Hi kinda noob towards tuning the car and I'm not planning to DIY. I'm going to take it to my local tuner in a couple weeks I'm just wondering if theres anything I need to know to tune my car right? I want to tune it so my car goes back to 250miles a tank rather than only 200 miles now after I went to AMS turboback and a ARC intake. BTW does it cost $650+ to get a tune? Fact that I live in Canada not much people own evos up here and I read up on the website that a ECU reflash costs $650 + tax on a evo 9 not sure about the 8 which I have.

Thanks.

 

I think Ams only charges about $450 and $225 for addition tunes after that

 

Yea, $650 sounds a little bit high, unless of course you aren't talking about U.S. dollars. Is the TB Exhaust and intake the only things that you have on the car?

 

Why not give Boosted Tuning a shot. The cost is significantly lower - $150 - and the expertise and experience is there.

http://boostedtuning.com/

 

you could work remotely with Mellon Tuning on this forum. He has tuned cars worldwide as far as i know and doesn't cost nearly $650. He has a great track record with tons of positive reviews.

 

I've been to 4 different tuners and 5 different dynos for my Evo. Not once did a tuner ever come close to charging $650. It's usually in the $250-$400 range. And almost all tuners give you a return discount on retunes. Search some more in your area or like suggested above Mellon Tuning. Good luck.

 

FYI If you want to do an email tune. You need a Wideband AEM, or Innovate makes a good one. also you need Evoscan, or Mitsulogger, a laptop, ECUflash, and a tatrix cable.

 

I thought mellon had a cable loan program. Logging and flashing software can be acquired for free. Wideband is a good idea regardless.

 

^Mike, I believe the cable loan program is 4WS however Mellon may have that also. To the op: $650 sounds like way too much for a tune especially from a local shop who may not have much experience with evos. If I were in your situation I would try to remote tune with someone such a Mellon or 4wheelslide etc.

 

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I agree, use someone that knows what they are doing! E-mail tune it with someone reputable or you could always make a little road trip to Washington and go to English Racing.

 

+1 on English Racing.

Was that $650 for an Ecutek flash? Just curious, I remember paying waaaay too much for a Shiv Ecutek flash back in the day. I'm much happier with my regular ER Ecuflash now.

 

$650 a tune?



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Even if that price is CAD, that's still over 600 bucks USD. English racing is only 300 and thats a dyno tune (in person), until they get it right.

I wonder how much you would have to pay in customs fee's to have your ecu shipped to/from Canada to a tuner here in the states? A mail-in-flash could be the way to go if you are having to pay 600+ for a tune.