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Old Dec 1, 2008 | 04:43 PM
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AMS visits Tuning Technologies

At SEMA we were invited to the Mitsubishi Baddest EVO challenge. This was awesome except one of the rules said we had to run 91 octane! Unfortunately i didn't bring our ECUTEK hardware so we had to find someone who had it and retune the car.
I called my friend Alfred at Tuning Technologies and he insisted I come over and we'l tune that thing. Ivan and I packed everything up and headed from our hotel in Cypress to Tuning Tech. Well what should have been an hour trip took over 2 hours because the traffic was so bad from all the forest fires. It was actually pretty scary as we were driving right next to the fires! We could see flames and smoke 100 yards off the highway.

Once at Tuning Technologies we drove the car on empty for a bit and Alfred and I filled up the tank with 91 octane gas. Aflred's guys strapped down the X and I got a refresher course on the ECUTEK software from Alfred. It's been a while since Chris does all the stock ECU tunes at our shop so I was a little rusty on all the flash procedures. After a few pulls with the boost at 21psi the X was putting out 400whp on 91 octane with a very safe tune. I ran it through the gears to heat soak it and checked the logs to make there was no knock.

I really want to extend a big thanks to the Alfred, Jen, and everyone at Tuning Technologies for not only being great people and friends, but a great shop!



The X on the Dyno


'So 40 degrees of timing and 14:1 A/F right? haha!'


Some cool looking dudes!





The fires in LA seen from TT
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Old Dec 1, 2008 | 04:55 PM
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Alfred and the crew at Tuning Tech. are great guys! Sounds like everything worked out great since they were able to lend a helping hand.
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Old Dec 1, 2008 | 05:34 PM
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I would also like to thank TT for their hospitality and the introduction I got to Del Taco!!! YUMMY.

Awesome peeps, great shop and *****in food!!
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Old Dec 1, 2008 | 07:29 PM
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I would also like to thank TT for their hospitality and the introduction I got to Del Taco!!! YUMMY.

Awesome peeps, great shop and *****in food!!
The best thing about Del Taco (besides the great tasting cheap food) is that they're open 24hrs. We made many a drunken, latenight run there when I was in the Marines.
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Old Dec 1, 2008 | 07:44 PM
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sweet pictures!
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Old Dec 1, 2008 | 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Ivan@AMS
I would also like to thank TT for their hospitality and the introduction I got to Del Taco!!! YUMMY.

Awesome peeps, great shop and *****in food!!
Ivan, they have one in the Chicagoland area. Many nights end up with the best of stories when going to Del Taco.
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Old Dec 2, 2008 | 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Ivan@AMS
I would also like to thank TT for their hospitality and the introduction I got to Del Taco!!! YUMMY.

Awesome peeps, great shop and *****in food!!
Hell next time your in vegas you need to try Roberto's
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Old Dec 2, 2008 | 08:45 AM
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very cool of them to help you out in a bind and that's a wicked looking design on the side of the car in the close up pic.
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Old Dec 2, 2008 | 08:58 AM
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Did you try In-N-Out?
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Old Dec 2, 2008 | 09:56 AM
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Tuning Tech rocks and you should have had El Burrito. What the hell was Jennifer thinking???

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Old Dec 2, 2008 | 09:58 AM
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I just noticed 400whp on our 91 pisstane. Holy hell
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Old Dec 2, 2008 | 11:04 AM
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Ivan, they have one in the Chicagoland area. Many nights end up with the best of stories when going to Del Taco.
Really!! Where at?
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Old Dec 2, 2008 | 06:34 PM
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[QUOTE=Evil Evolution;6416766]Really!! Where at?[/QUOTE

I was just thinking same thing.
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Old Dec 3, 2008 | 01:01 AM
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9507 S. CICERO AVE. Oak Lawn, IL 60453.

They have a store locator on their website.
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Old Dec 3, 2008 | 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Willard
9507 S. CICERO AVE. Oak Lawn, IL 60453.

They have a store locator on their website.
LOL, what contest, its all about the Del Taco! LOL

So you made 400whp...did you win?
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