You saying he has aspergers or something?

Great tuners are can be hard to find and even harder for someone who is not familiar with scene. In the beginning when Visconti was pushing out tunes everyone was talking about how great he was "get a Visconti tune" , I had a couple of run ins in the beginning with some local members on my opinion on him and what I personally knew of him, tuning wise. Of course everyone feels they are correct from their own experience or word of mouth, so I decided to just mind my own business. Then the whole big incident happens and people come out the wood work with their issues with. It seems like this is the same thing with Toni, in the beginning everyone was happy with his work but one of his mishaps tuning wise happens and is documented. everyone crucifies him (I'm not disagreeing with anything that has been said) and @nelsmar you are a bigger person than me because if i found out the incorrect methods of tuning had lead to my detonation you can best believe I'll make sure it's resolved one way or another. One thing to ask is how do if who is legit or not tuning wise, anyone can copy what is being done while watching someone tune but how do you know that person truly understand what he or she is doing. I've always wondered has this guy ever taken any classes for what he is doing, I myself am looking into taking the ACP class at EFI University. In terms of hardware I am happy with my FA20club UEL turbo kit thus far but we'll see how it holds up (I know there are numerous people with fitment issues, welds and missing items and can't blame you guys for voicing your frustration). I don't see FA20clubs turbo kit as a direct copy of anyone else, the turbo placement is in the same location as FBM but charge pipes run differently and I'm not sure if FBM is offering UEL headers yet with their kit, so it don't see how this kit would be a knock off. The previous pic that FBM posted Is undeniable of how bad that was of a knock using cheaper materials. As for my experience as of now I'm pleased with my FA20club kit and pleased with my tune from Junior(and yes Toni did try to pitch my the whole free tunes for life).

In that case you will love my post tomorrow.

Most of us aren't representing our company or name like Visconti does. Most of us stay anonymous.

I've been dealing with Toni for the last 5 months! I already purchased my Vortech supercharger from another individual. After a detailed talk with Toni, he recommended that I change my fuel pump and injectors. It took some growing pains to get these right and Toni was gracious enough to make a video for us!! The first couple files before E85 ran ok but once the fuel pump and injectors were installed it was a little harder to tune. I thought I had issues with the belt slipping and the pulley made out of plastic! So Toni comes to Houston to visit for a dyno day and he dials in my tune perfectly without any issues what so ever!!! He even suggested that I try the smaller pulley 3.12. Best run I had on the bigger pulley was 320whp. So One week later, I received the new pulley and installed it and took the car to get it dyno tuned at Phasetek. In less then 3 runs, Toni had the car dialed in perfectly with no issues what so ever! I'm am very happy with the level of support I've been getting with him and he way over delivered on his promises! Last dyno run was at 346 whp and 246 wtq! Toni was very flexible with his appointments with us as we did the remote tuning and also send him files from the dyno for comparison!!! It is a long tedious process to go thru but the results way exceeded my expectations!!! I hope that he will able to provide quality support to all affected and turn things around....

Sorry @Hawaiian I'm going to rephrase that as it came out wrong. What I meant to say is I don't see FA20clubs turbo kit as a direct copy of anyone else, mainly FBM since it had been stated he copied that pump in FBMs previous post. If you can find something that states that his Turbo kit is copied from someone else's design on this platform I have no problem in admitting I did not do my research well enough and fault.

It comes down to how much effort and time are you and the tuner willing to put into it. I was tired of making logs to try and fix the remaining issues.

Tomorrow is here. Where is the post?

Lol, i bartend and was up till 5 am my time. I got my 5 hours of sleep... give me a little bit to get everything together.

Was your car tuned in person, did it have an actual wideband or just oem? This has a lot to do with the issue I had with mine. And Toni was great at first but when after a few revisions he got slower and slower and busier and busier.

Fair enough. I have a felling I know what is going to be in it, and I await the good time.

I was being humorous, you're being serious. Social cues, heard of 'em?

These kind if tuning problems are what I worry about when thinking about going to the dark side of engine aspiration...another reason why, if I am going to ever go FI, I'm doing it right. Driving to Minnesota and going to FullBlown's shop personally, even if it's 24 hours from here...

If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself, period. Friends don't let friends drive e-tunes, especially when the damn car doesn't even come with a proper wideband. Anyone who says they can tune your FI car remotely is acknowledging that they're about to perform some half-assed work.

Do it yourself, find a local shop that can, or buy a mustang and get your power that way. How many times does this have to be demonstrated before people get the point?

I've spent countless nights fixing locals e-tunes, and will be fixing another of Toni's tonight. It's not rocket science, just read the f*ckin manual and spend the time. If you can hold a job that affords you an FI 86, you're surely smart enough to grok suck spit bang blow and a few dozen lookup tables. It's not magic. It's not voodoo. It's a well-defined process with accepted best practices and quantifiable results. Brain > wallet.

Is it wrong that I want to buy another BRZ and get some more forced induction just so I can have @jamesm tune it for me?

do it up... i'd love to :)

I here there's a nice red one for sale in florida with a turbo already on it!

...and i happen to be in florida

I don't know why his FR-S with P&L kit hasn't sold yet.

I can't explain it either. My only guess is it's because he "raced" it autocrossing.

I think some tuners are able to tune an FI 86 remotely but it takes time and money, if they can tune a NA why not a FI?

because with NA you target an AFR that the stock sensor can read accurately. boosted you don't. so... yeah.

really... ask any tuner if they'd recommend an e-tune to a guy that lived down the street. they wouldn't, and there's a reason. it's a compromise.

And even with a wideband installed its a tedious amount of work to instruct people exactly what to do and how to stop. Or find a way to make the ecu shut down in these scenarios and make sure it works perfect. lol. If it is a kit and enough are done for a really solid basemap and they have a wideband its possible to do but just easier to do in person.

Can you direct me to this "manual" and "well defined process"?

Im honestly curious and have asked before, but I just get the "read the forums" crap answers.

I am really interested in a book that explains the basics of tuning and also would love to get my hands on a factory manual that explains the basics of how the FA20 ECU code works.

Bad noodles guide is a good start. Ecutek's documentation provided with their software is also great and will get you started.

Thank you for the great tip. I don't intend on tuning my self but for the sake of having a better understanding I'll be reading all of the suggested material.

Yeah I'd never try and tune my car FI without a new wideband. That was one of the first things my tuner checked before doing any changing. I read your whole post and it really makes me glad I went to a local tuner (even if it was his first time tuning an FA20) and not an e-tune. Sorry about your engine man I hope it all works out for you.

@jamesm Aside from bad noodle's guide, is there any video you would recommend in regards to basic tuning? Reading can only do so much without visuals.

The best visual is going to be investing in a Tactrix cable and downloading EcuFlash/RomRaider. Follow the guides as to what to log and how to adjust your MAF scaling.

i have a series of screencasts that show the basics, and more coming down the line. search the forum for 'screencast'.

jamesm....

This guy.

Always nice to see others like myself simply interested in how tuning works, yet don't have the time, nor supplies or experience to actually tune a car. Props to you sir :cheers: for helping the community.

Wow really sucks for the car and your loss of money :(
Only thing that is worrying me is. I'm going to Florida to get it tuned . because I want it 100% proper.

My buddy posted the link to your thread on the gen coupe forum.

Looks like they are well aware of Toni and his ways.

http://www.gencoupe.com/general-disc...lems-tune.html

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this ones better...http://www.gencoupe.com/general-disc...-fab-worx.html

You're killing me man.

:popcorn:

From the last page

Seems legit.

Well i read one post about fa20club that was negative but man this is really fucked up. Now i really dont want any of their stuff