS.

Man what a F'er. F Ed you know, you just want to bring F'ing people like that down. Trodding on all the poor folks trying to make an honest living. Gotta get him anyway we can. Yeah, so no business license! Sweet we've found his Achilles Heel muahahaha.

Alright dudes, I don't even care what happens with these threads, but here's the bottom line:

Shops are jealous of Ed. They are jealous that Ed is kind of tuning on the side for the heck of it while already able to make a good living being an engineer, while they struggle to have a shop that doesn't make much money and then have to open a new shop, etc. etc. Jesus man, I can see where the frustration comes from when you say, love cars so much you don't go to school and then open up a shop because cars are supposedly all glamorous. Then you lose money and along comes this college kid Ed taking your Subaru business while someone else takes your EVO business. SUCKS man. SUCKS.

Man what a F'er. F Ed you know, you just want to bring F'ing people like that down. Trodding on all the poor folks trying to make an honest living. Gotta get him anyway we can. Yeah, so no business license! Sweet we've found his Achilles Heel muahahaha.


You have no idea what you are talking about, Ed could only DREAM of getting the business/opportunity's one shop he screwed gets. Please stop learn a little outside info on the situation and try again.

It's ok I can see where most of your morals are. I on the other hand will not support someone doing things illegal and immoral(and people in the subaru community should know this, if they still decide to go to him or not). I gain nothing from posting this, I am no way obligated or linked to any shops. I use to talk to ed daily until i drew the line on his practices. They are NOT ok with me, and one day it will catch up with him when the feds figure out that he might owe a few bucks in taxes

No matter what you say he is still gonna get business. That's the funniest part! :rofl:

that is funny part, since he keeps screwing people over. most people dont learn from the mistakes of others. if one person reads this thread and descides not to go to ed then, based on the average cost of the issues i know about , then i have saved someone at least 3gs.

I actually don't go through etire bashing threads, no matter who the subject is, so I haven't even read most of the thread, its usually a giant waste of time, especially when I only really see two people posting.

then why post at all? at least we are contributing something.

Alright dudes, I don't even care what happens with these threads, but here's the bottom line:

same as above. if you don't care why post? it doesn't concern you.

Shops are jealous of Ed. They are jealous that Ed is kind of tuning on the side for the heck of it while already able to make a good living being an engineer, while they struggle to have a shop that doesn't make much money and then have to open a new shop, etc. etc. Jesus man, I can see where the frustration comes from when you say, love cars so much you don't go to school and then open up a shop because cars are supposedly all glamorous.

Apparently ethics isn't required at the college he went to. Wow, and someone told me to stay on topic... did you just stumble off the mother hip or turnip truck? cause i have no idea what the **** your talking about :noidea:

Then you lose money and along comes this college kid Ed taking your Subaru business while someone else takes your EVO business. SUCKS man. SUCKS.

actually, shops make descent money fixing his mistakes. thats probably why none of them are singing his praises... or calling him out.

Man what a F'er. F Ed you know, you just want to bring F'ing people like that down. Trodding on all the poor folks trying to make an honest living. Gotta get him anyway we can. Yeah, so no business license! Sweet we've found his Achilles Heel muahahaha.

its only an honest living when you pay taxes and don't **** people, people who also work hard for their money. who says shops are jealous? call around, ask how many shops want ed as a tuner. just humor me on this one and do it.

Ed is a cool guy and from what I hear, a great tuner who will work one on one with his customers to achieve whatever it is they would like.

I will probably get road tuned from him because I have a TMIC and road tunes are much more effective when compared to dyno tunes with simulated road air flow.

However, he should have a business license if he represents himself as a "vendor," because it also protects him from situations that may go *boom* for whatever reason (be it aggressive tuning or the driver driving their car like a bat out of hell), as well as it protecting his customers, which should be an asset he values highly for the sake of his business.

If Ed just does this as a weekend side job, a hobby, then I think that as long as his customers know they are legally unprotected for the work done to their cars, because he isn't registered as a business, then it's up to individuals to decide if they want to go to Ed, or go to a shop (which may or may not be able to tune their car as well, but can at least protect their work and your car legally without hesitation.)

I've met Ed and I think he is a great guy and I am friends with some owners of cars he has tuned, and all that I have come in contact with are amazing cars.

And after seeing the road dynos that get posted, which display his accomplishments, I would say he is a great tuner.

It's up to you to decide whether or not you will go to Ed at EQ once you know he is a not an official business tuner and you should be responsible for the actions that may or may not occur resulting from that decision.

For those who may know about some of his client's cars going *boom* share the story with the details or don't mention it. I am neutral and would like to hear ALL the stories, good and bad. And if Ed doesn't do any wrong, it won't bother him, all tuners get +1 and even -1 occasionally, no big deal... people aren't perfect.

Just make your own educated decision before letting ANYONE touch your car, be it EQ, GST, FLI, LIC, or any others and you will be rewarded :)

You have no idea what you are talking about, Ed could only DREAM of getting the business/opportunity's one shop he screwed gets. Please stop learn a little outside info on the situation and try again.

It's ok I can see where most of your morals are. I on the other hand will not support someone doing things illegal and immoral(and people in the subaru community should know this, if they still decide to go to him or not). I gain nothing from posting this, I am no way obligated or linked to any shops. I use to talk to ed daily until i drew the line on his practices. They are NOT ok with me, and one day it will catch up with him when the feds figure out that he might owe a few bucks in taxes

Shut your mouth man, you aren't much of a saint either! Don't act like you're above Ed, you're just bitter cause the shop working on your car right now is taking forever to finish it.

Irrational X - Ohh yeah he keeps screwing EVERYONE over! :lol: He screws me and all my friends who are floored by Ed's tuning skills and couldn't be happier with their cars after he tuned them. Not to mention all my friends actually go to the track and back up their numbers, rather than brag about dyno sheets.

I on the other hand will not support someone doing things illegal and immoral(and people in the subaru community should know this, if they still decide to go to him or not).


so what are you going to do when it comes time to smog your car? And if Ed ****s up so many engines, why does Mike actually say he's a good tuner. A believe me, Mike isn't afraid to talk **** about anyone :)

Irrational X - Ohh yeah he keeps screwing EVERYONE over! :lol: He screws me and all my friends who are floored by Ed's tuning skills and couldn't be happier with their cars after he tuned them. Not to mention all my friends actually go to the track and back up their numbers, rather than brag about dyno sheets.

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whats with the ****-swinging comments about showing off dyno sheets and what sounds like a track challenge? you don't have the necessary hardware in your pants to make comments like that so don't bother trying.

im still trying to find the relevance for this post as well as trying to understand how you can be so completely retarded while still the mental control to flap you jaw.

there are tons of people who are happy with ed's tunes. ive seen the maps and ive seen the cars, and the ones that aren't toast are awesome. the fact is people make mistakes and need to deal with them, he hasn't. If you like i can show you a car thats toast, right after ed touched it. 1.5bar boost on a new motor thats breaking in, that could just be a mistake. not taking responsibility for it? thats Ed. hows tomorrow afternoon work for you? im off at 2. would you like to speak to the people he has screwed over? i can probably arrange that.

i never said hes a bad tuner, i said hes a bad person and a horrible businessman ether that or he is just careless and childish. people make mistakes, either way, its still on him.

so what are you going to do when it comes time to smog your car? And if Ed ****s up so many engines, why does Mike actually say he's a good tuner. A believe me, Mike isn't afraid to talk **** about anyone :)

please show me where i said Ed was a ****ty tuner and I will give you the keys to my car

Shut your mouth man, you aren't much of a saint either! Don't act like you're above Ed, you're just bitter cause the shop working on your car right now is taking forever to finish it.

I'm biter? You realize almost every single tuner company has been asked if they had an idea on why my car is doing what they are doing, and not even COBB themselves can figure it out. Why would I be mad?? And when have I ever screwed over a shop for money? When have I ever evaded taxes? When have I ever used my dads plumbing business license for my "business"



Irrational X - Ohh yeah he keeps screwing EVERYONE over! :lol: He screws me and all my friends who are floored by Ed's tuning skills and couldn't be happier with their cars after he tuned them. Not to mention all my friends actually go to the track and back up their numbers, rather than brag about dyno sheets.


P.S. if we wanna do my penis is bigger then your penis contest...

None of your friends have beaten my time... soo uhh... ya? what's your point

Oh and since it doesn't seem like you guys are reading this portion, I will make it bolder and bigger for hard seeing eyes....

ME AND JACK AREN'T QUESTIONING ED'S TUNING CAPABILITIES.... JUST HIS MORALS/BUSINESS PRACTICES

so, um, what tuner tuned the fastest STi on a stock turbo? I can't seem to remember. Did irrational x actually get tuned by Ed? I've yet to hear any actual customers complain about Ed's work.

A turbo that isn't using it's originally equiped internal wastegate is not a stock turbo.

So... Who has written a tune that produced the most power with acceptable loss of reliability on a stock turbo equiped STi?

Ed is a cool guy and from what I hear, a great tuner who will work one on one with his customers to achieve whatever it is they would like.

I will probably get road tuned from him because I have a TMIC and road tunes are much more effective when compared to dyno tunes with simulated road air flow.

However, he should have a business license if he represents himself as a "vendor," because it also protects him from situations that may go *boom* for whatever reason (be it aggressive tuning or the driver driving their car like a bat out of hell), as well as it protecting his customers, which should be an asset he values highly for the sake of his business.

If Ed just does this as a weekend side job, a hobby, then I think that as long as his customers know they are legally unprotected for the work done to their cars, because he isn't registered as a business, then it's up to individuals to decide if they want to go to Ed, or go to a shop (which may or may not be able to tune their car as well, but can at least protect their work and your car legally without hesitation.)

I've met Ed and I think he is a great guy and I am friends with some owners of cars he has tuned, and all that I have come in contact with are amazing cars.

And after seeing the road dynos that get posted, which display his accomplishments, I would say he is a great tuner.

It's up to you to decide whether or not you will go to Ed at EQ once you know he is a not an official business tuner and you should be responsible for the actions that may or may not occur resulting from that decision.

For those who may know about some of his client's cars going *boom* share the story with the details or don't mention it. I am neutral and would like to hear ALL the stories, good and bad. And if Ed doesn't do any wrong, it won't bother him, all tuners get +1 and even -1 occasionally, no big deal... people aren't perfect.

Just make your own educated decision before letting ANYONE touch your car, be it EQ, GST, FLI, LIC, or any others and you will be rewarded :)


BTW, since this post might go unnoticed, I gotta give you props. This is a great post. If his customers know that he isn't officially a licensed business then and still want to go with him, that's fine. More power to them, what I'm not ok with though is the tax evasion and blatant theft he has done to the local shops in this community(don't know any details on customers so I will not state things I don't know to be true)

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whats with the ****-swinging comments about showing off dyno sheets and what sounds like a track challenge? you don't have the necessary hardware in your pants to make comments like that so don't bother trying.

im still trying to find the relevance for this post as well as trying to understand how you can be so completely retarded while still the mental control to flap you jaw.

there are tons of people who are happy with ed's tunes. ive seen the maps and ive seen the cars, and the ones that aren't toast are awesome. the fact is people make mistakes and need to deal with them, he hasn't. If you like i can show you a car thats toast, right after ed touched it. 1.5bar boost on a new motor thats breaking in, that could just be a mistake. not taking responsibility for it? thats Ed. hows tomorrow afternoon work for you? im off at 2. would you like to speak to the people he has screwed over? i can probably arrange that.

yeah if you only knew what I actually have under my hood then maybe you wouldn't have said what YOU said. the fact is derrick only had a very brief tune done by Ed, adjusting idle and part throttle. Ed especially wouldn't have advised 1.5 bar of boost, given that Derrick runs an EBC he must have upped it on his own. So how is Ed responsible for Derrick being negligent with boost control?

I'm running a break-in map done by Ed running an MBC and I wouldn't be caught dead upping the boost to 1.5 bar without proper tuning/gas.

Ed is a cool guy and from what I hear, a great tuner who will work one on one with his customers to achieve whatever it is they would like.

I will probably get road tuned from him because I have a TMIC and road tunes are much more effective when compared to dyno tunes with simulated road air flow.

However, he should have a business license if he represents himself as a "vendor," because it also protects him from situations that may go *boom* for whatever reason (be it aggressive tuning or the driver driving their car like a bat out of hell), as well as it protecting his customers, which should be an asset he values highly for the sake of his business.

If Ed just does this as a weekend side job, a hobby, then I think that as long as his customers know they are legally unprotected for the work done to their cars, because he isn't registered as a business, then it's up to individuals to decide if they want to go to Ed, or go to a shop (which may or may not be able to tune their car as well, but can at least protect their work and your car legally without hesitation.)

I've met Ed and I think he is a great guy and I am friends with some owners of cars he has tuned, and all that I have come in contact with are amazing cars.

And after seeing the road dynos that get posted, which display his accomplishments, I would say he is a great tuner.

It's up to you to decide whether or not you will go to Ed at EQ once you know he is a not an official business tuner and you should be responsible for the actions that may or may not occur resulting from that decision.

For those who may know about some of his client's cars going *boom* share the story with the details or don't mention it. I am neutral and would like to hear ALL the stories, good and bad. And if Ed doesn't do any wrong, it won't bother him, all tuners get +1 and even -1 occasionally, no big deal... people aren't perfect.

Just make your own educated decision before letting ANYONE touch your car, be it EQ, GST, FLI, LIC, or any others and you will be rewarded :)

I Agree with Stevoooooooooo

Alright guys... there are only a couple parts of this I feel I need to touch on.

Lets start with the whole business license BS... EQ Tuning was originally registered in Davis, CA. Approximately 7 months ago I moved to the Bay Area. The Davis license has since expired and I have yet to receive my new business license here. I will admit that I should have re-registered sooner but I've been very busy with the move, a new place, a new fiance, etc and the business license was not my top priority at the time. Not a great excuse but it is what it is. The paperwork for the new license has been submitted and I should receive it in about a week. I hope you guys can sleep at night now :)

As far as screwing over shops and owing money... GT35 STI has brought this up in a previous thread but was never able to provide any details or facts. I will respond to this one more time with exactly the same response. If any shop owner feels I "screwed them over", they have never come to me personally to express this. If they had I would happily work out our differences in a civilized manner. As far as owing money, that's just a complete fallacy. I have had tabs with some shops in the past just like many others do but they have all been paid off in full. Again, if you or anyone else feels I owe them money, please contact me so we can work it out. As far as I'm aware I have no standing debts with any shop owners. And I have stated this before.

Now... GT35 STI keeps saying he's not questioning my tuning abilities but then irrational x keeps mentioning damage I've done to customer's cars. It seems the car he's referring to belongs to a former GST employee whose built motor recently blew during break-in. He happened to be near DB Tuned and dropped the car off there and that's likely how irrational x knows about it.

Since this incident seems to be so adamantly mentioned, I feel its only appropriate to clear up the details. The person came to me a couple months ago because his car was running poorly and wouldn't hold an idle. He'd talked to many different tuners and got a lot of different opinions before contacting me about it. I told him to bring the car in and I'll see if I can get it idling and running decently.

Note that this car had a built block, heavily ported heads, an intake manifold conversion, PE injectors and a blow-through MAF. Considering all this it was one of the most difficult cars to get idling I've ever seen. It took quite some time but after a lot of work I finally got a nice, very solid idle. We took the car for a quick spin to make sure it was running ok under low-moderate loads. This map was meant for the first part of the break-in on this brand new motor so we never tuned it for any significant boost, although I made sure it was at least safe in such an occasion. After driving the car around, the owner reported that it was driving a lot better than it had ever driven before and no longer stalled at stoplights. This was a bit of a surprise to me because according to my standards the drivability was still very sub-par and the engine was generally noisy and rough. I informed the owner of this several times and suggested that swapping injectors would likely cure or at least greatly improve the drivability. He drove it around like this for some time anyway because it was such a big improvement from how it ran previously. He then decided he wanted to raise the boost a bit now that it was partially broken in. I told him it was probably safe to run about 10-12psi on this map. While adjusting his boost controller, he hit about 1.4 bar momentarily and got off the throttle. That is probably why his gauge shows that peak. He then adjusted the EBC to run the appropriate boost and continued driving the car for another 100+ miles with absolutely no issues. Then while cruising on the freeway under low load (vacuum) and with no warning, he noticed that his EGT gauge shot up past 900C, then let off. The car was now misfiring and loosing power.

The fact that the EGT's shot up severely directly prior to the failure suggests a fuel system failure. The pump may have lost voltage, an injector may have gotten stuck, etc. Either way a failure like this during regular low load operation really doesn't point at the tune as the culprit.

Now that all the details are cleared up, I'll mention a couple other facts. First I never charged this person for any of the work I did. It was an interesting setup and I mainly did it as a favor and as a challenge to see if this car could actually run. I also noted to this person that I can't take any responsibility for this engine because it was generally noisy, ran very poorly before I worked on it, is very unique setup, and I generally didn't have confidence in the engine. This was all made clear before I touched the car and the owner agreed. Finally, I have been in contact with the owner since the engine failure and he places no blame on me or my tuning for the failure.

So there it is... this is just a lesson in why one should not jump to conclusions from hearing some random 3rd party's story or encounter. Irrational X never even spoke with the owner of the car, had no real facts about the situation, and yet chose to use it as arsenal to bash me and my tuning skills. Just remember there are usually two sides to the story... and sometimes a third ;).

I believe those are the main things that needed some clarification on details. Some of this information has been stated before and some I would have rather not stated to the public out of respect for others in my industry. Sadly when such accusations are made with such little actual data I have no choice but to fill in the gaps.

BTW, this is not an argument nor a discussion on my part. I have stated some facts that were omitted and I have nothing else to add to this thread.

Thanks

As far as screwing over shops and owing money... GT35 STI has brought this up in a previous thread but was never able to provide any details or facts. I will respond to this one more time with exactly the same response. If any shop owner feels I "screwed them over", they have never come to me personally to express this. If they had I would happily work out our differences in a civilized manner. As far as owing money, that's just a complete fallacy. I have had tabs with some shops in the past just like many others do but they have all been paid off in full. Again, if you or anyone else feels I owe them money, please contact me so we can work it out. As far as I'm aware I have no standing debts with any shop owners. And I have stated this before.

Now... GT35 STI keeps saying he's not questioning my tuning abilities


...rest doesn't pertain to me...

KK, first off. I am not ignorant so I would never talk about cars going BOOM, unless it was someone who was blowing motors at a crazy high rate, which then your reputation will go down by itself and would not need internet banter to do so. If you ask any real tuner they will all admit to making mistakes that lead to the failure of a motor here and there. It is 1000000% understandable in this industry, anyone who shows me a tuner that hasn't blown a motor. I will show you a tuner who is full of ****, or doesn't know how to make any power. When pushing motors to their limits, obviously sometimes you are going to miss judge something or some unknown variable comes into play and BOOM oil is now spraying all over the place. Ed has shown me personally enough of his dyno graphs, and I have sat in the car with him when he was working his magic for me to know, he knows what he is doing. Their is however two cars that i know never ran quite right... Justin's which was ed's first meth injection car I believe, and it was 110 degree heat. So w/e that one is fine... and Jeremy's who he says was so bad that he went back to his stock map, but he is a ricer who uses 100% atmospheric blow off valve on his car so honestly who knows what's up with that. Other then those two I can't really say much

I said last time you made this claim, how I should provide details about these other shops instead of making this "fictional claim''. You have also stated that no shop has come forward and said anything to you directly. I have BEEN in a shop when person X has told you to pay him and he never got said money. Still hasn't to this day. I will not speak for others because I do not want to misconstrue frustration and true story on a public message board. However I am not just talking about one shop, I have been in the room with phone call conversation more then once and in more then one shop where the entire phone call conversation specifically involved you and how you owed said shop money. Maybe you really are just this obvious and you really have no idea that you have screwed these shops with upwards of over a thousand dollars worth of money.

You never addressed the tax evasion issue that you yourself have admitted to me, I'm not sure if you just overlooked that with the 900 posts of bickering back and forth, or if you honestly flat out ignored it for obvious reasons. Rumor has it said shops have not come forward and called you out is because you aren't a real business, if you refuse to pay they have to come after you PERSONALLY and frankly it's not worth their time and effort, instead that would rather pick up their loses and move on


Lets start with the whole business license BS... EQ Tuning was originally registered in Davis, CA. Approximately 7 months ago I moved to the Bay Area. The Davis license has since expired and I have yet to receive my new business license here. I will admit that I should have re-registered sooner but I've been very busy with the move, a new place, a new fiance, etc and the business license was not my top priority at the time. Not a great excuse but it is what it is. The paperwork for the new license has been submitted and I should receive it in about a week. I hope you guys can sleep at night now :)


From what I have heard, even your old business license was garbage. It was your dads plumbing company that you used, not one linked to EQ Tuning. This should be very easy to prove to us if you really did have a real business license linked to EQ Tuning.


You probably don't feel the need to argue with us since there is pretty much no way you are going to win over our business again, but if you really can show me that what I have heard is 100% wrong, and I misread what you sent to me on AIM. Then by all means you will gain my respect again as a person, and I will not feel the need to express my feelings towards your "company". However I think their is a HUGE portion of people who do want the exact same answers that I want, and just aren't voicing their opinion. You know damn well i'm not afraid to voice my opinion and if i'm wrong then by all means i'll man up and apologize. I'll even make an entire thread dedicated to how badly I was wrong. The facts still remain I have personally SEEN you steal customers in someone else's shop who was nice enough to let you use dyno time, I have personally seen the parts you have screwed shops out of. I have heard the phone call conversations. All of these to me can be construed as fact. I am not hearing these stories 2nd or even 3rd time around. I am hearing them directly from the source, and honestly you know the owners of the local shops just as well as I do. You know damn well they aren't out to **** each others business, most of the owners of these shops are good friends and will literally give each other maps and share information with each other. Some of these shops now no longer want you within 100 yards of their building. This does not happen for no reason ed....


P.S. if you feel things are to personal i.e. proof of your prior business license to be posted in this thread.... Feel free to PM me details on any situation and if i'm wrong I will gladly come in here and state that I am... However I don't think i'm very wrong on anything I have stated

Well after talking to ed for a good 45 minutes, he explained to me alot of things. Most of my issues with his morals have seemed to have since been resolved, or at least attempted to be resolved. He admitted like he did in his previous post, that he might not always been on top of his business liscense, which isn't really where my problem with him stood. He states he is currently in the process of getting his new one, so that issue is resolved it seems like. The tax thing is what it is. My biggest thing was the combination of the three made me lose all respect for him, each one individually would not have bothered me much since they don't pertain to me. I am done bantering on and on questioning Ed's morals and beliefs. I have gained some respect back for ed, and apologize to ed since it sounds like some of the things he said to me on AIM in the past(that was used in my reasoning for disliking him) was taken to an extreme since it's difficult to express yourself properly with text.

I no longer have a reason or anything to stand on at this point to continue to hate on his +1 threads. Hopefully if there are still issues on the table involving other people, things get worked out

Well I'm glad that you guys got to talk, hopefully everything gets squared away because I would like a tune soon and if he gets that business license, he for sure wins my tune.

Props to handling this Ed... especially on a public forum.

Well I'm glad that you guys got to talk, hopefully everything gets squared away because I would like a tune soon and if he gets that business license, he for sure wins my tune.

Me 2 ^^^^^^^^^^^

Now... GT35 STI keeps saying he's not questioning my tuning abilities but then irrational x keeps mentioning damage I've done to customer's cars. It seems the car he's referring to belongs to a former GST employee whose built motor recently blew during break-in. He happened to be near DB Tuned and dropped the car off there and that's likely how irrational x knows about it.

I was simply using this vehicle as an example. as i stated previously its perfectly reasonable for mistakes to happen / misunderstandings / etc. but thats 1 of of the 5 incidents i know of, and the other 4 I do know the owners involved.

You never addressed the tax evasion issue that you yourself have admitted to me

why dont you address it? the fed pays 1-15% of effected monies to the person(s) who report it. justa FYI http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p733.pdf :welcome:

yeah if you only knew what I actually have under my hood then maybe you wouldn't have said what YOU said.

i believe its called the "vulva" but my knowledge of anatomical terminology is poor at best.

i believe its called the "vulva" but my knowledge of anatomical terminology is poor at best.

if you like to handle this more on a personal level feel free to inquire.

if you like to handle this more on a personal level feel free to inquire.

Sorry, I'm not a gynecologist. :lol:


don't get all pissy because someone caught you waving your dick around and pulled out a ruler. do you want to continue the threadjack or would you rather hop back on topic now?

Sorry, I'm not a gynecologist. :lol:


don't get all pissy because someone caught you waving your dick around and pulled out a ruler. do you want to continue the threadjack or would you rather hop back on topic now?

yeah I was completely staying away from this thread till you had to make that smart ass comment. I'm glad John and Ed worked it out, and thats that. Hence why I said hit me up if you'd like to discuss this futher.

why dont you address it? the fed pays 1-15% of effected monies to the person(s) who report it. justa FYI http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p733.pdf :welcome:


Ed gave me my break in map and scaled my injectors. We can call it even lol, because i'd probably get less money then that

yeah I was completely staying away from this thread till you had to make that smart ass comment.

...and your retort is this banal post? just drop it, you will not win.

I'm glad John and Ed worked it out, and thats that. Hence why I said hit me up if you'd like to discuss this futher.

john has pm, as far as i know... between yesterday and today no one i know got un****ed but im all ears as to what the explanation is

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you're seriously an idiot...

and I don't really care what the resolution was cause its not my place to know that info.

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you're seriously an idiot...

you are the one who keeps comin back to the thread :noidea:

and I don't really care what the resolution was cause its not my place to know that info.

once again, why post?

no DIY as far as installations, DIY tune is outta the question. Ed is the pro for that aspect.
OH ok i was confused haha ok

I was simply using this vehicle as an example. as i stated previously its perfectly reasonable for mistakes to happen / misunderstandings / etc. but thats 1 of of the 5 incidents i know of, and the other 4 I do know the owners involved.


Riiight... just like with the first "example" which you knew absolutely no details or facts about. I'm amazed you don't learn your lesson with this example. Learn the whole story before frantically posting and **** talking!


why dont you address it? the fed pays 1-15% of effected monies to the person(s) who report it. justa FYI http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p733.pdf :welcome:


My taxes have always been taken care of. GT35 STI took a comment of mine on AIM in the wrong way and ended up exaggerating it. Thank you Mr. IRS :).


BTW, I'm done bickering with you. I've met people like you too many times. All you do is sit online searching for BS to post about people. You have all the time in the world to do this so you have no reason to give up. If I'm not mistaken you will continue to post the same BS over and over until everyone stops responding and listening. This probably brings some sort of satisfaction for you, but in the end you look like a complete tool. I urge you to stop for a minute and look at this from an unbiased third person's point of view. The only claims that may have any sort of factual data behind them were made by GT35 STI and after filling in the facts and more recent data he admits that his claims were unfounded. On the other hand you continue on without a single shred of complete fact... just blatant one-sided hear say. You think that makes you look smart? I really hope you see another perspective from this and see yourself in a new light here. If not, enjoy posting the same useless BS over and over.

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well, my claims weren't UNFOUNDED. At one point in time they were all true, but you have since taken care of or tried to take care of the claims I made

well, my claims weren't UNFOUNDED. At one point in time they were all true, but you have since taken care of or tried to take care of the claims I made

right... at this point in time considering the issues had been taken care of quite some time ago, the claims were non-current and unfounded (at this point in time) ;)

right... at this point in time considering the issues had been taken care of quite some time ago, the claims were non-current and unfounded (at this point in time) ;)

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I've been very busy with the move, a new place, a new fiance, etc

Congrats.

Riiight... just like with the first "example" which you knew absolutely no details or facts about. I'm amazed you don't learn your lesson with this example. Learn the whole story before frantically posting and **** talking!

Alright, want to talk about Deep's car? how bout the other person with a rotated gt35 that you boned. How bout the time you ditched a tune without notice to go to burning man? I can continue...

I've met people like you too many times.

honest and hardworking? yah, they are usually the people you bend over


All you do is sit online searching for BS to post about people. You have all the time in the world to do this so you have no reason to give up.

Between 2 mortgages, trying to manage a rental property, and a full time job i have tons of time for this... right. But hey, we all have to have hobbies. yours is ****ing over people and mine is calling you on it.

If I'm not mistaken you will continue to post the same BS over and over until everyone stops responding and listening.

thats because you haven't fully addressed it yet, and your team of monkeys set out to pour gas on the fire and provoke a res ponce.

This probably brings some sort of satisfaction for you, but in the end you look like a complete tool.

It does make me happy because I know how much this must irritate you. And I am a tool, i drive an auto legacy, work in IT and and play with guns.... but i dont **** people for money so I still hold the moral high ground

I urge you to stop for a minute and look at this from an unbiased third person's point of view. The only claims that may have any sort of factual data behind them were made by GT35 STI and after filling in the facts and more recent data he admits that his claims were unfounded. On the other hand you continue on without a single shred of complete fact... just blatant one-sided hear say. You think that makes you look smart? I really hope you see another perspective from this and see yourself in a new light here.

as far as facts... see response above. how bout the numerous PMs from i have received from people since this thread started complaining about you... people don't want to post because they know your minions will flame them off the thread. and thats fine. unfortunately for you i don't particularly care about my forum rep...

So go ahead, try to make yourself a Martyr, viciously attacked by the scum of the interwebs. Ill stop posting here and let the thread die since that seems to be what you want. most of the grievances people have are out there now in the public eye, so let the dust fall where it may. I wont post any of the PM's i received and I wont make any other noises about this.



....on one condition: Make an honest, open and public attempt to reach out to any customer you may or may not have wronged. deal with it publicly so that we can all see your the stand-up guy and legitimate businessman you claim to be.

sound fair?

Alright, want to talk about Deep's car? how bout the other person with a rotated gt35 that you boned. How bout the time you ditched a tune without notice to go to burning man? I can continue...



Again... you really don't know the details for some of these cars and I really don't care to share them out of respect for other shop owners... ones who you're friends with. If you keep pushing I will have no choice but to share every detail and explain exactly why these couple of cars ran like crap. Long story short, horrible parts, no communication, and poor installations... want me to continue?

As far as a rotated GT35r, I have no idea who you're talking about. And I didn't ditch any tune to go to Burning Man. I'm generally good about my schedule and keeping appointments unless its out of my control. You seem to be hearing a lot of random little tid-bits from some people who may not like me much and taking them as cold hard fact. This is the real problem we have here.


....on one condition: Make an honest, open and public attempt to reach out to any customer you may or may not have wronged. deal with it publicly so that we can all see your the stand-up guy and legitimate businessman you claim to be.

sound fair?


I have always made it clear that I am happy to work with a customer in any situation. If I have done wrong by someone I urge them to contact me directly so that we can work it out. This is nothing new... its how I have always operated EQ Tuning. The problem is that some people choose not to do this and instead go around spreading lies and rumors. Even worse are the ones who refuse to listen to advise on parts and setups and expect their cars to run perfectly with random parts they threw together. This is the case with the couple of cars you have probably heard about.

Thanks

Alright people....this is coming to a stop now as it is out of control. If you have a first hand valid complaint, please bring it to me. Otherwise, constructive posts only and no allegations wihout presenting me with the proof.

so much tension in here.... :S

I'm generally good about my schedule and keeping appointments unless its out of my control.


****, Ed drove an hour and a half to buy an AP for me when UPS failed to deliver mine, leaving him then with an extra AP once UPS did deliver the original one.

EDIT: oh, and I almost forgot him getting a face full of 100 octane and then still going out and tuning

Wow, what the **** brought on all of this attacking? **** everyone who participated in this ****ing roast or what ever the hell you want to call it. You're all douche bags :monkey:. If you drama queens had something personal, you should have dealt with ed in private. :monkey: Go find something better to do. Especially to the jack ass that commented oh golly, where did ed go? HE SIGNED OFF BECAUSE HE HAS A LIFE OUTSIDE OF I-CLUB IDIOT.

--edit--

I should start a poll on how many people think GT35 is a complete dick. I bet a ton of people would just happen to vote yes too :x

EDIT: oh, and I almost forgot him getting a face full of 100 octane and then still going out and tuning

Didn't you know a 100 Octane shower is standard procedure prior to a tune? :D

Didn't you know a 100 Octane shower is standard procedure prior to a tune? :D

I now have a gas jug, so I'll bring my own 100 octane next time :p

Wow, what the **** brought on all of this attacking? **** everyone who participated in this ****ing roast or what ever the hell you want to call it. You're all douche bags :monkey:. If you drama queens had something personal, you should have dealt with ed in private. :monkey: Go find something better to do. Especially to the jack ass that commented oh golly, where did ed go? HE SIGNED OFF BECAUSE HE HAS A LIFE OUTSIDE OF I-CLUB IDIOT.

--edit--

I should start a poll on how many people think GT35 is a complete dick. I bet a ton of people would just happen to vote yes too :x

after reading this whole thread i agree. this was completely elementary and out of control. Most of it sounded like attitude you would get from a group of snobby 4th graders. Congrats on finally dealing with it on some aspects, but it sounds like some people just cant move on.

Wow, what the **** brought on all of this attacking? **** everyone who participated in this ****ing roast or what ever the hell you want to call it. You're all douche bags :monkey:. If you drama queens had something personal, you should have dealt with ed in private. :monkey: Go find something better to do. Especially to the jack ass that commented oh golly, where did ed go? HE SIGNED OFF BECAUSE HE HAS A LIFE OUTSIDE OF I-CLUB IDIOT.

--edit--

I should start a poll on how many people think GT35 is a complete dick. I bet a ton of people would just happen to vote yes too :x


Please refraim from personal insults. This only perpetuates the drama

Is that possible? :noidea:

I should start a poll on how many people think GT35 is a complete dick. I bet a ton of people would just happen to vote yes too :x

:laugh:

go ahead and start the poll, I'll vote yes for it. I am a complete dick, everyone who knows me knows this. what's your point....


Despite what you OH EM GEE NOOOO DRAMA people say, this thread has actually done good. It brought up issues that needed to be addressed. Not to mention one of the shops that Ed tried to contact and couldn't get ahold of the owner, have now talked strictly because of this thread.

ALOT of people were getting the same information I was about Ed, so it is good that it was pubilcally addressed so people besides just me know he has handled most of the issues that people had....

The people resulting to personal insults are retarded(hypocracy ftw!), I laugh at the people who came in here with blind ignorance on the entire situation and start spouting off like they actually know anything about anything :rofl:

I didn't read one word of that :) :dance:

Alright people....this is coming to a stop now as it is out of control. If you have a first hand valid complaint, please bring it to me. Otherwise, constructive posts only and no allegations wihout presenting me with the proof.


see following:


Wow, what the **** brought on all of this attacking? **** everyone who participated in this ****ing roast or what ever the hell you want to call it. You're all douche bags :monkey:. If you drama queens had something personal, you should have dealt with ed in private. :monkey: Go find something better to do. Especially to the jack ass that commented oh golly, where did ed go? HE SIGNED OFF BECAUSE HE HAS A LIFE OUTSIDE OF I-CLUB IDIOT.

--edit--

I should start a poll on how many people think GT35 is a complete dick. I bet a ton of people would just happen to vote yes too :x



this was completely elementary and out of control. Most of it sounded like attitude you would get from a group of snobby 4th graders.


I didn't read one word of that :) :dance:


like i said ill stay out of this for a while to give Ed a chance to reconcile with the people that are of now (i know becaue i just talked to one) still pissed off... but if the mods are going to threaten a thread edit you have to follow through :)

see following:












like i said ill stay out of this for a while to give Ed a chance to reconcile with the people that are of now (i know becaue i just talked to one) still pissed off... but if the mods are going to threaten a thread edit you have to follow through :)


Like I said... if someone is unhappy with me for whatever reason it may be they really need to contact me instead of spreading BS. I can't do anything about it if I don't know about it right?

so what your saying is.... opinions need to bekept out of the thread that was started for the specific purpose of sharing someones opinion.... you get a goldstar:thumb:

now please leave my interwebs, idiots are talking.



Had you actually read my comment, you would have realized I was asking for facts. Try this: Definition of Reading (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_%28activity%29)

As someone who is not part of the I-Club clique, I do not know every event that happens in the bayarea. I generally work 100+ hours a week, with 3-4 days off a month, so I do not have the time or desire to search every username in this thread to find out what the **** you are talking about.

I will simplify for you: What happened, who did it happen to, and what are the realistic possibilities for why it happened?

Oh wow, i wrote this thread a while ago and i come back to read all this?
by the way my engine did go boom and now i drive a civic...





just kidding my car is still running strong,
after reading all that crap i still give +1 to Ed.

Oh wow, i wrote this thread a while ago and i come back to read all this?
by the way my engine did go boom and now i drive a civic...





just kidding my car is still running strong,
after reading all that crap i still give +1 to Ed.

hahaa... almost got me there :D

Last time people...keep on topic and constructive. This is not the off topic section. If you can't make a constructive comment pertaining to the topic...don't post. Since some did not pay attention the first time I said this, I removed some posts that were off topic, worthless, or not constructive

hope this is "on topic" but does ed tune opensource? i noticed some posts about "road tune" and would greatly appreciate if someone clarified this for me. thanx
-Vlad

Sorry Vlad but I don't offer tuning services with OpenEcu tools.

Thanks

i see....damn:)
oh well, back to looking for a tuner for me

i see....damn:)
oh well, back to looking for a tuner for me

Good luck man. AFAIK no one around here tunes OpenEcu. I may soon have an apprentice who could offer the service though ;)

Just got my '02 VF34 WRX tuned by the master today.

Car feels awesome!
Very smooth, effortless power!
I highly recommend Ed of EQ Tuning for his professionalism and excellent tuning skills.


~Alex

since this has become the official Ed thread....I sent you two data logs of the 91 octane map Ed. Once we get the 91 map taken care of and make sure everything OK, I'll put in some 100 octane when I have some extra cash and we can do it all over again :D

You guys chose the worst thread to be my "official" thread. There are plenty more bellow this one without any crazies barging in :p.

Matt, I'll look over the logs later today... heading out to tune right now.

Thanks

You guys chose the worst thread to be my "official" thread. There are plenty more bellow this one without any crazies barging in :p.

Matt, I'll look over the logs later today... heading out to tune right now.

Thanks


Sorry about that, Ed.:60277EB7B04744289C0

~Alex

You guys chose the worst thread to be my "official" thread. There are plenty more bellow this one without any crazies barging in :p.

Matt, I'll look over the logs later today... heading out to tune right now.

Thanks

ok, sounds good. I'd make an official Ed thread, but all my threads get derailed or no posts. You should make a new username "ThisIsNotEdOfEQTuning" and start an official thread

I'll post in a thread you start MBasile : P ...thanks again for posting in my Central Valley forum attempt thread.
To keep it on topic:
Ed, I will double check today to see if the third guy is in for sure...I know for a fact though that untouchablezWRX and myself are a defiinite go (once my V1 gets in : )

ED, Can you tune with ECU tek and Utec? and also I am going to be moving my MAF to the cold side of the inercooler piping as well so I just wanted to see if you could do all this. I was going to run ECUtek first and then later when I want multipul maps launch controle and flat foot shifting. If you can PM me. I will be ready some time next week I just finaly got this thing running so I am very exited.

thanks Tristan

ED, Can you tune with ECU tek and Utec? and also I am going to be moving my MAF to the cold side of the inercooler piping as well so I just wanted to see if you could do all this. I was going to run ECUtek first and then later when I want multipul maps launch controle and flat foot shifting. If you can PM me. I will be ready some time next week I just finaly got this thing running so I am very exited.

thanks Tristan

Tristan,

I'm a big fan of blow-through maf's and generally recommend them for most FMIC setups. I don't, however, tune Ecutek or UTEC. I used to tune both but gave it up in favor of the Cobb platform. Why not just run an AP if you might want multiple maps in the future?

Road dyno means dragging your car on the ropad. The numbers come from no dyno, just a computer.

What Ed does is takes your car to a country road and does a bunch of pulls.

No speeding though right.....................cuz that's illegal.

Tristan,

I'm a big fan of blow-through maf's and generally recommend them for most FMIC setups. I don't, however, tune Ecutek or UTEC. I used to tune both but gave it up in favor of the Cobb platform. Why not just run an AP if you might want multiple maps in the future?


I would love to run a Cobb AP but they are being lazy and have not finished the AP for JDM ecu's. I have a JDM V8 ecu to run my V7 avcs heads. So that is realy all I can do. To be honest 2 of the guys at COBB are the ones who told me to go get ECUtek becaust they said that the JDM AP will not be out for I while. Some problems with the shop they worked with to develop it or something? I know this is kinda a wierd question but are there anyother shops that you car recomend if you cant tune with the AP? I am very picky about who tunes my car and I realy only want the best. I have been bery impresed with your dyno charts so I was realy hoping that you tuned ECUtek.

thanks
Tristan

No speeding though right.....................cuz that's illegal.

Ed, and the people that he tunes for... will neither confirm nor deny this comment.

I wonder why?

I would love to run a Cobb AP but they are being lazy and have not finished the AP for JDM ecu's. I have a JDM V8 ecu to run my V7 avcs heads. So that is realy all I can do. To be honest 2 of the guys at COBB are the ones who told me to go get ECUtek becaust they said that the JDM AP will not be out for I while. Some problems with the shop they worked with to develop it or something? I know this is kinda a wierd question but are there anyother shops that you car recomend if you cant tune with the AP? I am very picky about who tunes my car and I realy only want the best. I have been bery impresed with your dyno charts so I was realy hoping that you tuned ECUtek.

thanks
Tristan

Since Cobb doesn't currently support the JDM ECU, I could tune it with OpenEcu. This is only if you don't already have an Ecutek license on it which locks the ECU. This is basically the same as Ecutek but you don't have to pay for the license. Let me know if you'd be interested.

Thanks

Ed, and the people that he tunes for... will neither confirm nor deny this comment.

I wonder why?

:SHOCKED: :drama: :60277EB7B04744289C0

Ed, and the people that he tunes for... will neither confirm nor deny this comment.

I wonder why?

Well, it's all about who can reach the posted speed limit first right?

they just can't go for very long huh?

Ed, have you gotten a chance to look at those datalogs yet? If not no worries

they just can't go for very long huh?

Ed, have you gotten a chance to look at those datalogs yet? If not no worries


They get bored easily... and what better activity could there be than to post useless comments? :lol:

I just looked over your logs and sent you an e-mail. Looks very good. Everything is nice and safe although I think we could get a bit more torque out of it with a touch more boost.

Thanks

thanks ED

as long as you are cool with using it and think it is reliable I am down. I live in Jackson CA and I am going to put my DW 850cc's (I can leave the sti pinks in it that is easyer for you to do a breakin). So what is the best way to do this, can I do a breakin with the MAF moved? and if so sould I tow the car to you or do you make house calls ;) I wil probly be ready for tuning at the end of next week because my injectors were sent out today and I still have to get some perrin fuel rails. do you sell any fuel rails that work with avcs heads and top feeds? if you can pm me a price on tuning and if you can get them the fuel rails.

thanks
Tristan

thanks for all the info Ed i hope to see you in the next week or two.

double post

ahaha people just dont give up to bull****

heres a dyno graph from my car. The tune was done while it was an automatic and it was tuned semi-conservatively. Now, I know this graph was made with a man made computer software on a road that was made to replicate the real world physics of a dyno (a dyno which magically communicates 100% acurate readings to the tuner without any computer software).

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/MBasile/91octane.jpg
we'll see how it looks after some slight tweaking. Ed, I'll do those other logs after I change my spark plugs (should be coming in the beginning of this week)

How can I say this.... so me and ED are like oil and water....lol and we can never get along, no reason other than we both have strong opinions about things. With that said, Ed is not dishonorable person in anyway, he is not some one who will cheat any one for any thing and as hard headed as he can be, he normally does the right thing.

Sammy

lol thats tough love

Otherwise, constructive posts only and no allegations wihout presenting me with the proof.


He went and got all Judge Judy on us.

wow i just read this whole entire thread every comment. and have to say... I'm going with ed for my tune!!

wow i just read this whole entire thread every comment. and have to say... I'm going with ed for my tune!!


You gotta love teh nOObs last post before this guy 10-2007 thanks for bringing it back from the dead.....

Its ok man I still do it sometimes too.

:lol: back from the dead!

If anyone is still interested in seeing EQ's business and BAR licenses, they're posted in our brand new install/service facility :)

Thanks
-- Ed