im going to buy a Hondata Flashpro and i was wondering if i should get it tuned at a local Flashpro tuner (i live in San Diego) or by e-tunez? ive herd a lot of people have used e-tunz before but im not sure how it works...?
Mods:
K&N fipk
greddy spectrum elite dual
Berk HFC

 

ok so im dumb and didn't read the faq's and it tells you how e-tunez works... so i decided i want to take it to a local tuner in so cal... any suggestions on where to go??

 

I was the beta S2000 tuned by ETunez, and the end result is a fantastic tune. I've run it on a dyno after having the tune done, and I'm putting 234hp / 160tq down on a dyno dynamics dyno. If you have questions, send Steve at ETunez an email.

I've got an injen intake, fujitsubo cat-back, and wideband......I came away with a great running street tune that is rock solid.

Up to you on how you want to do it. I think the biggest advantage of Etuning is that you get averages over time and varying conditions, not just whatever day was like when you were on the dyno.

Hope it helps.

 

with e-tunez dont you have to do the tuning on your own? they just help out?

 

You start out by sending them some driving and 3rd gear pull logs, and a list of your mods. Then you start a cycle of them sending you a calibration, and you taking more driving and third gear pull logs and sending those to them. It took about 10 of these cycles to arrive at my final tune. So they do all the tuning, and you just log each revision of the tune.

My part throttle and full throttle performance is outstanding, and the driveabliy is much better than stock. My mlleage is a bit better than stock as well.

Steve did a great job with my car, and is very detail oriented. Shoot me a pm if you want to find a time for a phone call for more details.

 

If you're willing to make the drive, Church Automotive in Wilmington (next to Long Beach, LA area). He works with Hondata directly all the time and knows the S2000 inside and out. He has both a turbo and supercharged S2k.

 

Spend the money for a real Dyno tune.

 

Why not spend less money and get an e-tune, then run it on "a real dyno" when done? You may be able to tune it on the dyno for big numbers, but because an e-tune is done over time and varying conditions...out get better drive ability. I put down 234/160 from my tune. That's just with an intake and exhaust. Now either my motor is just a freak, or my tuner did it right. A e-tune will get most of us what were after, a good solid street tune. The dyno is the place to fine tune ignition settings safely.

 

What would you consider a "real dyno"? I don't know how I would get a good tune on a conventional dyno like a Dynojet, dut to heat soak. Every DynoJet pull I;ve ever done has shown varrying / sporadic AFR's and timing due to unrealistic / inacurate IATs and/ ECTs, but that doesn't happen at all on a street dyno. Here is how I tune. .

Basically, unelss you work with a dyno like the one below or install a DynoJet in a wind tunnel, I can't imagine a better way to tune than a good street dyno. Of course, the only conventional dyno I have experience with is a DynoJet, so it the others overcome that heat soak issue somehow, I'd really like to hear about them. Brian, which brand do you use?

 

DaMan22, first thing I would do is post this thread in the SD section