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Old 02-09-2010, 08:12 PM
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Default Link tuner in the pacific NW?

Any good, link tuners fluent in FM's software int he Pacific NW? I am in Vancouver, BC but am willing to travel a bit for a proper tune.

No, I don't want to tune it myself. It's a track/hillclimb car and I would rather someone else do it. Don't tell me how easy it is, I don't really care...
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Old 02-09-2010, 09:10 PM
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It uses the same tuning principles as most other ecus, so any credible tuner would be able to tune it. I recommend DatalogLab for tuning the LINK since using the keypad is virtually impossible. I think DLL has a 30 day trial, so you could pick it up for the tuner.
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The problem here, is none of the tuners locally want to do it.
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Have you talked to Andre at Pina Motorsports?
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Where is that? And does he have experience?

The one problem I see, is that I don't want to buy the software. I want to drive my car to someone, have them tune it and then leave it alone.
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Just called him. Had a nice conversation about my build and goals and what he thought. Very informative sounds like he knows his stuff for sure. I think I will be going ahead and getting him to tune it up for me.

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I'm impressed that you found someone to tune it, as that ecu is outdated. I would like to mention there's a MS builder and ametuer tuner in bellingham, which is what, 1.5 hrs south? Refering to Wayne Curr btw.
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Andre will take care of you. He is seriously the most knowledgeable person I can think of when it comes to tuning cars.
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I have a MS tuner local to me, but the deal I've found on the LINK is hard to pass.

From talking with him, I feel totally confident that he knows what he is doing. He basically told me don't bring it unless everything is done properly.. fuel system (pump, filter etc), wastegate porting, t-bolt IC piping etc. which I can understand. he said a lot of the time people come for tuning and he ends up having to diagnose a **** load of problems. straight and to the point, which I like. I told him my whole setup and he said with the LINK it will be no problem to hit my goals.
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Originally Posted by curly
I'm impressed that you found someone to tune it, as that ecu is outdated. I would like to mention there's a MS builder and ametuer tuner in bellingham, which is what, 1.5 hrs south? Refering to Wayne Curr btw.
Bellingham is 30mins away. Pina is 1.5hrs.
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