Thanks for the nice review Kevin. I'll try to fill in a few details.
Kevin contacted me about the tune using Street Tuner. He wanted several maps, base 91 octane, 94 octane autox/drag map, and the usual anti-theft and valet maps set up on his access port. Since I've never worked with the Access Port or Street Tuner before, I knew it would take a significant amount of time to figure everything out, get acquainted with the software, and build these maps from scratch. I quoted Kevin 4 hours which I believed to be a fair amount of tuning time for the required maps if I had actually had previous experience with the software and setup. I also knew that I would spend a lot more than 4 hours working on his car, but since this would also be a learning experience for me, it would not be fair to charge for the extra time.
Kevin and I arranged for him to drop his car off in Davis on Friday and pick it up on Sunday. When he showed up on Friday, we started tuning and soon realized that his front O2 sensor was dead. It was almost 6PM by this time, so I started calling everyone I could think of and as always the guys at LIC saved the day. They had one O2 sensor that wasn't even for sale, but after hearing the situation, they were happy to help out. So we drove an hour to Novato, Adam swapped the O2 sensor while Noah and Kevin looked over the car and fixed several minor issues (lose endlinks, missing bolts, etc) while it was on the lift. I've said this before, but the guys at LIC are truly amazing and always genuinely happy to help.

After the car was fixed up, Kevin got picked up and I took the car back to Davis for tuning. I spent many hours working out the base 91 octane map and getting acquainted with Street Tuner which certainly has some serious drawbacks as compared to Ecutek software. The 91 map was hitting 17psi bellow 3000RPM, running 10.8:1 a/f and made approximately 270whp/275ft-lbs on a cool evening. Next I started working on the 94 octane autox/drag map. Since this map would be primarily used for motor sports that required significant staging time in hot weather, it was necessary to tune it relatively conservatively and simulate an extremely heat soaked tmic. Luckily, Sunday afternoon turned out to be a 90 degree day here in Davis which was perfect for this type of tune. After several more hours of tuning and testing on the 94, we ended up with 272whp/281ft-lbs with 90 degree ambient temps and an extremely heat soaked TMIC. This power was extremely consistent and there was no sign of knock even after simulating staging by running the car hard for 20 minutes and the letting it sit still for 10-15, roasting the TMIC. There is certainly some power left on the 94 octane tune, but considering the conditions it would be used under, I did not feel comfortable pushing it any further. Kevin also seemed happy with the power level and consistency. This map was hitting 17.5psi by 2900RPM and running 11:1 going down to 10.8:1 up top.

Sorry about the long post, but I thought I'd share some of the details of the weekend. Here is Kevin's before/after road dyno results. The blue line is the stock ECU with about 75 degree ambient temps. The red is his 94 octane map in 90 degree ambient temps immediately after heat soaking the TMIC with a staging simulation.



Overall, I'm pleased with the way the car runs, but I still think that Pro Tuner will give more control over the parameters I'm used to dealing with from the Ecutek software and allow me to make an even more consistent and adaptable map. I learned a lot about Cobb's approach to tuning software as well as about STI tuning in general and I have Kevin to thank for giving me the opportunity to do so.

Thanks