Ahh ok. Oh another thing is, since I planned on using e85,
Eugene said it might not be a good idea for a remote tune because the ethanol knock is different and comes on faster,

but Hal said to me fuel does not matter for remote tuning.

But I like the sound of Eugene, he sounds extremly knowledgeable.

Don't make this any more difficult than it needs to be. Seb is get props through out North America for a reason. Various shops from Canada to the East Coast of the US because he has mad skill. Hal at Dynasty is a solid choice. I would go with Seb just because I am bias...he has been tuning and working on my car for over five years. I have the first production Fast Intentions twin turbo kit installed 4.5 years ago and Seb did the install and I can't tell you how many tunes along the way. I have driven my car harder than most will boosted or not and after 30K miles boosted she runs as strong or stronger than she did when Seb and I started this journey. Just so you know I am not sponsored by Specialty Z or anyone for that matter but support him because of his work and more because we have become close friends.

Good luck and welcome to the boosted family. You won't be able to quit grinning once you get your ride dialed in.

Not sponsored but you get special parking Bob.

Yes, I do! I on the friends and family plan. LOL

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Isn't this something you should have figured out before you started buying stuff?

I know Seb is well known around here and there's no doubt you'd probably be happy with his tune.

Because of that, I would say try Eugene first -- the person with a Masters' in Computer Science, and who also works for one of the top American Aerospace engineering companies.

Think about it. Your ECU is a computer, wouldn't you want to try someone that has a masters' in computer science to tune your car / work on that part of it?

If anything, I would trust pretty much anyone with a masters' or higher in Computer Science engineering who also is deemed a Master ECUTek Tuner, and works for a top notch engineering company.

That's just my .02 cents though.

And if you don't like his tune, then write a review about it and let people know why you don't like it. That goes for anyone you get a tune from though, that way others can know about your experience with that person.

And then just go straight to Seb who you know can be trusted by various recommendations on here by various people!

I believe Sebz tune is $200 after all the gear is purchased, so it isn't much to be honest.

Give "ByThaBay" a call / text him.

He has very fast response times, as others have said; one of the reasons why Seb is very good is because his response times is very fast.
Well, so is ByThaBay's response time.

Text him, Email him, Facebook him, and he will also respond very quickly.

Good luck!

Go with Seb. It's great to have a degree in something but the school of hard knocks is very hard to beat. Seb learned from Greg from what I hear and he is the best 300zxtt tuner who has been doing this for a long long time. The experience coming out of the Specialty Z shop is amazing and it shows in their work. The customer service is also top notch. I am not sure about anyone else.

On a side note: I wonder how many 370z's Seb has tuned? NA, Supercharged, Turbo's, Ecuteck, UpRev, etc? I wonder if he keeps count.

Yes I did have it figured out, but if u want to know my story. The chosen tuner who was suppose to do this was local to me, when he recieved my car after the building part was complete, he has looked at the ECU and said wow, lots of work and basically has to figure everything out on his own because there is no other support for this platform down here.

So I told him I will just get a remote tune from one of the beastly Master tuners abroad.

And yes I do favor and have absolute faith in Seb todo this job aswell as others on here. But the best I will be able to get from him is a road tune, data logging etc. There won't be any real time dyno remote tune from him because of the huge time difference between us.

I am guessing there is stil no real harm in having the road tune from him for my target of 500whp?

On the other hand, Eugene would be more likely able to give me a real time remote dyno tune I think, because our communication has been through all times of the day with each other when the workshops over here are open.

Yay. So glad you decided to reach out to Eugene!!!
He won't let you down. Thats for sure. And if he does, tell us about it. But if he makes you happy, tell us about that!

The thing I love about Eugene is that he won't leave details out. He wants you to make sure you understand what is going into your tune. He will educate you on what is going into YOUR car, and he will tell you things like it is -- both good and bad to the best of his knowledge.

He doesn't know every answer but, he is one of the most open book and transparent, knowledgeable tuners I know of so far.

If there is something wrong or if he feels something won't go right, he will tell you straight up.

And his communication is amazing for the people he works with. As you already experienced.
Seb is also amazing too when it comes to communication.

Let us know how it turns out with Eugene after all is said and done

Yep exactly, the way eugene explains everything is great, but also a bit too technical for me lol nevertheless I feel like I can trust him. But I don't think he is too keen on doing the whole remote tune for me by the sounds of it, I think he will only setup a good base tune for my local tuner for him to take over and complete the tuning, I think thats how he has it planned out for me. But he did say he can take over and help my tuner to make the adjustments etc.

So I am tossing up between that, or just getting a whole remote tune from seb via e-mail, data logging etc.

He probably has his reasons for doing so.
Its difficult for him to do his best when he cannot physically see your car and drive it for revisions and such.
But yes, he can definitely be trusted.

True as it may be -- he is not a well known tuner for the 370z and G37s, but I strongly believe once he gets the experience in combination with his current top notch knowledge about ECU systems and software programming, code writing in general, he is able to become one of the best known tuners in America.

Thats my thoughts!

Have you made a decision yet?


Ps: just because i can code java doesn't mean i can tune cars - which has a lot more physics knowledge involved. But surely the skills which you need for programming (esp professionally for large companies with complex systems) help you to analyze and solve complex situations.

Hi yes I have made a decision. I have gone with Sebs E-tune. I appreciate the help Eugene offered me, but I felt like he was doing it out of charity for me which is great but I wanted a full service service to get my car going. That is why I chose Sebastian, but I have no doubt Eugene could have been just as good option if only I had asked him for a full service.

Anyways, I have the base tune loaded from Seb and it ran fairly smoothly for my 1hr drive home with it. Temps and AFR seemed good. Will start doing some data-logging in the next few days for it.

I am excited!

I am currently working with Seb as well. Just waiting for a cable to come in and hopefully get a base tune flashed. I have the Stillen S.C. on a 350z HR, so I'm using UpRev.

Why did you not go with Ecutek? They support 350Z don't they?