Are these e flash tunes safe?

[Astroboy]

I am debating on whether i should get a dyno tune, or an e tune. Ever since i took off the turbo, I felt that lack of power and was considering an NA tune. Only mods still on the car are the headerback exhaust, the panel filter, and exedy stg 2 clutch but they feel like nothing without a tune. I was leaning towards an e85 tune from ft86speefactory mostly because of the price. I would like to know who is running one and how reliable it is for an e tune. If not that great, I know of this shop that does pretty good tunes on these cars but for like 300 more than the e tune


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[elitegunslinger]

The fastest and safest tune is on a dyno; you could probably feel the power if you put that turbo back where it should be.

[Astroboy]

Originally Posted by elitegunslinger

The fastest and safest tune is on a dyno; you could probably feel the power if you put that turbo back where it should be.

Lol it blew my previous motor tho

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[elitegunslinger]

Originally Posted by Astroboy

Lol it blew my previous motor tho

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Why not go for a built motor?

[Astroboy]

Originally Posted by elitegunslinger

Why not go for a built motor?

We were going to do that where i work but I decided to put my money back in school. Did you e tune yours?

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[elitegunslinger]

Originally Posted by Astroboy

We were going to do that where i work but I decided to put my money back in school. Did you e tune yours?

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I'm using OTS Stage 2 OFT currently; I had an E-Tune but my my supercharger failed before I was done. Kind of wished I had dyno tuned it in an hour and been done with it.

[Astroboy]

Originally Posted by elitegunslinger

I'm using OTS Stage 2 OFT currently; I had an E-Tune but my my supercharger failed before I was done. Kind of wished I had dyno tuned it in an hour and been done with it.

Are you running the stock headers? Also, is it an e85 tune

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[Astroboy]

Originally Posted by elitegunslinger

I'm using OTS Stage 2 OFT currently; I had an E-Tune but my my supercharger failed before I was done. Kind of wished I had dyno tuned it in an hour and been done with it.

Sorry about the supercharger

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[steve99]

Originally Posted by Astroboy

I am debating on whether i should get a dyno tune, or an e tune. Ever since i took off the turbo, I felt that lack of power and was considering an NA tune. Only mods still on the car are the headerback exhaust, the panel filter, and exedy stg 2 clutch but they feel like nothing without a tune. I was leaning towards an e85 tune from ft86speefactory mostly because of the price. I would like to know who is running one and how reliable it is for an e tune. If not that great, I know of this shop that does pretty good tunes on these cars but for like 300 more than the e tune


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do you still have your ecutek cable and ecutek licience in ecu ??


still have flex fuel kit ??

[Astroboy]

Still have everything but flex fuel because i never went e85. Will the flex fuel be the route to take?

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[phrosty]

For NA the difference in power between your typical one-day dyno tune and an e-tune will be too small to notice. A waste of time and money.

Dyno only makes sense for NA if you're really going to dial it in over several sessions -- these are the vendors posting "200whp with just a header".

And yes, e-tune are safe . Probably safer than most dyno tunes, because they are naturally a little conservative.

[steve99]

Originally Posted by steve99

do you still have your ecutek cable and ecutek licience in ecu ??


still have flex fuel kit ??

Were lucky on Oz as our E85 is actually 85% ethanol.


In USA it can apparently vary from pump to pump from 50% to 90% that's a little outside the range of what an E85 tune without a flex kit can cope with.


If your in an area where the ethanol percent stays between 60-90 then you generally ok with an NA car without a full flex fuel system.


but you probably still ant to be able to switch between petrol and E85 without reflashing.


The moto East guys do a 4 map switch tune that has maps for 91/93 petrol and E40-E50/E70-E85 ethanol fuels.


they are 299
http://www.moto-east.com/store/subar...oecu-tune.html


configure here
http://www.moto-east.com/store/subar...figurator.html


probably the way to go if you already have ecutek cable and licience.


full flex kit better but going to cost considerably more.

[nikitopo]

Originally Posted by Astroboy

I am debating on whether i should get a dyno tune, or an e tune. Ever since i took off the turbo, I felt that lack of power and was considering an NA tune. Only mods still on the car are the headerback exhaust, the panel filter, and exedy stg 2 clutch but they feel like nothing without a tune. I was leaning towards an e85 tune from ft86speefactory mostly because of the price. I would like to know who is running one and how reliable it is for an e tune. If not that great, I know of this shop that does pretty good tunes on these cars but for like 300 more than the e tune

Get an OFT tune and you are done. I don't think there is any shop that has tested their dyno-tune so much.

[Astroboy]

Originally Posted by nikitopo

Get an OFT tune and you are done. I don't think there is any shop that has tested their dyno-tune so much.

Might get one from ft86speedfactory then. Does a stage 2 require aftermarket headers? I am still running the stock exhaust manifold but am running an exhaust system 2.5 in. all the way back. I also have a kn filter.

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