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Originally Posted by seven
I was kinda joking (see: "feels bad man")
I'm just kinda saddened by the lack of end user options for this car
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I'm curious if you understand how the whole EcuTek thing works in our favor. First a tuner like Visconti or FT86Speedfactory generates a base map for the car that is a decent map to get some added performance, better fueling, etc. Then theres all the added feature sets that the EcuTek software gurus work with to unlock or in some cases even add to the ECU functionality. Once you buy a tune and license any subsequent tweaks or alterations to the featureset is rolled out by your preferred tuner at no cost to you. Also as I have seen and heard from numerous people, with the data logging your tuner can further tweak your individual tune for your specific setup.
As I see it with EcuTek and the tuners, you aren't really buying a static tune. I may be wrong but I think as long as you stick with NA (Gas/e85/Flex) or FI (Gas/e85/Flex) these tuners will support you. You also pay for the added comfort of knowing that these tuners know this car better than we do from the tuning side of things.
I guess if you fancy yourself as an experienced tuner you might be a little miffed about the prospect of being doomed to not decide how to tune your car, but I am sure that these tuners will cater to your wants within reason...and I'm sure they will help push your car to the point where it pops as long as there is a contract of sorts stating you accept the consequences of pushing beyond "safe" limits to cover their asses.
Ultimately the software to be an EcuTek tuner is available...here's their site:
http://www.ecutek.com/Products/ProEC...cion_FR-S.aspx
But if $1000 seems steep to have a good tune, then I'm just gonna go out on a limb and guess this is far more than that...