well i have an 03 evo and a couple of my friends have some too but recently three of my friends got a reflash from dynoflash and like two weeks later both of my friends blew the engine and the other bent a rod so i was wondering is it cause they drove hard all day or is it cause its not safe cause am thinking of getting a reflash just want some opinions thanks guysundefinedundefined

 

whhaaaaaaaaat

 

I've never had any problems with my flash, re-flash, or re-re-flash from Mark at TT. I know Al has had great success with his flashes also...maybe they just beat the crap out of their cars.

 

I think its all in the tune, tune safety is determinded by the experience of the tuner.
get a tune from a known EVO tuner or from one of the big EVO performance companies and itd be allright

 

I had baseline Dynoflash about 2 months ago. No problems so far, but it runs a little rich but it did stock too. Pulls a lot harder up and into redline. Hard shifts will pop out a flame. I know like 5 people who have dynoflash and runs good for them too. I need to get it on the dyno to see how a/f is but it feels good.

Mods are Baseline Dynoflash / TurboXS 3" tbe with cat del / Hallman Evo RX @ 20-21 PSI / K&N kone filter / Koyo Radiator

 

this is the first time i have ever heard about any problems with a reflash.

CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

were your friends doing some extended track racing when they had the engine failures?

i remember reading a post somewhere (i thought it was a sticky on here but i don't see it now) that talked about tuning your car for road racing vs tuning for drag strip. that post basically talked about how road racing requires a tune that may be more conservative because the car is running at WOT for extended periods (unlike a drag race).

the guy wrote the post because he killed his motor doing some road racing and he was told that the tuning he had done was partly to blame. i don't know what tune that guy had when his engine died.....

 

maybe they forgot to shift, the flash gets rid of rev limit

 

Say what? It's only supposed to raise it...if it gets rid of it completely, then that's a mistake.

 

so what do you guys think is it worth it getting it re-flashed are there any cons to hte re-flash

 

Flashes are well-known and well-liked. They are great for people who don't want to do their own tuning and who want things like a raised rev limit, removed fuel cut, removed boost taper, increased (static) boost, and better AFRs for more hp. The downside is once it's set, it's set...you have to pay more to get it re-flashed if you get additional mods. It doesn't allow you to tune on your own according to changes in atmospherics, octane, and/or boost levels...to some, this isn't an issue.

 

yea i had mine Custom tuned by Al and raised my boost into 21 psi on 93 octane.

My guess on your freinds cars are as follows:

1. They put unleaded 87 octane in the car by mistake
2. Bad gas from same gas station.. (seeing how it was all your freinds)
3. They have a MBC and its tuned way to high for boost
4. Complete and utter moron idiot drivers who don't know how to handle a nice motor


Im sure there could be some other stuff to make this happen...... but i cant think of many thats for sure.

 

rev limiter is just raised to i think 7500. Its still there though. Also, I think his story is BS.

 

well, if this is the case, im gonna hold off for abit. money for a new motor isnt easy to come by.

 

Ive seen 8500 on my tach...