Tuning software overload

Rangerz

I'm very interested in a tune and have read numerous posts and anything I can find on the internet which mostly refers me back here.

I have FI CBE and HFC s on the way and already have K&N drop in installed. I also have FI in mind but, that won't be for sometime. I do have access to a dyno but, figured most of the tuning will be remote tune with me flashing the ECU ect...

What I'm looking for is for my Z to be at the highest performance level with what I have and still have high reliability.

I will be tracking the car occasionaly and have decided upRev and ecuTek look to be the best options.

Any input from those with experiance with either tuning suite is much appreciated.

Thanks

seymore4

Boils down to Uprev, which has been around and reliably tuning 370z's for years, or ECUtek, which just came out with 370z software and claims to be better than Uprev, but with no objective proof, and half the promised features "coming soon"

Dynotronics1

Not really; it boils down to the old standby, or the new technology. Yes Ecutek does not have all of the features right this minute, but for those of us who have tuned with both platforms, there is really no question.

You can get exactly the same results from both suites, but the getting it done is far easier, and more repeatable with EcuTek.

seymore4

I've seen plenty of 370z's tuned well with Uprev.. not sure how ecutek is more "repeatable"

Dynotronics1

Have you used ecutek's suite? Used Uprev? Its would be very difficult to explain the difference if you have not, and not required if you had.

Like I said, you can do the same with both software platforms, its just much much easier with Ecutek

seymore4

I have not used ECUtek yet as I see no reason to spend thousands of dollars for a new, unproven system that does essentially the same thing as Uprev.. but with key features still "under development". I do have plenty of experience tuning with Uprev however and I do not see whats so hard about it.

Japanjay

So since it is easier for the "tuner" to "tune", then I am assuming that price per tune is cheaper since it "shouldn't take as long, being that it is easier and easily repeatable"?

elperuano

You'd think eh?

Dynotronics1

one of the reasons we offer a free lifetime update for your tuning

elperuano

Well said Seymore.

I am still "waiting" for those updates add promised by EcuTek loooooong ago. So for now the only option out there that actually says and does as advertised is Osiris.

xxAGAVExx

Subd. Won't need a tune for a few months, but optimistically awaiting more reviews of ECUtek 😃

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phunk

All the features of the ecutek look appealing to me, but ultimately it's too cost prohibitive and restrictive for me. For the slight extras it has, it's not worth the much greater cost, nor losing the ability to tune the wherever, whenever I wish.

It's just like the old FCON situation with the 350z. Only special hks "pro dealers" could tune it, I was one of them, and the first to use it in the Z. For a brief moment it was the only good option for tuning high power to be reliable in the Z. People resisted it greatly and the moment there was another option, the FCON was immediately forgotten regardless of being a very powerful system even by today's standards. It inevitably becomes a nightmare for the customer. Leaving behind my pro dealership years ago, I still have old customers contacting me asking hopeless questions about how and where to get their car tuned... With no more pro dealers around, FCON users are left with no choice but to purchase a new standalone.

At this point, I am more likely to just pick up a used haltech for under a grand and get more features and be able to tune it myself without investing into being some authorized tuner, or having to get married to one of their dealers so i can tune my car and keep it tuned.

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mag_black

I'm getting tuned w/ UpRev tomorrow. I spoke to a few tuners that use ecutek, and they've said it's costly to get into. So unfortunately for me, I'll be using UpRev because I don't have an option and I don't want to drive too far for a tune.

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