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Re: Tuning Companies

Postby bigBADbenny » Wed Jul 23, 2014 3:06 pm

GT08 wrote:Wow what's happening here !

Just wanted guys thoughts on Tuners and their experiences..

I am in Syd and currently have no mods except a dump pipe fitted to stock system.


So... What's the plan of action? Incremental DIY or one stop shop drive in drive out? Any budget?

So yes by reputation MSR or G88/Insight, or if etuning Throttlehappy/Kido, Torqued Performance, Shadow (iirc)

You'll need a lot of budget with one approach and plenty of common sense with the other ;)
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Re: Tuning Companies

Postby GT08 » Wed Jul 23, 2014 3:20 pm

bigBADbenny wrote:
GT08 wrote:Wow what's happening here !

Just wanted guys thoughts on Tuners and their experiences..

I am in Syd and currently have no mods except a dump pipe fitted to stock system.


So... What's the plan of action? Incremental DIY or one stop shop drive in drive out? Any budget?

So yes by reputation MSR or G88/Insight, or if etuning Throttlehappy/Kido, Torqued Performance, Shadow (iirc)

You'll need a lot of budget with one approach and plenty of common sense with the other ;)


Drive in drive out knowing my car is safe and has been tuned perfectly

Msr seems to take the cake
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Re: Tuning Companies

Postby bigBADbenny » Wed Jul 23, 2014 3:22 pm

My experience is with these etuners:

Throttlehappy/Kido: Matt is a tuning savant with a deep approach to special features and getting the most out of the ECU for performance drivability and economy. Tunes for timing and avcs. Great DBW & SI Drive. Excellent value.

Torqued Performance: Eric is a tuning machine, assuming no issues you can be done in 3 or 4 revisions. Boost bias to tunes. Very good value and communication.

I'd be happy to be tuned by any of the dyno tuners I mentioned as well as Coyote in Qld and Cihan in Vic.
This because I have some idea of what I want and can monitor the results...
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Re: Tuning Companies

Postby bigBADbenny » Wed Jul 23, 2014 3:24 pm

It's a good idea to invest in a tactrix regardless as the lib will become somewhat less reliable (eg hoses under more duress) with a tune.

But yeah MSR ftw :)
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Re: Tuning Companies

Postby BUDDAH » Wed Jul 23, 2014 6:35 pm

BUDDAH wrote:


So there is more than a very good possibility MRT did nothing wrong it was the fault of the builder of the "crate motor" fault ?

YES /NO ?





Deserves a bump :|
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Re: Tuning Companies

Postby <GB> » Wed Jul 23, 2014 6:44 pm

there is links to the mrt video about my car in my build thread it should help explain things better for you!
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Re: Tuning Companies

Postby BUDDAH » Wed Jul 23, 2014 6:45 pm

<GB> wrote:there is links to the mrt video about my car in my build thread it should help explain things better for you!



LINK to page ??


Why are you and owen avoiding my question

So there is more than a very good possibility MRT did nothing wrong it was the fault of the builder of the "crate motor" fault ?

YES /NO ?
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Re: Tuning Companies

Postby owen » Wed Jul 23, 2014 7:34 pm

I'm not avoiding the question I just have had time to reply.

I didn't say MRT blew his motor. All I said was that we were given a car that was originally built there that had a blown motor, and we fixed it..and it's still running strong.
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Re: Tuning Companies

Postby BUDDAH » Wed Jul 23, 2014 7:56 pm

owen wrote:I'm not avoiding the question I just have had time to reply.

I didn't say MRT blew his motor. All I said was that we were given a car that was originally built there that had a blown motor, and we fixed it..and it's still running strong.




O YES you are avoiding



You had time to post this :roll: how hard is it to say YES or NO so you and GB are avoiding a simple answer
I also see there is some "fancy post :evil: editing" going on 8)
Just PM me if its that embarrassing admitting it wasn't MRT fault and I will piss off for a month so there a deal :wink:
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Re: Tuning Companies

Postby jacks-GTB » Wed Jul 23, 2014 10:10 pm

Flick MSR an email :)....

He'll respond quickly...he is pretty busy...

Let us know when u get stuff done, I'll pop in, have a chat... 8)
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Re: Tuning Companies

Postby Subarooo09 » Wed Jul 23, 2014 10:33 pm

jacks-GTB wrote:Flick MSR an email :)....

He'll respond quickly...he is pretty busy...

Let us know when u get stuff done, I'll pop in, have a chat... 8)


Cheers jack sounds like msr FTW is he a drive in drive out with confidence guy ?
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Re: Tuning Companies

Postby dr20t » Wed Jul 23, 2014 11:30 pm

Msr or insight for drive in drive out

Matt has some great funky features but depending on your level of commitment / detail his tunes may not be for you

Buddah you're the man :D

I wish we had a smidgeon of your brilliant intellect, truly...

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My FrankenStien build thread here: viewtopic.php?t=14137
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Re: Tuning Companies

Postby BUDDAH » Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:35 am

dr20t wrote:Msr or insight for drive in drive out

Matt has some great funky features but depending on your level of commitment / detail his tunes may not be for you

Buddah you're the man :D

I wish we had a smidgeon of your brilliant intellect, truly...

Mick




It was just a matter of time before the peanut gallery turned up hay Mick :wink: Maybe a Corporate Banking Manager (Commonwealth Bank ?) could shed some light on the subject or why gb and owen refuse to answer a simple question + wouldn't it be great to get rid of me for a month :wink:

I think I will change my forum name to MYTHBUSTERS :mrgreen:
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Re: Tuning Companies

Postby blacktop™ » Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:28 am

I thought it was pretty straight forward about what has happened to Brendan's car:

1. The car had mods and a tune done by MRT

2.The person that owned the car then traded it in.

3. Brendan then bought the car because it had plenty of mods done even though it wasn't running right.

4. Brendan then went about getting it running right...? Correct me if I'm wrong.


MRT is the right choice for some people, and the wrong choice for others. It all depends what your after.

With MRT, you pay a lot, and you don't get much in return.

EDIT: Go with insight, or MSR if you want to travel a bit further. Both are excellent choices.
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Re: Tuning Companies

Postby GT08 » Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:57 am

blacktop™ wrote:I thought it was pretty straight forward about what has happened to Brendan's car:

1. The car had mods and a tune done by MRT

2.The person that owned the car then traded it in.

3. Brendan then bought the car because it had plenty of mods done even though it wasn't running right.

4. Brendan then went about getting it running right...? Correct me if I'm wrong.


MRT is the right choice for some people, and the wrong choice for others. It all depends what your after.

With MRT, you pay a lot, and you don't get much in return.

EDIT: Go with insight, or MSR if you want to travel a bit further. Both are excellent choices.


Hi blacktop do you mean engine travel / life or distance to tuners ?
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