the problem is no one is going to buy an all wheel dyno anytime soon. lets face it i know alot of shops have the money to buy it but the numbers dont justify buying one to make money off of it. So, am I going to wait for someone to get an AWD, nope. As for the prices, maybe he could come down a bit.

 

Like I said you don't need a dyno, you just need lots of time. 2 hours of road tune is not going to put your car were you want it to be. You will need days and weeks of tweaking. Like I said, get an exede and beg for JT STI's help. The thing is you have the same dilema as I do. You've already invested probably close to $1,000 in ECUtek, and there is no way to recover that money. I can't even unflash my ECU back to stock. It is gay. I just want the personal tunner to come out so I can take my car to whoever I want.

 

nate... your avatar is funny! you're very much WHITE and you have MR.T as your avatar!

LMAO!

XEDE is also questionable.

 

Thanks for the props Nate! I guess some of you may be right about the underlying costs on licensing and stuff, didnt actually expect it to be that much! Maybe it isnt very lucrative to embark on that side job thing...I think I'll just stick to signing up for some OT at work. I cant complain about $400+ for one day of OT, too bad uncle sam will take a chunk of it. On a brighter note, those of you who watched the last Hawaii's fastest streetcar shootout...witnessed my car go thru a slump - running a paltry best 12.80 @ 104mph that night on an experimental brew of 3 gallons race gas (103 oct) and a pint of 40% nitromethane additive. DO NOT TRY THIS MIXTURE - IT SUCKS! Luckily I was able to regain most of the power loss and was able to retune my car back to running 12.90 @ 106mph using 92 octane unleaded (easy launch!). I will try to make it tomorrow and retune my car for 100 octane and hopefully be able to install my larger top mount intercooler. (Still got the stock VF39 turbo)

 

You gonna sell your STI top mount? Cause if the price isnt too bad I may want to buy it.

 

Jon, thanks for the props. You know Mr. T is my homie.

As far as the xede goes it is just as questionable as the UTEC, or any other form of engine management. They are all just tools, it is up to the user to make them work right. I just say xede because it is easy to see the results possible. Hell if I had met Joel before I started working on my STi I would have bought a similar set-up to him. About $1k of parts in the car and the fastest STi in town. Once he learned to stop spinning his tires in the water he was an okay guy !

 

i think i know a place where you can get one sent to you cheap, how much do you want to spend on one?

 

yup i agree with just about $1k on his car and the fastest sti in town, it's pretty crazy but it shows you that jtsti knows what his doing with his tuning, so why not just get his help if anything...his car speaks for itself and his a good driver at the 1/4(you bastard haha j/k man)....

 

props to joel...

 

Anyone willing to help a noob tune? Possibly teaching along the way so I could learn how? I have a UTEC but not a clue how to use it...

 

ok, noob qestion: whats the difference between a port access and a utec? i have AP (waitin on midpipe to finish exhaust...) but i dont know the difference.

 

Whoa... actually, I spent about $1,600 on performance parts. Dont forget my downpipe.... Made a couple decent runs last night, did a 12.61 @ 107.4 w/ a 1.72 60ft time, and a 12.65 @ 107.0 w/ a 1.73 60 ft time. Anyone know if its street racing night tonight?

 

BTW, thanks for the props!