Moving to LA in ten days. I want to get retuned when I get there, due to altitude difference and availability of a professional tuner.

I know both are very good and reputable tuners for our platform, which makes my decision hard. Trying to find tuner for the future, when I add my stock trim turbo upgrade. BBX or Red as of right now

Gonna be in San Fernando Valley, so just a tad further to HB Speed, but who cares.

I know RRE does ECUtech so it will cost $750, while HB Speed only charges $400.

What is my benefit from ECUtech over ECUflash?

Give me reasons to go either way. Constructive comments are welcome.

Thank you,

Chris

 

you should go to socalevo.net to get more feedback. I believe there are more options than the 2 you spoke of that will be in driving distance.

 

From the two I would go with road race but like stated above there are other Tuners liket Reese tuning, luney tuned tuning technologies and many more but yeah check out socalevo.net

 

I would go to looney tuning or road race engineering and I believe rre does tuning without ecutek to lower the cost but I could be wrong

 

HB or RRE or GST..

no particular order.

all good choices..

 

RRE charges less than 750 for tuning, but it is not ECUTEk. They have service charges posted on socalevo.net as well. Check it out, I have nothing but nice things to say about them.

 

I would say go to RRE. They've always treated me well and they're a great shop and their tunes are strong and reliable. Plus they seem willing to stay open odd hours to accomodate folks.

You can pretty much get tuned by anyone here in So Cal for $400 (ECUflash). Tons of places to choose from but RRE would get my vote.

And I would say just go with ECUflash. If your future build is big and complex then maybe ECUtek may be worthwhile, but for now ECUflash is just fine.

PM if you have any other questions...I've had 2 Evo 8's and have been tuned by RRE (dyno tune), Tuning Tech (dyno tune), Looney Tuning (road tune), and C-Spec Tuning (dyno tune) over the past several years and misc builds, so I have plenty of experience with all of their tunes and service work.

 

Hey, just checkout socalevo and read up on the tuners.

 

RRE for sure...not even close

 

Rre

 

RRE also does ECUflash. Great group of guys there. Mike W. will take as long as necessary to get everything perfect.

 

just got tuned by hb speed about a month ago....i was in same boat..hb speed owns and races evo x's...they have most expetience with evo x..which is why i drove from san diego,ca to fountain valley,ca to get tuned....customer service was excellent!!! highly recommend hb speed!!

 

great information thank you.

 

RRE gets my vote. I drove from Monterey, CA to get tuned by Mike W. He stayed open WAY past normal business hours for my custom tune. BTW, just be aware that RRE uses a Dynapack dyno with is a hub-mounted dyno. So if that matters....

But either way, Mike will give you a safe, and reliable tune if that's what you want.
They are also the tuner of choice for one of Modified Mag's Evo Xs.

Otherwise, GST up in NorCal.

 

We have tuned over 160 Evo X, have one of the fastest street tire time attack Evo x in the Country, even RRE's tuned cars cant come close.....

Mike @ RRE is a good dude and will do a great job on the car, just as we will.