Need EcutecK tuner in bay area
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That's what I thought too, cuz he tuned my car and it wasn't detonating or anything so it seemed good to me. Then a tuner down in So Cal showed me how much junk his tune was. I've had really bad luck with Nor Cal tuners 
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But now my car is running strong with a new tune and even after a few weeks, I get a huge grin every time I WOT. :RockOn - not mine:
If anyone ever needs a ECUTek tune down in So Cal, Ed Dowell is the man.
.But now my car is running strong with a new tune and even after a few weeks, I get a huge grin every time I WOT. :RockOn - not mine:
If anyone ever needs a ECUTek tune down in So Cal, Ed Dowell is the man.
I'm sure if you asked a tuner in <insert location in United States> and asked them to review a tune from <insert name of your favorite tuner>, they'll all say each others' tune is "junk", and how much better their tune is.
A competent tuner, on the other hand understands that in different environmental factors, such as temperature and humidity, different days, with different gas, your car runs a bit differently. They wouldn't bash the "other" tuner, simply make adjustments and re-tune your car.
I, for one, am very pleased about how Shiv tuned my wife's Forester XT. He asked us what our goals were, what guidelines we were looking to follow, and tuned the car appropriately. We made just shy of 200 WHP, but it's a very reliable tune, and has lasted us ~80k miles so far. I don't care about having the maximum WHP number I can squeeze out of the motor with the mods we have, we want reliability and stability in our tune, which takes into account the different environments we drive our Forester through.
Shiv's driving on the other hand? Umm, no...I don't think I want him driving our Forester again.
My car is really smooth, pulls nice and hard till the vf-39 runs out of air around 5k, and AFRs are good going from 11.0-11.1 at peak boost to 10.5-10.8 at redline.
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if u don't have ecutek license he charges $1500 
But it's 3 days of tuning, on-road and on a dyno. If u have the ecutek license, I think it's still $1k
I don't remember what Kevin said because $1500 is a little too much for my stage 2 suby, but I think he is coming in September.
But it's 3 days of tuning, on-road and on a dyno. If u have the ecutek license, I think it's still $1k I don't remember what Kevin said because $1500 is a little too much for my stage 2 suby, but I think he is coming in September.
I'm sure if you asked a tuner in <insert location in United States> and asked them to review a tune from <insert name of your favorite tuner>, they'll all say each others' tune is "junk", and how much better their tune is.
A competent tuner, on the other hand understands that in different environmental factors, such as temperature and humidity, different days, with different gas, your car runs a bit differently. They wouldn't bash the "other" tuner, simply make adjustments and re-tune your car.
I, for one, am very pleased about how Shiv tuned my wife's Forester XT. He asked us what our goals were, what guidelines we were looking to follow, and tuned the car appropriately. We made just shy of 200 WHP, but it's a very reliable tune, and has lasted us ~80k miles so far. I don't care about having the maximum WHP number I can squeeze out of the motor with the mods we have, we want reliability and stability in our tune, which takes into account the different environments we drive our Forester through.
Shiv's driving on the other hand? Umm, no...I don't think I want him driving our Forester again.
I'm glad you're pleased with his tune. So was I, until it started knocking down here and I learned about his tuning procedure on my car.
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