tuning in australia

[nix]

Originally Posted by Fizz

Cable, license and tune from FA20Club is USD850. Even if you account for express shipping (through a forwarding agent) it is still just around AUD1k. Now i'm not 100% sure how much MRT charges but I'll bet it's about $1300 to $1600....maybe more??

$500 AU license cost ('MRT tax')
$990 AU RRP for custom dyno tune from ecutek tuners

Obviously there are ways to get the license for ~$300 (you don't need the cable).

The $990 tune is not time limited, it's a full dyno tune to whatever mod spec your car is at. When you consider the risk of running potentially unsafe AFR and needing to do illegal 3rd/4th gear pulls during the etuning process from American vendors as well as approx $150 for an hour of dyno work to validate their final tune AFR, which of course everyone should be doing... Pretty quickly the costs balance out.

[Fizz]

Originally Posted by nix

I got my license through fa20club and since been tuned by Morpowa, no problems or extra license fees. Tunes are locked though. They can log each others tunes but not edit/fine tune them.

I didn't realise you could just purchase the license only from them? How much are they selling them for? So that means I can still buy a license from an overseas vendor, then go to Tokyo and pay them for a custom dyno tune?

Originally Posted by nix

The $990 tune is not time limited, it's a full dyno tune to whatever mod spec your car is at. When you consider the risk of running potentially unsafe AFR and needing to do illegal 3rd/4th gear pulls during the etuning process from American vendors as well as approx $150 for an hour of dyno work to validate their final tune AFR, which of course everyone should be doing... Pretty quickly the costs balance out.

Good point actually....

[nix]

Originally Posted by Fizz

I didn't realise you could just purchase the license only from them? How much are they selling them for? So that means I can still buy a license from an overseas vendor, then go to Tokyo and pay them for a custom dyno tune?

Good point actually....

Yes you can definitely get a local tune, on an overseas license.

I bought mine before MRT even had the product to market for ft86 so a lot has changed since then. GL with your tuning!

[crook]

I have an ecutek cable and Licence I'm no longer using, no sure how useable it is to someone else (mainly the licence and legalities of it) if someone is interested I may aswell sell it on

[JiB]

Originally Posted by crook

I have an ecutek cable and Licence I'm no longer using, no sure how useable it is to someone else (mainly the licence and legalities of it) if someone is interested I may aswell sell it on

The tune just has to be set to your ecutek dongle ID, so it is sellable