Its not always just about which tuner can give you the most performance, you also need to consider the fact that the IX ecu is quite differnt from the VIII in that it runs on more maps depending on situation and MIVEC. The question is who can improve the car overall...

 

It's sad when the uninformed based the merit of a product solely on price. If you looked at the advantages the Ecutek flashing system has over the Techtom system, you'd see that the one-time $300 is well justified. If anyone wants to compare our IX reflash to any other reflash out there, we can make it happen. God the internet is such a rotten place to gather information.

Shiv

 

if i wanted a stand alone i would def buy the xede...but how can u justify spending another 450$...i dont mind spending the money on a quality product...hence why im driving an evo, not an srt4 even though they are very comparable....its the few extra's the that evo has (awd, better interior, acd, suspension, better looks) that helped me decied the evo..and the 10k more is well worth it...ya dig?

 

I live in Southern Cali, and i've actually heard alot of bad things about dynoflash... ALOT of bad things. Most people out here call it dynoflush. But if it is just the mail in flash, it might not be that different. But when it comes to dynoflash's tuning, ive heard alot of pretty bad things.

 

Gimme a break...

I've heard, I've heard. If you don't know anything, don't post. Hearsay from a bunch of competitors and enemies means nothing. You just happen to live in the anti-Dynoflash zone.

 

IMO from what I have read and heard- Dynoflash is the man for mail in flashes. A large client base(leads to accurate and safe flashes) and good price makes a hard to beat product. Although a lot of people dislike his tuning days in that they feel he rushed through the car and didn't make the graph smooth enough, and his personality appears to clash with quite a few people. Shiv's results for Ecutek speak for themselves. The Ecutek offers greater adjustability and the Ecutek company has legally taken the Mitsubishi ECU and broken it down, which is why it has more variable to change and is more expensive. Ecutek is minimum of $650 the first time,liscencing, then cheaper down the road for retunes. Ecutek and Xede are completely different things.

 

everybody has good and bad experiences...in the end everything is correctable.....if i were doing a custom flash then i would definetly go the ecutek route, but this is going to be a one time thing.. my goal is to be in the 11's on pump gas (93), so i dont need to tweak it to the max to do that...i hope

 

Care to back up your claims with good hard evidence? If not...then your post is pointless...

 

 

Don't bother getting a mail in flash no Evo is created equal! You should really try and go straight to a tuner even if it takes an all day trip to do it, its worth it and its safer for your car

 

Why would you say that? Tons of people have mail-in flashes. I ran 12.26 with mine. Driving all day just to get tuned is not necessary in the least. Safety is not an issue, because the mail-in Dynoflashes (don't know about others) are kept on the conservative side.

 

ok, the dynoflash has a pump gas map and a race gas map right? how do you switch them? i think dynoflash is going to be the way i go but i just had this one question

 

speaking from experience i would go with dyno flash. al tuned my 03 3 times because of add. upgrades not that it came out bad. the car ran fantastic and never missed a beat the entire time i had it. i traded it in at medina for an 06 BR 350 IX #005. it had 22.5k miles on it and they gave me 21.5 on the trade. as for the BR it is a SILKY SMOOTH BEAST that has no reason being this quick and fast for a car this quiet (just the way i like it). i,m not putting down any other tuner i,m just speaking from experience and wouldnt let anyone tune my car but big AL.

 

Acutally I'll have to agree with Wurlytalon on this one. The mail-in flashes I have seen here in Norcal in the last year or so from dynoflash have been pretty darn good for the price if you match it correctly with what you tell dynoflash you have mod wise.

now, the road tunes are in another thread...

 

One advantage to the Ecutek is the ability to use smaller increments in the tuning maps. The techtom only allows 1 degree increments where I think the Ecutek is .1. This gives the Ecutek the ability to fine tune your setup for more power. Of course, both are only as good as the guy tuning them.