Experts, please, going from Ecutek to HKS?

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Originally Posted by gpvecchi

Thanks, fuel should not be an issue, premium fuel in Japan is at least 96 octanes, while in Italy we have 95 and 100 (I always use 100, for EU calibrations at least 98 octanes is needed).

The number on the octane rating doesn't say always the truth about the real fuel quality and how much will knock.

Originally Posted by gpvecchi

It's invasive for the ECU, most master tuners in Europe are really dumb, they are just sellers; in fact, Ecutek in Japan is practically unknown.

Most tuners in Japan are old-fashioned and don't like to adapt to the changes. I was discussing with a couple of them some years ago (really famous over there) and they were telling me to remove my ECU and send it to them via mail to change the parameters. These people are still living in the early '90s ...

The only issue I can see with the European Ecutek tuners is that most of them don't have much experience on our cars. However, there is always the option of remote tuning.

Originally Posted by gpvecchi

I'm not happy with Ecutek, they have very inconsistent support, it's overpriced, it has a lot of features, but many of them useless for a NA street car.

About the useless features it is simple. If you don't want them don't use them. For example, I don't like to switch maps or to use the Race-ROM features ... This doesn't mean that it is an overall useless tool. The tuner that I wanted to program my car was using Ecutek and it is just fine for me. I got what I wanted and I am not using the other features.