Shop that does tuning for cheap.

[ShikoBariki]

I found a shop norcal east bay area Equilibrium tuning who does tunes for cheap. Anybody go thru them yet or know if this is something i should consider? they got a couple frs and brz their working on so seems legit but my only thing is the price might be too good to be true..

[86_ZN6]

how much for a tune?

[EAGLE5]

They'd have to use BRZedit or you need like 300 for a license. That just pisses me off.

[86_ZN6]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

They'd have to use BRZedit or you need like 300 for a license. That just pisses me off.

Ecutek license? You cant have an ecutek tune without a license

There is no getting away from it

[finch1750]

They are opensource Subie guys. Hit and miss in reviews, mainly due to people not liking the owner (me for 1 fwiw, some about tunes not being the best.) They only did road tunes until getting a dyno about 2 years ago. I always considered them the lowest on the totem pole for bay area subie tuners behind GST and FW Motorsports (formerly DB Tuned).

But Ed has been around a while and its not a total scam. Check out i-club for more info on them. Just keep in mind the ds-4 is what caused all the tuning problems in the first place and other subies dont run it.

[ShikoBariki]

Originally Posted by 86_ZN6

how much for a tune?

$650

Originally Posted by finch1750

They are opensource Subie guys. Hit and miss in reviews, mainly due to people not liking the owner (me for 1 fwiw, some about tunes not being the best.) They only did road tunes until getting a dyno about 2 years ago. I always considered them the lowest on the totem pole for bay area subie tuners behind GST and FW Motorsports (formerly DB Tuned).

But Ed has been around a while and its not a total scam. Check out i-club for more info on them. Just keep in mind the ds-4 is what caused all the tuning problems in the first place and other subies dont run it.

Cool, id would pay for quality i knew it was too good to be true..ecutek or visconti? visconti got unlimited tunes for individual maps.

[86_ZN6]

Originally Posted by ShikoBariki

$650

we do a ecu flashed for $599

Cool, id would pay for quality i knew it was too good to be true..ecutek or visconti? visconti got unlimited tunes for individual maps.

we do a ecu flashes for $599

visconti uses ecutek

local tune is always better than e-tunes

[EAGLE5]

Originally Posted by 86_ZN6

Ecutek license? You cant have an ecutek tune without a license

There is no getting away from it

Right. That's why any inexpensive tune would require BRZedit. 1500 for the shop to buy the software. A bit more for their cable. Then they can tune unlimited cars without screwing their customers on a $300 license. I know EcuTek is better, but not $300 better per tune per customer. The lite version is 199, 2/3rds the EcuTek price. Frankly, I'm hoping someone gets RomRaider working. I'm not against paying a tuner for tuning. However, the EcuTek fee is ridiculous.

[overlookedx]

Originally Posted by finch1750

They are opensource Subie guys. Hit and miss in reviews, mainly due to people not liking the owner (me for 1 fwiw, some about tunes not being the best.) They only did road tunes until getting a dyno about 2 years ago. I always considered them the lowest on the totem pole for bay area subie tuners behind GST and FW Motorsports (formerly DB Tuned).

But Ed has been around a while and its not a total scam. Check out i-club for more info on them. Just keep in mind the ds-4 is what caused all the tuning problems in the first place and other subies dont run it.

That's funny, I'd always considered them the highest on the totem pole, behind GST and FW Motorsports. Ed was always willing to go the extra mile for me when my car ran into trouble, and his tune was great on my WRX. Plus he's just a super nice dude who doesn't mind explaining things. If I didn't get the BRZ, I was going to keep my WRX and do a full engine build with EQ.

I can definitely tell you worse shops to go to for Subaru installs/parts, namely the one that installed my turbo wrong and probably blew my engine.

[tedward88]

EQ is a reputable shop I'd trust. They're very popular in the scooby crowd (as well as GST and FW Motorsports).

Check out the stuff they've done in this super long thread on I-Club.com

[JackSmiley]

I wonder if the shops mentioned above do turbo install and tuning...

[86_ZN6]

Originally Posted by JackSmiley

I wonder if the shops mentioned above do turbo install and tuning...

Im sure they do.

But As far as i know. Only WORKS has successfully installed and tuned a turbo on the 86/BRZ

3 turbo builds up to date (including mine)

1 full blown kit scheduled next week

And 1 vortech SC after that

And maybe an HKS kit if someones buys my kit

[JackSmiley]

Originally Posted by 86_ZN6

Im sure they do.

But as far as i know, only WORKS has successfully installed and tuned a turbo on the 86/BRZ

3 turbo builds up to date (including mine)

1 full blown kit scheduled next week

And 1 vortech SC after that

who the heck got the full blown turbo?

[86_ZN6]

Originally Posted by JackSmiley

who the heck got the full blown turbo?

I have no idea!! Haha.

Somebody just called and wanted the kit installed and tuned.