Rhett Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 All this talk is out of my league at this point. I'm more than willing to take advice and learn from others smarter than me. All I know is John told me the tune was $150 and if I bought the cables I could easily do it myself, then the line abruptly went cold for about 3weeks now. All I'm saying is I just hate getting left hanging. If it ain't worth it, just tell me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sschmelcke Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 a base tune has been completed but you will need to road or dyno tune to customize for your car. all 3.6s arent created equal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perscitus Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 You really think it only takes a few minutes to adapt an off the shelf map to a different car? It would be pretty irresponsible as a tuner to just toss a map on the car and be done with it. Obviously some driving needs to be done to log and make sure everything is kosher. That could mean going for a drive or hooking the car up to a dyno. Then checking the logs, making changes, going for another drive/dyno pulls, etc. Thats a lot of labor for $150-200, not what I would call "easy"I've done this for a living about 10-15 years ago. Tuning custom built engines (with completely custom electronics and ECMs/TCMs) in the ALMS. From an engine management perspective, a N/A H6 in stock trim or 'just' an ABE/CBE and maybe a drop-in air filter are all very vanilla and a cookie-cutter setups where a base tune will work just fine. The Ecutek reflash is simply a big tweak on top of the stock ECU tables with many hidden/extra settings reverse engineered or added onto the stock Subaru code. Still behaves normal in closed loop, still learns and adjusts. Easy. On the other hand, a 2.5GT at Stage 2 or 3, 3.5 or 4 would be a vastly different beast. Then we can step up to a group-N, or a WRC Subaru Impreza and of course thats a vastly different story. Like sschmelcke metioned, $150 for just the reflash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItalianLegacy Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 I like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sschmelcke Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 I like men Fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItalianLegacy Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 o you swamp donkey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhett Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Lol! Now this thread thread is finally going some where! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhett Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Anybody check the latest post on John's Facebook page? I don't think they are joking about the 750whp BRZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sschmelcke Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 They are under 500 horsepower. Not sure what tricks they are gonna use to get it to 750. Maybe jet fuel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhett Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 ^Ha! I have no clue, it's all over my head. I just feel a little better because it does seem he has been busy doing something other than just blowing us off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhett Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 John just said he was headed back to CT after doing rolling burnouts at 80 mph with the BRZ 750. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sschmelcke Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Yes I commented on that post I'm sure only you would know what it means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhett Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Lol!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sschmelcke Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 John probably thinks I'm nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhett Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 No more crazy than he thinks I am after all the PMs and the dumb questions. He actually spent about 15 minutes talking with me on Facebook last week. The conversation ended with John saying he would send me a purchase link later that day. So close I could even smell it. 5 days later and nothing. Lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItalianLegacy Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 muahhhhahahahhaahaaa no tune for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhett Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 ^Ha! Don't jinx me, swamp donkey. Just got a PM on Facebook. This may be going down tonight and shipping tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perscitus Posted May 6, 2013 Author Share Posted May 6, 2013 Powhaaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItalianLegacy Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 share that link plz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhett Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Sent him a PM. Still waiting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItalianLegacy Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 3 months later.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perscitus Posted May 6, 2013 Author Share Posted May 6, 2013 3 months later....Yeah, tell me about it. I've stopped by MRP at least 3 times since the tune too trying to get on the schedule to get us a regular 87 gas tune and to tweak the 89/93 map some more. I guess on the upside, no issues since tune. Just as expected. She's still running great, hanging with WRXs/STis, 335s/535s, G/M37s, S4/5s. Averaging 26 MPGs (E10). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rhett Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 I'm starting to lose my hunger for this tune. Getting tired of the roller coaster ride and waiting to hear from John. I'm also second guessing if adding less than 20hp is worth $750. I also can't help to wonder if he is this hard to get in contact with BEFORE he gets my money, how hard will it be AFTER he gets my money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sschmelcke Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 I agree with you. If we have any issues there is really no one else to turn too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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