XRPete Member 673 Member For: 17y 3m 30d Gender: Male Location: Here Posted 06/07/08 09:39 AM Share Posted 06/07/08 09:39 AM its your choice man.But in my opinion you get what you pay for....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coley Member 110 Member For: 16y 8m 7d Gender: Male Location: Ipswich Posted 06/07/08 07:56 PM Author Share Posted 06/07/08 07:56 PM I just don't see why it would cost that much. Say they charge $100 an hour and work on it for three hours plus say $200 dyno fee. I would think it would be a max of $500. Because if they know what there doing I don't think it would take 3 hours to tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ENVY-T CNUTOX Donating Members 3,098 Member For: 22y 3d Gender: Male Location: Not sure? Posted 06/07/08 08:46 PM Share Posted 06/07/08 08:46 PM It's like paying for a proprietry product. Each tuner is different and it's THEIR brain (or lack there of) that you are paying for. Find someone cheaper if you may, but if the bastard pings and goes kaboom, what is cheaper? 895 or 4k plus?The tune is one area you really can't skimp on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 7m 13d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 06/07/08 10:24 PM Share Posted 06/07/08 10:24 PM I don't think it would take 3 hours to tune.You know this because???A tuner may have your car acceptable in 3 hours, but if you want a true custom tune for your car, getting the best power from it, it may take more than 6 hours or so to do.You have to remember that these cars get tuned by flashing the ecu not live tuning.The tuner may spend an hour on the tune in the software adjusting the paremeters before even putting the car on the dyno. After the tuner does the dyno run to see what is what, he then has to make changes to the tune in the soft ware, then transfer the tune to the flash box which tales approx 2 minutes and then transfer it to the ECU which on a BA takes approx 4 minutes, so you are talking possibly 10 minutes between dyno runs to see what has affected what.That means approx 6 changes and hour, you could quite easily make more than 50 changes to get boost and fuel and power levels to the optimum for the car, and then if it is an auto driving the car to get the auto working as the customer would like it.There was talk a while back about some tuners just cuting and pasting an old tune into another car, but hey that's not custom tuning is it, but it is quick so it would be cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coley Member 110 Member For: 16y 8m 7d Gender: Male Location: Ipswich Posted 07/07/08 08:01 AM Author Share Posted 07/07/08 08:01 AM Ok. I didn't think there would be that much to it but I've never owned a ford so didn't know. The last car I got tuned was my r32 at Motsons at cooper's plains. Thanks for the advice. Will talk to APC anyway cause I have to take my bro there to pick up his evo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 7m 13d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 07/07/08 08:29 AM Share Posted 07/07/08 08:29 AM You learn by asking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coley Member 110 Member For: 16y 8m 7d Gender: Male Location: Ipswich Posted 10/07/08 11:34 AM Author Share Posted 10/07/08 11:34 AM Mate I've dropped back to the 8psi tune running rapids high flow v3.5 (4in intake, cooler hot & cold sides) and im just cruising around, no more than half throttle and taking it real easy untill I get the tune done.Should be fine if you take it easy mate.Have you installed a boost gauge to see what boost your car runs at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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