Having Tuner Troubles

[DaveO74]

Hey Guys,

I have been trying to find a tuner that will put the time into my car and I seem to be hitting major brick walls no matter where I turn.

I started a thread in the NSW Section yesterday HERE which I will not type out again but if you have the time have a read.

Anyway my question is do you think that I did myself an injustice by buying an EMU back in late 07 early 08 when PFC's were just too damn hard to get and excessively priced?

I could really do with some advice from the more knowledgable people on these forums so if you have the time and the patience to read my link PLEASE tell me your honest opinions cause it seems that no one wants to touch my car.

Im not really looking for the "Throw that thing in the bin and get a PFC" replies but something tells me i will.

Thanks guys

[paulr33]

you will find they wont know anything about the greddy emanage and cant be bothered learning it

cos it will take longer, more fiddly and other crap, it will just blow out the install and tune labour if they do it

either goto a workshop who has done greddy emanage before or bin it

a powerfc install and tune is bulletproof and many workshops can do it with their eyes closed

the end result is a quick and cheaper install vs something new and something they might not have done before

ie they might charge you double to tune the emanage cos they have to sit there and learn it and take their time vs off the bat, eyes closed with PFC

it all comes down to selecting a setup that is locally supported

its like the super whizz bang HKS FCON, awesome ECU, useless in australia, no one can touch it

and any workshop who wil do it, will charge a gazillion $ cos they have to learn / start from scratch

[DaveO74]

Yeh Im starting to learn this the hard way Paul. I mean there is ONE shop that will tune it in Syd, CRD but thay cant seem to get you out of there quick enough and then your ass feels really sore for the next week..if you know what i mean.

Can you get a PFC nowdays? Expensive?

May not be an option unless I can find a buyer for the EMU as other wise Im out of pocket close to a grand

[paulr33]

yeah PFCs go for $900 2nd hand again on the forums lately

thats for rb25 version with hand controller

i think they were only $1400 when spastics were trying to rape the market

its a bit like real estate agents, just crank the price and keep cranking it up

then have a wah 2 months later when the market is toast and everyone cant afford it

yeah id sell the emu and just get a PFC or something locally supported

the other issue is if you get the EMU done at CRD

and you have problems, you can only goto CRD, no one else can tune/fix it

so yuo are stuck with their service, support, pricing and timeframes

much eaier if you have a dozen workshops to choose from