I have my car at a tuner and they said I needed to provide the tuning software. I gave them ECUFlash with EVO Scan. I got a call from the tuner saying the car won't connect to the program and all the sudden the car turned off and now it won't go over 3k. What could be going wrong? He is unsure what would have casued this. Any help please?

 

Get a different tuner,he obviously doesn't know what he's doing.

 

Yep I agree, you have to set evoscan up and tell it what kind of car it is etc. Get the car from them and take it to someone who actually knows something or go etune.

 

sounds like valet is enabled, hold the accelerator down until you see the MIL light flash, and then start the car

 

This isn't a tuner, don't trust a guy that doesn't even have the software for this!

 

This. Find someone reputable.

 

If you need to provide the software to a "tuner" you shouldn't take your car there.

 

From everything I read the company itself is great. He primarily tunes GT-R's and Sti's along with some Porsche's. One guy locally has had his S4, Silverado, and some other daily driver tuned by him as well and he said everything he has done is amazing. The owner of the shop said they have tuned maybe 2 or 3 EVO's so far though and they were X's it sounds like because he said they all used COBB tuning and if I am correct I dont think they have that for the 8's.

Either way, he spoke with ECUFlash or something he said and the program was not right for the cable so they had to switch the program version. He said the car runs perfect and the Check Engine light is gone but he couldn't find anything that would be causing the Knock Sensor to go off randomly. The only conclusion he came up with is the clutch bc it is a HORRIBLE twin disk. LOTS of chatter and very rough in general. He said by far the worst clutch he has ever driven. he said there was no option to just turn the knock sensor off. He also looked into an ABS light I am having but he said EVOScan wouldn't tell him anything about what the issue was there so he tried his own scanner and it was telling him all 4 wheel sensors are bad. He told me, if I dont want to pay him to, to try back probing or pin testing each one. Have to be honest, not sure how to go about doing that and what is needed to do so. Might just have to pay him to do it as well.

Its good to know that the guy I bought it from told me the car had an unplugged ABS sensor and a unplugged O2 sensor and that was the reason for the lights and if I plug them back in, bc he did not have time...riiight, that it would be good to go........next car purchase I am going to be WAY more picky.

 

Actually, found this for the ABS. Guess I have some tests to run:

http://www.evoscan.com/manuals/Evo9/GR00002900-35B.pdf

 

+1

Get a proper tuner.

 

I tuned 3sgte before owning an evo and this is way different. If he's new to ecuflash, tephra and 4g63, maybe he has some knowledge but it taked time to transfer for me.

 

See, this guy has no idea about tuning EVOs. The knock sensor can be totally adjusted and tuned off if needed.

Get a new tuner.

 

+1, seriously enough said DarkEvo... You cannot know how to tune cars, you can know how to tune a specific car.

 

Ok, well he is done with it either way now so if there is a way to post info on it, since he gives me the tune back, ill put it on here for review. If something is off Ill take it elsewhere

 

I see your in STL..who did you take it too?