[Joe85C]

To start, I had the OFT for over 2 years and ran the stage 2 e85 tune for almost 2 years straight before switching to a custom ECUTEK e85 tune. Car was running 100% perfect the entire time while using the OFT from the start to the last drive before I got the new ECUTEK tune. I was convinced by my current tuner to hop over to ECUTEK for the convenience of 4 maps and having a large ECUTEK tuner base and easier to work with. So IMMEDIATELY after the first flash of the new ECUTEK tune, the car had horrible throttle issues. And it's not the typical dead pedal that happens every time the car is reflashed and goes back to normal after a few days. That did happen but went away after a few days, but then the new/permanent issues began. This issue is permanent and have gone back 3 times for revisions and he can't fix the issue through the tune. This has been happening since I belive April 2019, it is now December of 2019... In any gear under 4k-4.5k rpms the throttle is extremely sluggish and under acceleration the car is hesitating to accelerate so I have to put more throttle input to accelerate. Also when I'm under 3.5k or so and I give 50% or more throttle quickly, the car bogs or "hiccups" for a brief moment and then accelerates. When trying to downshift under 4.5k the car feels unresponsive and the downshifts sound terrible and feel sluggish. All these issues are very prevalent under 4.5k. When I'm accelerating and pass the 4k range the car "frees" up and feels like normal. Also when shifting under 4.5k, if I dont ease into the throttle after changing gears, the car will again "hiccup" if I put too much throttle in. While doing the revisions my tuner said my intake and exhaust cams are not responding well due to clogged actuators. But how can they clog immediately after the first flash coincidently? Keep in mind with the OFT the car was 100% perfect and IMMEDIATELY after the first ECUTEK flash, car starting having issues. I ran seafoam through the oil 3 times already to try and clean out the actuators and oil, cleaned the MAF sensor and also cleaned the throttle body and disconnected the battery countless times. Weird thing is too is this guy is probably one of the most reputable 86 tuners in the world. So I'm trying to not argue with him as I'm a noob at car stuff. But isnt it weird how immediately the car had issues after the first flash? Something must have happened during the reflash stage because the car went from perfect to running terrible in a matter of moments. It's like somebody hit an on/off switch. That's how much different the car feels. I've heard these symptoms are from bad direct injectors, coil packs, dirty maf sensor but why all of a sudden after the first Flash? I'm thinking it's the tune but I want some of your guys opinions. Im thinking of going back to OFT to see if that'll fix the problem but I dont want throw away my ECUTEK license if I dont need too. Also mods are catless uel headers, catless front pipe, TRD exhaust w/muffler delete, overpipe, drop in filter and running e85. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

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