Stage 1 tune & long term reliability?

[autobot84]

I'm wanting to get an OFT mainly for monitoring purposes and the basic 91 octane tune. My FRS is my only source of transportation and I need it to be 100%.

However, how does a tune hold up over time while the car is being broken in?

[steve99]

Originally Posted by autobot84

I'm wanting to get an OFT mainly for monitoring purposes and the basic 91 octane tune. My FRS is my only source of transportation and I need it to be 100%.

However, how does a tune hold up over time while the car is being broken in?

I would expect that most tunes from reliable tuners would be better than the stock tune.

On 91 octane and even 93 the stock tune will knock quite badly seen stock tune pull up to 4 degrees and have Ignition advance multiplier running around 0.7 where it should be 1.

OFT tunes and other reputable tunes will see minimal if any knock. when a tune appropriate to the fuel you have available is flashed.. Most tuners including OFT will offer 91 and 93 tunes.

Its easy to flash back to stock for service

[jvincent]

Originally Posted by autobot84

I'm wanting to get an OFT mainly for monitoring purposes and the basic 91 octane tune. My FRS is my only source of transportation and I need it to be 100%.

However, how does a tune hold up over time while the car is being broken in?

I took delivery of my car in September 2013 and have been running an OFT stage 1 tune since October of 2013. The car has over 40,000 km on it, including multiple track days.

I ran the generic tune until the octane specific ones came out and I'm using the 91 tune now since that's what I fill up with.

Knocking on wood, I haven't had a single CEL or other funny engine behaviour. My only other engine mod at this point is a drop in air filter.