I know Ecutek is highly regarded as better than UpRev but...

Buzzkill247

All i was really able to parse out the discussions was references to "customizations" better suited to the 7AT. With the upcoming HFC and CBE incoming, I'll be annoying them again for more info as we get closer. I'm gonna take a shot in the dark and guess better fine tuning on the torque pressure, which is what seems to kill 7AT when you shock them ... ?

First was a Miami tuner... forget who
The one I had the most conversation with was Harry at ZFever. Harry was the second one that said ECUTek for 7AT over UpRev, and said it immediately when I asked about tuning having a 7AT.
I also spoke to a "Bob" at Circuit Motorsports, who flat out said he won't do an UpRev on my 7AT - I took that with a bit of skepticism at the time since they are mostly Subaru tuners.
RevWorks (less than a mile from me) was very clear about not even wanting to tune my Z "We do GT-Rs with UpRev and such so ya, no problem with Nissans, but Zs are so finicky" - also a Subaru heavy shop - "We can do ECUTek, but have you tried Harry in Tampa?" (Already spoke to him by this point, but was trying to find closer than 2 hours away) "Your auto really needs someone really good with ECUTek"
Spoke to a few others who weren't adamant, but suggested it - these shops seemed to be more muscle car and truck tuner than Z worthy after convo though

WTF is with the Subaru nuts around here? Seems Z knowledge is only in Miami or Tampa... annoying

Had 3 tuners be very honest with me and say "go elsewhere" nicely - didn't want to do a Z period, and one of them was even a well known Miata tuner