Tuner-noob needs header advice

[g0ast]

Originally Posted by Malt

There isn't an off the shelf tune for ecutek for that particular intake that I'm aware of. So you will need to tune the car around the intake. You can accomplish that yourself if you know how to tune, get an etune, or a dyno tune. All of those options are able to be accomplished with an OFT as well as other tuning options. Shiv offers a etuning service if you wanted to use OFT.

The way it sounds, for simplicity and low cost, the OFT is the best option for me. As the title of my thread suggests, I have no idea how to tune and would probably just make things worse.

Whats this etuning service? And it works with an OFT? Does the cost get much higher cause you have to dyno and all that?

[Malt]

Originally Posted by g0ast

The way it sounds, for simplicity and low cost, the OFT is the best option for me. As the title of my thread suggests, I have no idea how to tune and would probably just make things worse.

Whats this etuning service? And it works with an OFT? Does the cost get much higher cause you have to dyno and all that?

Etuning is where you take logs of your car driving down the road while performing a couple full throttle runs through 3rd or 4th gear and email them to your tuner. The tuner looks at the logs and adjusts the maps and emails them back to you. This process repeats until the logs look good or you reach the maximum number of times a tuner will adjust the maps.

There is no dyno involved with etuning typically and it is usually cheaper than dyno tuning. The logs are taken when you are driving down the road. The difference is usually a dyno tune will get better results but at a higher cost. Which ever option you choose to go with I'd research the tuner and make sure he is trusted and has experience tuning on this platform and then use what tuning solution he recommends.

[jc1993]

[QloveUOTE=Malansweredt;1552889]You've heard that OFT isn't as good as a "real" tune like ecutek? They are both real tunes, just one has more options catered around swapping over to SD tuning and other things "needed" for the 1% that run boost and horsepower levels much higher than stock. If you have no plans on going forced induction in the very near future then there is no real need to go with ecutek. They both are viable and good tuning solutions with features that cater to different markets. Shiv's tunes are the best you are going to get without going to a custom dyno tune from a trusted and experienced tuner.

1.55 Stg 2 UEL means: Version 1.55 stage 2 (used for cars running catless headers) and UEL means unequal length header. The EL tune is for equal length headers.

As also stated by others, I'd get rid of that intake. The vast majority of intakes sold produce no power and some even cause a loss of power. Either way you would need to tune around your intake to ensure proper operation.

Yes you would need a tune to run headers optimally if you don't want a CEL and get the most power safely.

I'd personally recommend getting the OFT and OFH header combo. There is nothing out there at that price point that comes even remotely close to the improvements in power and drive-ability you get with this combo.



Free, unfortunately does not equate to better. OFT is tailored to suit a different market than ecutek at this point in time. You could just as easily flash shiv's free tunes with other flashing options and get all the benefits of his tunes. That is not what makes the OFT great. Its the combination of logging, ease of use, and easy resellability that make it great. Personally I don't find the live display of stats all that useful given the form factor of the OFT makes it difficult to mount/see. I find a smart phone running torque with a bluetooth ODBII module adequate until I need to actually log information that I can't get through the bluetooth module.

As for your claims of improved mileage as well as increased power, what are you basing that on? I would disagree with the increase in mileage aspect of that claim but I'd love to see any evidence you have to prove your assertion.[/QUOTE]

i love u bro! thanks for the info!