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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Eggylshatch on March 02, 2018, 04:13:12 PM

Title: Tuning costs
Post by: Eggylshatch on March 02, 2018, 04:13:12 PM: I'm a cheap bastard and often end up doing things myself for that reason. But I also like to end up with a quality end product, and like to know when it's a better use of time/money to just pay someone to do it. And I don't have a ton of free time at the moment to fuck around on cars.

I've never tuned a car, and don't presently own any of the equipment to do so. From what I can tell, my options for my obd1 civic are:

Cheapest-Crome free, freelog, chip burner, wideband, bumble around and hope to not grenade anything
Less Cheap- Crome Pro, ostrich, wideband, figure it out
Slightly less cheap- Neptune, wideband, figure it out: $500?
Expensive- Pay for a tune and a neptune license for $600 (Locash Racing in PHX)

Where I crux out is that if I just pay for a tune, I'll probably need a couple of them- one for cam swap, one for the turbo. Which will cost more than I paid for the car back in 2008. What would you :Jew: do?
Title: Re: Tuning costs
Post by: ratcityrex on March 04, 2018, 12:33:09 AM: I can get my rigs running halfway decent and driveable and safe, but then I leave it to the nignog less to do the good shit!! Just put the turbo and cam in/on now and pay for it once.
Title: Re: Tuning costs
Post by: Eggylshatch on March 21, 2018, 01:52:18 PM: Quote from: ratcityrex on March 04, 2018, 12:33:09 AM
I can get my rigs running halfway decent and driveable and safe, but then I leave it to the nignog less to do the good shit!! Just put the turbo and cam in/on now and pay for it once.

Haha sounds good. I'm gonna call you from the side of the highway when it blows up on the way to the tuner.

What I really need is another drive down to the Joseph Davis shop. I've heard you can get a tune for the cost of a handjob or two.
Title: Re: Tuning costs
Post by: 92CXyD on March 23, 2018, 10:19:49 AM: Quote from: Eggylshatch on March 02, 2018, 04:13:12 PM
I'm a cheap bastard and often end up doing things myself for that reason. But I also like to end up with a quality end product, and like to know when it's a better use of time/money to just pay someone to do it. And I don't have a ton of free time at the moment to fuck around on cars.

I've never tuned a car, and don't presently own any of the equipment to do so. From what I can tell, my options for my obd1 civic are:

Cheapest-Crome free, freelog, chip burner, wideband, bumble around and hope to not grenade anything
Less Cheap- Crome Pro, ostrich, wideband, figure it out There is a nog you can get Crome Pro at a nog price.
Slightly less cheap- Neptune, wideband, figure it out: $500?
Expensive- Pay for a tune and a neptune license for $600 (Locash Racing in PHX)

Where I crux out is that if I just pay for a tune, I'll probably need a couple of them- one for cam swap, one for the turbo. Which will cost more than I paid for the car back in 2008. What would you :Jew: do?
Title: Re: Tuning costs
Post by: Eggylshatch on March 23, 2018, 01:01:09 PM: Quote from: 92CXyD on March 23, 2018, 10:19:49 AM
Quote from: Eggylshatch on March 02, 2018, 04:13:12 PM
I'm a cheap bastard and often end up doing things myself for that reason. But I also like to end up with a quality end product, and like to know when it's a better use of time/money to just pay someone to do it. And I don't have a ton of free time at the moment to fuck around on cars.

I've never tuned a car, and don't presently own any of the equipment to do so. From what I can tell, my options for my obd1 civic are:

Cheapest-Crome free, freelog, chip burner, wideband, bumble around and hope to not grenade anything
Less Cheap- Crome Pro, ostrich, wideband, figure it out There is a nog you can get Crome Pro at a nog price.
Slightly less cheap- Neptune, wideband, figure it out: $500?
Expensive- Pay for a tune and a neptune license for $600 (Locash Racing in PHX)

Where I crux out is that if I just pay for a tune, I'll probably need a couple of them- one for cam swap, one for the turbo. Which will cost more than I paid for the car back in 2008. What would you :Jew: do?

WHO DAT?!
Title: Re: Tuning costs
Post by: 92CXyD on March 27, 2018, 11:26:32 AM: Check your PMs :noel:
Title: Re: Tuning costs
Post by: ApexSilver06MR on April 27, 2018, 11:08:42 AM: Iâ€™m still old school. I still use crome for the cheap asses.
Title: Re: Tuning costs
Post by: Eggylshatch on May 06, 2018, 10:53:13 AM: Quote from: ApexSilver06MR on April 27, 2018, 11:08:42 AM
Iâ€™m still old school. I still use crome for the cheap asses.

That's what I'm talking about. I talked to a couple shops in Phoenix and none of them do crome anymore :(
Title: Re: Tuning costs
Post by: Joseph Davis on December 11, 2018, 09:51:56 PM: Cracked eCtune is all the rage, bruh.
Title: Re: Tuning costs
Post by: Eggylshatch on December 12, 2018, 07:05:54 PM: Quote from: Joseph Davis on December 11, 2018, 09:51:56 PM
Cracked eCtune is all the rage, bruh.

I CAN HAZ?
Title: Re: Tuning costs
Post by: Joseph Davis on December 12, 2018, 11:00:35 PM: No.
Title: Re: Tuning costs
Post by: EdwardSid on April 13, 2019, 07:32:18 AM: I've read about cracked eCtune a few times, but I've never seen it actually posted. It's like a unicorn.