XRS, I know you are upset from your previous encounter with Al, but please try not to make any personal attacks against him

 

Smogrunner i'm pretty sure you were there and heard the replies i got from Al at the meet when asking him about the tragic numbers i was getting with his product. you can put ur own statements in here as well. Btw i still owe u some $ for spotting me at the resturant afterwards buddy

 

I am requesting Evolutionm.net to have this thread as a sticky for future EVO owners.

Mhyar

 

Sorry to hop in sooo late....also...haven't been able to read all the posts, so if my question has already been answered here, could you provide perhaps a post number?

My question / commentary: I'm really concerned with the usage of c16 race fuel. If I'm correct, there were a couple of cars at this tune session that had c16 dumped in, and were running on the stock pumpgas settings, hoping to make 'more' power?

If so ... this is an extreme violation of what super-high-octane-race-gas is for. If I were to take a car tuned for say ... 91 and put in c16 without making any ing. advance or fuel settings I wouldn't expect my horsepower ratings to jump, and in fact I would expect them to decrease.

From my sportbike tuning days, the general rule of thumb, was to run fuel that was just high enough in octane to stop detonation, but low enough to light off and burn quickly. For this reason I run 89 in my little V-Twin Suzuki beater. 85 and 87 detonates, and 91 doesn't do me any better than 89.

For those who have the 'magic' c16 added, if the mappings are still tuned for 91, you are of course going to see the same power output or less ... because the EVO computer is smart enough to try to advance the ign. and fueling just a little, but I think the max. the EVO was tuned for was 98 oct. (from the owner's manual).

For this thread, making the 91 oct. better is one thing, but putting in c16 and not making any more power with a fuel and ign. remap is unacceptable.

Thanks,

jcnel.

 

I had the same exact experience with Al. While he was tuning he explained everything that he was doing. I am very knowledgable about cars and he was not blowing smoke up my A$$. I just don't have the time to run a standalone and don't like the idea of piggybacks (or an AFC) that intercept signals to the ECU so if there is a problem the ECU has a delay on the information.

My car feels much better!! My proof is I killed my friends MKIII Supra (T62 equiped) in a thrid gear roll when we used to be door to door and he would pull slightly.

I will admit Al is a little rough around the edges but he seemed like a stand-up guy to me. Even cut me a deal on the flash since I drove up to see him. I am a repeat customer and will go back to Al for any future mods.

 

For curiosity sake, can you tell me when this was? It seems like all the good experiences were in Al's early stages.

To me it seems like he think he is a celeb now, i actually laughed when he called himself "the number 1 reflash tuner in america"

 

Dynoflush??? Thats not fair ....with your exede and larger turbo what kinda power has your car made and what has it ran at the track?

 

Threads like this on here are pretty much pointless. For every one person that says it sucks there is one who has had a good experience. It solves nothing. You get the typical fanboys and nut riders who will bash and support different vendors. Use common sense people no vendor has 100% customer satisfaction.

 

PLZ stay on topic here. I have my dyno sheet all over. Use the search.

 

the only personal attacks ive made against him were truths. I called Al a LIAR and that he is. If you don't want to believe the lies he told me, read the lies he told you. Read the posts he made about me earlier and the things he told other people when their cars were not working.

 

hey, I'm a vishnu guy myself. I've seen alot of guys go from dynoflash to vishnu, or AEM. I'm just saying, when people start making attacks these threads do not last as long.

 

i have great results from him and many others have also...many. If you want 90+% of the potential power out of your car without the problems and expense of standalone and constant tuning (in my previous experience with them on my other cars) and the safety margins of a stock car then i would def. go dynoflash....my .02

 

We are not bashing or supporting any vendors here. We are understanding the truth to a specific product. The fact that the only product offered by Dynoflash is a Dynoflash is not our fault. All the other products he sells on his website are ancillary and are not in question. Only the Dynoflash. And no one ever said other vendors have 100% satisfaction but at least others try to.

The difference here is that every one who has a positive post about Dynoflash says it feels better. That's nice. Compared to what? No flash at all? Well, duh. That, also, is not the issue. Those who actually KNOW the difference between a Dynoflash and something else are dissatisfied. Al's unpleasant and unprofessional demeanor are only icing on the cake. So no, we are not fanboys of anything except the truth, good business ethic and our future EVO tuners.

Also, please notice that not one of us has asked for a refund. We have spent our money on a lesson. One better than any I learned in college. So if I can thank Al for anything, it's a cheap education.

 

Dude there are already like 10 posts on here calling names and sh*t. It's pointless, the number of uninteligent comments grows!

 

Why are you guys expecting such huge gains from a simple ecu reflash. Do you think that you can feel 10-20hp with the butt-dyno? Also, everyone here seems to be concerned with tuning for one big HP peak, no concern for smooth torque or hp curves have been suggested. The general rule of tuning is reliability, useability, power. Everyone here seems to care only about high power figures. Can someone talk about driveability improvements or hinderances?

Just my unbiased two cents.