Street Tune opinions

dc2GS-R

Super Moderator
That's why you DIY! lol

It takes awhile to get used to. A DSM buddy of mine started showed me the ropes of reading datalogs and making proper adjustments a long time ago. It takes some patience and guidance if you've never done it. It's definetly something to go jump head first in alone if you've never done it. You'll want someone be your side to help you
 

patrick4588

Integra God
dc2GS-R said:
That's why you DIY! lol

It takes awhile to get used to. A DSM buddy of mine started showed me the ropes of reading datalogs and making proper adjustments a long time ago. It takes some patience and guidance if you've never done it. It's definetly something to go jump head first in alone if you've never done it. You'll want someone be your side to help you
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dc2GS-R

Super Moderator
Yeah. OOOOOOPS! :lol:

That could have been bad

It's definetly NOT something to go jump head first in alone if you've never done it
 


end005

New Member
thanks guys. even if I was to do the street tune, I trust the guy..and i'll be driving. he'll be sitting on the passenger side, tuning.

nonetheless, I did a complete tune up, valve adjustments, etc and now my car runs flawlessly. my brother in law drove my car down to the gas station and is convinced he needs to now buy a gsr now. I'm just going to do a full tune later on this winter.

and yeah, i wish I knew how to tune myself that way, the need to depend on someone else tuning your car and $$ issues will never be a problem.
 

Aussie

Zoom-Zoom
If you buy an s300 you can upload pre-existing maps or someone could even email you a map for your setup and you can upload it that way. There is really nothing better out right now.
 


tenshi_R

luxury integra driver
so how is tuning the car yourself is different from street tuning?
i know a guy that tunes airplane turbo engines for living and also does cars so you wouldnt trust him to tune your car?
lets see:
tuning yourself: spend few years to learn how to tune, by that time you are tired of the car and get a better car and forget all about tuning.
let someone else tune it:
someone else that already has experience in tuning( and has tuned many cars, knows more tricks)
pay him for his time that he spent tuning your car, be done with it. and drive your car.

hmm lets see which is better:)
 
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Aussie

Zoom-Zoom
tenshi_R said:
so how is tuning the car yourself is different from street tuning?
i know a guy that tunes airplane turbo engines for living and also does cars so you wouldnt trust him to tune your car?
lets see:
tuning yourself: spend few years to learn how to tune, by that time you are tired of the car and get a better car and forget all about tuning.
let someone else tune it:
someone else that already has experience in tuning( and has tuned many cars, knows more tricks)
pay him for his time that he spent tuning your car, be done with it. and drive your car.

hmm lets see which is better:)
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No one was comparing street tuning and doing it yourself. I think street tuning sucks. Really though, what the hell does tuning airplane motors matter when it comes to tuning a car. Who gives a shit? It took me about 1 day to figure out how to tune air/fuel mixtures, which is about all they do on a street tune so I feel sorry for the dumb-ass that it took three years to figure out. I guess they should take it to a professional. The whole point to this thread was that street tuning sucks and is a piss poor way to run a business of tuning cars.
 

tenshi_R

luxury integra driver
because some airplanes use subaru turbo motors. and thats what he does
what i was wondering how does tuning your self differ from what an experienced street tuner would do?
how do you think they started?
would you tune someone's car for free if u knew how to do it?
dont think so. they take money in exchange for their knowledge, simple...( some people have more money than time on their hands so they choose to pay someone else) for the rest of us its personal choice how you want to spend your time.
 

Aussie

Zoom-Zoom
Your still missing the point, we brought up self tuning because it's a cheaper option and fairly simple on hondas, and it will produce the same results as paying someone else to do it. YES by all means if you can, go to a tuner with a chassis dyno and pay them but I don't think paying someone to street tune your car is worth it. I think you should read the whole thread before you start posting.
 

tenshi_R

luxury integra driver
i get the point.clearly and im not arguing against DIY tuning thats how those people learned to tune in the first place. BUT from your threads it seems like you have alot more knowledge about engine work in general. so its like asking a math teacher to explain you the problem and he says to you. damn bro its so simple look what i can solve it in 2 minutes...
my point was without engine+electric basics its alot harder to grasp the concepts of tuning yourself.
and that guy looks like he has more going on than spending days on the road learning to tune the car.

my point was in simple words: you have to know how much your time is worth and then choose if you want to pay someone else and get it done quickly and go on with your business or spend much more time but dont pay anything.
 
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