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Old 04-21-2009 | 10:22 AM
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OP asked for "any suggestions" not a cry baby war........

keep on topic or die...

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Old 04-21-2009 | 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by DrewQ1
I currently have the Utec and I was tuned, but I ended up losing the tune on my car for some reason supposedly the stock ECU was bumping heads, so now I am running on the stock map. I have some more mods I plan on adding to my car and wondering if I should stick with the Utec and get it retuned or should I sell it and go with the Osiris UpRev.
I really just want to go with what will bring the mods together and get the most power out of it. I also dont want to risk of losing the tune again either. I plan on staying N/A also.

Any suggestions???

Back on topic in your case i would go with Osiris this is the route I will be going with as well.
Old 04-21-2009 | 10:27 AM
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^^Thank you....Should I stick with the Utec or go for the Uprev, I just want the most power and reliability.
Old 04-21-2009 | 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by DrewQ1
^^Thank you....Should I stick with the Utec or go for the Uprev, I just want the most power and reliability.
Go with the Osiris reflash. Get it custom tuned at a pro tuner if there's one local. I had the usual NA bolt-on's and added a utec with a local tuner.

I gained a tenth of a second and 2mph in the 1/4 mile, just going from the UTEC to Osiris. Similar conditions and driving, just about the same mods. I didn't bother with dyno'ing after the switch.

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Old 04-21-2009 | 10:37 AM
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Edited.... back on topic.. I wont waste my time with this sologuy
Old 04-21-2009 | 10:39 AM
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The choice to go with is whatever your TUNER is comfortable with. FCON does you no good if they don't know how to use it, same goes for everything else

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Old 04-21-2009 | 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by DrewQ1
^^Thank you....Should I stick with the Utec or go for the Uprev, I just want the most power and reliability.
FOR NA then I say go with Osiris....
Old 04-21-2009 | 10:57 AM
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Either is fine. Both work for NA and UPREv, but UPREV performs better. A few in this thread had UTEC before UPREV and they say go UPREV. That should tell you something. That is all I will say.
Old 04-21-2009 | 12:38 PM
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Drew after I bought my UTEC I contacted Jeremy@AAM and Dave@FT to see to get some info on tuning it and this is what they said:

Originally Posted by Jeremy@Altered
Hey man,

I would save your money and do a flash tune instead of a utec. utecs just dont work correctly for NA tunes and thats why i stopped doing them a long time ago. We can do the flash tune for you though and it will work perfectly.

Let me know and we can take care of it.


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Originally Posted by ajcool2
Hi Jeremy I heard you were at altered atmosphere nnow and was thinking about getting my car tuned by you since your in the area. I do have a couple of questions though.

1. What are your rates for tuning?
2. How long does it take to tune?
3. If I installed a UTEC tuned for another car will I hurt my car?
4. Do you reccomend me getting a map selector for an N/A tune?

Thanks.
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Originally Posted by ajcool2
Hi Dave I was thinking about getting my car tuned by you sometime soon and heard you were pretty good with it. I do have a couple of questions though.

1. What are your rates for tuning?
2. How long does it take to tune?
3. If I installed a UTEC tuned for another car will I hurt my car?
4. Do you reccomend me getting a map selector for an N/A tune?

Thanks.
Ajcool2
For NA we shoudl just do the ECU flash. WAY better! And alot less expensive. More stable and smoother.
After getting those responces I sold my UTEC.
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/\ +1 for NA Osiris is really much better coz you are not using MAF Pulldown/Pullup which can create complication between the ECU and Utec. Our ECU is just to smart to be fooled. As you can see both of their response are pertaining to NA. Osiris also will work with FI but that really depend on your needs though coz both have Pros and Cons.
Old 04-21-2009 | 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by ajcool2
Drew after I bought my UTEC I contacted Jeremy@AAM and Dave@FT to see to get some info on tuning it and this is what they said:






After getting those responces I sold my UTEC.

Yeah Dave Tuned my Utec also, but that was before he became an UpRev Tuner. I gotta make up my mind...
Old 04-21-2009 | 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by DrewQ1
Yeah Dave Tuned my Utec also, but that was before he became an UpRev Tuner. I gotta make up my mind...
I know someone who went UTEC because (at the time) Dave was not an Uprev tuner. Of course I made my recommendation towards the reflash and not utec. In the end the utec didn't mesh well with the cams/5AT on his Z. Shoulda got the reflash.

Disclaimer: I'm in no way at all saying anything bad about F:T or Dave's tuning, just saying utec isn't the better option in this application.
Old 04-21-2009 | 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by DrewQ1
Yeah Dave Tuned my Utec also, but that was before he became an UpRev Tuner. I gotta make up my mind...
Just go with UPREV.
Old 04-21-2009 | 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by SOLO-350Z
A few in this thread had UTEC before UPREV and they say go UPREV. That should tell you something. That is all I will say.
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Old 04-21-2009 | 02:19 PM
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I had my car tuned with UpRev this last weekend. Asked SP after wards if it would have been better to go with UTEC. Vince the tuner said I would put UpRev on my own car way before UTEC. The comparison isn't even close. UpRev all the way!
Old 04-21-2009 | 09:02 PM
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i have a UTEC currently, and i am in the same boat. I am looking to switch to UpRev aswell as i have heard great things and hate the transfer! just need to see how it does with spray :-P
Old 04-21-2009 | 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by ajcool2
Drew after I bought my UTEC I contacted Jeremy@AAM and Dave@FT to see to get some info on tuning it and this is what they said:






After getting those responces I sold my UTEC.
You can keep that "private message talk" in your inbox.
Old 04-21-2009 | 10:12 PM
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Op, idon't understand 'losing a tune'. You might want to contact with tuner who tuned your Utec.

If you already have a Utec, i would do retune the utec. I don't know why you have to spend more money to get uprev at this point ( Even utec covers part of $) . If you are going to build motor in future or soon, i would think about spend more money and switch over or try something new. ( I'm not point at which is better or not, Both of them are good. )

Reflash, many tuner likes to do ECU reflash. It is great choice if you are N/A, but downside what if one day something happen with your ECU? your car will down for couple days to fix that ECU (send over to tuner and receive it back). if you don't care about that, reflash ECU is good choice as well. ( i'm assumming, if you sell your Utec you can make a money for reflash ECU.)

To be honest, Ems is just a program.
Just take it to good tuner, then you will be happy with either way you go.

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Old 04-22-2009 | 08:39 AM
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The bottom line is the software or hardware (utec, standalone, uprev, technosquares) is only as good as the tuner.
Old 04-22-2009 | 04:27 PM
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I had my car dyno tuned @ Uprev and they did an awesome job. I noticed a huge improvement, and the guys down there really know what they are doing. My car is N/A with most of the bolt-ons.

I am looking into going FI now (Vortech) and am wondering if Osiris can handle a moderate FI setup like that. Guess I need to call them and find out...



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