So whos afraid to get a tune?
Who would be affraid to have the car run better? I would be affraid to let my uncle Cleetus tune my car if he didn't know what he was doing, but everyone should get the most out of their car, by getting it tuned from a reputable tuner..... Nice Viper Western man!
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I'm afraid because of warranty reasons. But I might do it anyway just so I can get more out of a tank of fuel. The EVO X runs too damn rich in stock form (to the point where its wasting gas). If the dealer didn't know about an ECU flash I would have already done it.
I'm still untuned. But it's only because, everytime I get the money to get tuned I need the money for something else. I have'nt bought my test pipe yet so I didn't want to tune yet, then I needed a new clutch so, by by test pipe and tune.
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i can understand where your coming from. when Works tune my car it was great and at the same time afraid that something might break. they didnt somewhat around 10 pulls and she was screamin! but at the end it was all worth it.
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I'm definitely being a little puss puss about getting a tune, because of warranty reasons. I think I'll just man up and get one by the end of the summer because of how badass it will make the car.
I threw my first CEL yesterday though, so that made me even more nervous about voiding the warranty...
I threw my first CEL yesterday though, so that made me even more nervous about voiding the warranty...
me cuz i got f-ed on my warrenty on my IX - had to buy a 3800 tcase from shep cuz mistu voided my warrenty cuz i was flashed. not trying to do that again on my brand new car. and no the t-case didnt go out from abuse. the car was daily driven and not raced or launch very often only a few times at the track.
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It still makes an entry log in your ECU letting anyone looking at that table in its database that there has been a modification done. If someone was plugging into the ECU for problems anyways, wouldnt matter if you kept the tune or reflashed to original... it would still be found.
I for one am just waiting for the local shops to get up to tuning speed on the X. They are plenty well versed on the other generations but the X has some things for them to figure out still. Once they get more comfortable and practiced, ill get tuned. Sucks that in CO we can't get an off the shelf tune like Perrin or Buschur due to the altitude.
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It still makes an entry log in your ECU letting anyone looking at that table in its database that there has been a modification done. If someone was plugging into the ECU for problems anyways, wouldnt matter if you kept the tune or reflashed to original... it would still be found.
I for one am just waiting for the local shops to get up to tuning speed on the X. They are plenty well versed on the other generations but the X has some things for them to figure out still. Once they get more comfortable and practiced, ill get tuned. Sucks that in CO we can't get an off the shelf tune like Perrin or Buschur due to the altitude.
I for one am just waiting for the local shops to get up to tuning speed on the X. They are plenty well versed on the other generations but the X has some things for them to figure out still. Once they get more comfortable and practiced, ill get tuned. Sucks that in CO we can't get an off the shelf tune like Perrin or Buschur due to the altitude.
The car just is a little too incomplete without the hp mistubishi left on the table. If you really wanted, you could find a second ECU to use without having to leave any electronic tell-tale (if it exists), but there would still be scratches on the connector to the computer, I'd imagine.
I'm worried about the warranty, but if I ran thru a clutch right away, I wouldn't be trying to scam the dealer out of one. You know as soon as subaru bumps the STI, Mitsu will just tweak a few parameters for 330hp or whatever.
I'm worried about the warranty, but if I ran thru a clutch right away, I wouldn't be trying to scam the dealer out of one. You know as soon as subaru bumps the STI, Mitsu will just tweak a few parameters for 330hp or whatever.