How's your tune holding up?
10-15-2008, 10:38 AM
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How's your tune holding up?
I had my car tuned by a well know shop in Gaithersburg, MD. I personally thought that they did a good job at the time. Months have passed now and I've noticed a couple of things that’s starting to Pi** me off, but I'm not sure if it is the tune, the EMS or some other things going on. Well I'm pretty sure nothing is up with the car. When boost kicks in 50% of the time it comes on nice and smooth but the other 50 it feels like a 100 shot of NOS. Prior to the car going into the shop my wideband read perfect numbers for an untuned car that is. After the tune it jumps all over the place, even at idle. The owner/tuner there told me it was the 02 sensor. I've recently changed that and it still does the same thing. WTF! 
10-15-2008, 12:25 PM
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To be honest, I don't know and being that this particular shop locks the UTEC there is no way for me to tell. The car runs nice and strong, its just the wideband that is driving me crazy. I can still look @ my ETG to give me a little heads up on what is going on.
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10-15-2008, 01:38 PM
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I'm assuming that they have a super top secret map that they don't want anyone to have besides them selves and Mr. President. Gaining access to this map is a matter of national security and all the people of the world including midgets would be caused great harm.
I'm just joking about the midget thing but I don't know dude.
I'm just joking about the midget thing but I don't know dude.
10-15-2008, 06:27 PM
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One of the problems with the UTEC is very "rough" temperature compensation. I would take it back for a winter tune and save that as another map. Most tuners will stand behind their tune for a period of time. If the season has changed then you just have to accept that this is a limitation of the UTEC and retuning (and repayment) is necessary (it's not the tuner's fault that a re-tune is necessary to adjust for temperature changes). Also the locked tune is their way of protecting themselves from you and from protecting their tune from other fly by night tuners. In the end, it allows them to put a warranty behind their tune, which is protection for you.
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10-15-2008, 06:50 PM
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Also, they probably do not want their tunes getting spread around.
Just a thought.
10-16-2008, 03:18 AM
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One of the problems with the UTEC is very "rough" temperature compensation. I would take it back for a winter tune and save that as another map. Most tuners will stand behind their tune for a period of time. If the season has changed then you just have to accept that this is a limitation of the UTEC and retuning (and repayment) is necessary (it's not the tuner's fault that a re-tune is necessary to adjust for temperature changes). Also the locked tune is their way of protecting themselves from you and from protecting their tune from other fly by night tuners. In the end, it allows them to put a warranty behind their tune, which is protection for you.
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10-17-2008, 07:32 AM
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