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Originally Posted by 05wrxftw!
cant stress that fact out enough. i agree completely with u  .
it should also be noted that a skilled tuner (knowledgeable in EFI) should be the only one to get the cheaper, OpenEcu software and go at it. i gave my old tuner/mechanic a crack at reflashing my car, and my car didnt like it. throwing CEL's, fuel cut, etc. i turned it stock, bought a Cobb AP and never looked back. nothing against the programming tho, its just that the "tuner" i went to was a dumbass and put a map on my car that was a lil more aggressive the map on his own suby (an sti turbo swapped, sti injector swapped baja). deff left an impression on me that certain people shouldnt be allowed to do certain sh_t on cars lol. sometimes the thought crosses my mind of selling my AP and going to another veteran tuner down near philly and letting him tune my car with OpenEcu |
You do realize that you can buy premade maps (just like Cobb's OTS maps or better) or custom made maps that can just be flashed to your car using Opensource software.Just because you go the Opensource route,it doesn't mean you are stuck having to tune your own car or pay for custom dyno tuning.