who would you guys recommend for a tune?

[Civicn33b]

Looking for some input from you guys on where I should take my car to get it "tuned"...
Its an 06 civic SI, but since we have no offerings from hondata yet i am stuck with the emanage ultimate, so it needs to be somebody very familiar with this simple platform...

the only thing with the emanage on my platform is that its basically limited to fuel and ignition adjustments, so it would be a fairly straight foward tune for someone who knew what they were doing to pull the most potential outta this kit via emanage ultimate.

Because it is sooo very limited I cant see it taking very very long either, what are some of these shops rates per hour on the dyno around atl?


thanks in advance for your input

[xs042]

LETHAL INJECTION!!!!! Dave.

[Axix23]

ed @ balanced peformance....

[TheShortBus]

batlground- 140 per hour

[Nismo]

LETHAL INJECTION!!!!! Dave.


2x

[helcat17]

main streem

[jaystar]

ed @ balanced peformance....

heard about these ppl how r they

[AnthonyF]

ed @ balanced peformance....x2

[Civicn33b]

damn everyone has differing opinions haha...
A buddy of mine had some seriously HOT :goodjob: issues from lethal so I dunno.

can anybody offer any reasoning based on my application behind their opinion?

[tenn69]

sccott at mainstream he does an very good kob an its 140 an hour but its worth it

[Civicn33b]

anyone else cmon i thought we had a good thing going

[patrick4588]

scotty @ mainstream or ed @ balanced. both will do a great tune

[VickNotic]

x2

x3

[mitch lab]

wow prices went up on tuning..I remember it used to be 125 an hour

[Vteckidd]

Mainstream has been $140 an hour for at least 4 years

Balanced has always been $150/hour for as long as i can remember

Batlground has been $130-140 an hour for as long as i can remember

Topspeed is $160 for AWD an i think $140 for 2wd

125 hour may have been 5+ years ago, or its for an AFC which is always cheaper than a fuel or ignition computer.

[pebojelly]

Steve Petty from Proline in Ackworth

Listen @ 3.20 when they mention Mr Petty on Vid 1
Steve along with Tim Lynch have set numerous records with their Outlaw 10.5 car. Steve is the key element in the tuning and setup of their record setting twin turbo combination. He is well known across the racing world for his knowledge with turbo engines and the ultimate combination for record setting performances.

Vid 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4FDDUACgHc)
Vid 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T3RZCI0KPo&feature=related)


http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k218/ikillforhavik/di-cover-april2008.jpg

[Axix23]

you get what you pay for... BTW, if you have a Civic, I would just wait for Hondata Kpro to come out and don't bother wasting your money on tuning the e-manage.. Are you running the Greddy Turbo kit with your SI?

[Batlground]

Steve Petty from Proline in Ackworth

Listen @ 3.20 when they mention Mr Petty on Vid 1
Steve along with Tim Lynch have set numerous records with their Outlaw 10.5 car. Steve is the key element in the tuning and setup of their record setting twin turbo combination. He is well known across the racing world for his knowledge with turbo engines and the ultimate combination for record setting performances.

Vid 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4FDDUACgHc)
Vid 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T3RZCI0KPo&feature=related)


http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k218/ikillforhavik/di-cover-april2008.jpg



LOL....do you have any idea what it cost to have petty tune your car?

We aren't talking about tuning a 200k dollar racecar here.

Matt

[mr.koupe]

scotty @ mainstream. quick, knowledgeable, and friendly.will do business again in the future. i have had my personal car done through him and sent 3 of my friends his way and all of us were very satisfied with the time spent and tune.

[B_Hoov]

ed @ balanced peformance....


x2

[pebojelly]

This is the only good one I know.

LOL....do you have any idea what it cost to have petty tune your car?

We aren't talking about tuning a 200k dollar racecar here.

Matt

[TehHakingS14]

Lethal Injection has some good tuning skills mane, i recomend them for anyone.

[MistaCee]

Don't waste your money tuning the emanage.

[iNsTuN nOoDoH]

x2

Balance Performance x6

The other tuners are pretty good too, but I would probably choose Ed for his Honda knowledge. I've seen and heard power extracted more with his tuning... no offense to the others. Negative side to him is the waiting list, unless you got inside connections.

[THEONE]

sccott at mainstream he does an very good kob an its 140 an hour but its worth it

yup scotty is the man. got me 200hp to the wheels with 7psi when i had my zc ef hatch. it ran so awesome i traded it and the guy that got it from me had it tuned again by him and made 210 whp with 8psi.i never had one problem or anything oh and he chipped the ecu with turbo edit i think or chrome i forget and was done in under an hour with the tune. i paid him for the full hour it was worth it. if i get back into imports im gonna go right back to him and mainstream.

[eraser4g63]

mainstream.

[chrisdohck]

yup scotty is the man. got me 200hp to the wheels with 7psi when i had my zc ef hatch. it ran so awesome i traded it and the guy that got it from me had it tuned again by him and made 210 whp with 8psi.i never had one problem or anything oh and he chipped the ecu with turbo edit i think or chrome i forget and was done in under an hour with the tune. i paid him for the full hour it was worth it. if i get back into imports im gonna go right back to him and mainstream.


Scotty is the guy i just got my ecu chipped with a simple base map for my d16z6 turbo build in my hatch and lets just say i cant wait to see wat it can do after he tunes it :goodjob:

[-S Double C-]

dont go to batlground my buddies car runs like ****. They didnt do any part throttle tuning or did they tune on low cam and dis engauge vtec. Scotty at mainstream all the way. The **** he pulled off on my girls boosted car was AMAZING! :eek:

[SPOOLIN]

dont go to batlground my buddies car runs like ****. They didnt do any part throttle tuning or did they tune on low cam and dis engauge vtec. Scotty at mainstream all the way. The **** he pulled off on my girls boosted car was AMAZING! :eek:

did he pay for the part throttle tuning because usually thats not standard?

Scotty with Main Stream won't let a car leave without part throttle tuning before hand unless the customer insist, it's just a lot better on both parties. Take it to Scotty. He tunes all of my setups and always does it just how i want it. As far as prices, don't like it? ...tune it yourself and see how far you get.

[Batlground]

dont go to batlground my buddies car runs like ****. They didnt do any part throttle tuning or did they tune on low cam and dis engauge vtec. Scotty at mainstream all the way. The **** he pulled off on my girls boosted car was AMAZING! :eek:


Which car was that? I'm going to assume he brought the car in with problems...and he probably didn't want to pay to get them fixed.

I'm currently booking Dans tuning schedule about a month out...so he must be pretty good or at least he has tricked everyone for the last 7 years into thinking he is good.

H&M has a 650whp Honda on our dyno right now that they thought Dan was good enough to tune. TK Motorsports just left with a 600whp SRT4 that they seemed to be happy with, I wish I had time to post every high hp tune that Dan does...but honestly we are to busy for that.

I'm sure tuning Chrome is some art that Dan just hasn't mastered yet....I mean there were 8 cars in the shop last night when I left and 7 of them had AEMs in them....Ill have to see if I can get him some help with the chipped ECUs

I'm not trying to be a smart ass or a ****, I just want people to understand that every story you hear on the net isn't always true.

If anyone would like to to get tuned we are open 5 days a week M-F, I answer the phone every time it rings unless I'm on the other line or out of the office, you will always get me. Ill be happy to discuss your need with you. We do all that is reasonable to help our customers out. We do our best to make our customers tuning experience a memorable one.

If you have any questions please feel free to email me as I don't get to check the forums that often.

Thanks and I hope we get a chance to earn your business.

Matt

[eraser4g63]

^^That was probably the most mature rebuttle i have read on IA in a very long time when it comes to defending your self ( not You particularly just a general statement.)

[SleeperWRX]

ed @ balanced peformance....

best fukin tuner in GA

[-S Double C-]

did he pay for the part throttle tuning because usually thats not standard?

Scotty with Main Stream won't let a car leave without part throttle tuning before hand unless the customer insist, it's just a lot better on both parties. Take it to Scotty. He tunes all of my setups and always does it just how i want it. As far as prices, don't like it? ...tune it yourself and see how far you get.

exactly scotty does it all in one and it took them 2 and half hours and it still breaks up on full throttle.

[-S Double C-]

It was the k24/k20 boosted hatch that made 409whp and 322 on 12lbs. He had no issues at all his first tune. The he came back for part throttle and to touch up some things on top end and all Dan did was try and fix the top end. Not saying Dan is a bad tuner but he needs to stick to other cars other then honda's cause it a whole different game tuning them

[Batlground]

It was the k24/k20 boosted hatch that made 409whp and 322 on 12lbs. He had no issues at all his first tune. The he came back for part throttle and to touch up some things on top end and all Dan did was try and fix the top end. Not saying Dan is a bad tuner but he needs to stick to other cars other then honda's cause it a whole different game tuning them

That car had mechanical boost creep. We did not build the car, so we can't be responsible for mechanical boost creep. No amount of tuning will take away boost creep. Your car was on the dyno for two hours and Dan gave you a discount off of the normal 140 an hour. Normally if a car is on the dyno its 140 hour even if we are fixing mechanical problems. We generally have two tuning appointments a day so if we can't tune a car because another one is having problems then its costing us money.

Like I said at the shop I'm sorry your car has problems, we are more than willing to fix them for you but its not going to be for free, this isn't a hobby to us its work....mind you it is work we enjoy but at the end of the day it still has to pay the mortgage.

If you feel like you were done wrong you are more than welcome to call me at the shop and discuss it.

Matt

[Thundercat]

JOHN VEGA... phearable.net (http://www.phearable.net)

[-S Double C-]

JOHN VEGA... phearable.net (http://www.phearable.net)

JOHN VEGA FOR THE MOTHER ****ING WIN!!!!!!

[-S Double C-]

That car had mechanical boost creep. We did not build the car, so we can't be responsible for mechanical boost creep. No amount of tuning will take away boost creep. Your car was on the dyno for two hours and Dan gave you a discount off of the normal 140 an hour. Normally if a car is on the dyno its 140 hour even if we are fixing mechanical problems. We generally have two tuning appointments a day so if we can't tune a car because another one is having problems then its costing us money.

Like I said at the shop I'm sorry your car has problems, we are more than willing to fix them for you but its not going to be for free, this isn't a hobby to us its work....mind you it is work we enjoy but at the end of the day it still has to pay the mortgage.

If you feel like you were done wrong you are more than welcome to call me at the shop and discuss it.

Matt

HAHAHA This is the funiest thing i seen all day. What does part throttle tuning half to do with boost creep. 8 outta 10 your not in boost while loping around town or on the highway :???:

[Batlground]

HAHAHA This is the funiest thing i seen all day. What does part throttle tuning half to do with boost creep. 8 outta 10 your not in boost while loping around town or on the highway :???:

You didn't want to pay for the two hours of tuning you got, If you would like to stop back by Ill be happy to have Dan put it on the dyno for another hour and tune the part throttle. It won't be free though.

[SpoolBus]

Some shiznit never changes :rolleyes:

[93H22ACX]

Ed from Balanced Performance has always tuned my cars and all of my friends cars....

I would recommend him over anyone.

[Big J]

this is why I tune myself, MAF cars FTW, speed density NA to FI conversions FTL

[revsk8erdude]

Steve Petty from Proline in Ackworth

Listen @ 3.20 when they mention Mr Petty on Vid 1
Steve along with Tim Lynch have set numerous records with their Outlaw 10.5 car. Steve is the key element in the tuning and setup of their record setting twin turbo combination. He is well known across the racing world for his knowledge with turbo engines and the ultimate combination for record setting performances.

Vid 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4FDDUACgHc)
Vid 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T3RZCI0KPo&feature=related)


http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k218/ikillforhavik/di-cover-april2008.jpg

i dont know the steve petty guy, but my best firends brother in law (eric dillard) owns proline, and they so some incredable work. BUT WHATEVER YOU DO! DO NOT USE TURBO DAVE!! that dude will rip you off out your mothers a$$hole.

i would stay away from mainstream as well.... they dont like working with DISTRIBUTORS for some reason....

[patrick4588]

stay away from mainstream? scotty does there tuning and thats a first for bad comment towards him. well there is a sticky in the FI section now for shops.

[revsk8erdude]

it has nothing to do with "scotty", whoever the hell he is. all i can say is, ill let a group of 6 yr olds work on my car before mainstream/mike/Mr. KiDD sees it agian.

[twinj]

Damn why you say that^^

[pebojelly]

Eric and Doug both own proline.

Steeve is Tim Lynch's tuner on his Outlaw car.
Steeve works @ Proline bro,lol.

You must not know them to well.

http://www.prolineraceengines.com/


i dont know the steve petty guy, but my best firends brother in law (eric dillard) owns proline, and they so some incredable work. BUT WHATEVER YOU DO! DO NOT USE TURBO DAVE!! that dude will rip you off out your mothers a$$hole.

i would stay away from mainstream as well.... they dont like working with DISTRIBUTORS for some reason....

[Vteckidd]

it has nothing to do with "scotty", whoever the hell he is. all i can say is, ill let a group of 6 yr olds work on my car before mainstream/mike/Mr. KiDD sees it agian.
LOL

He had this CRX put together using HIS PARTS at mainstream when i was there like 2 or 3 years ago. It made 350whp with a stock b16. Kid took it, never heard from him again, then like a year later he pops up on IA talking trash.

I never worked on his car, and it was put together with parts he supplied, and we got the car in half ass torn apart shape.

IIRC this isnt even the original owner, the original owner was ADAM. This kid is th guy that bought it from ADAM, so i dont even know who he is.

[Vteckidd]

http://www.importatlanta.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132891&page=2&pp=20

READ THAT THREAD. REVS8kRDUDE OR WHATEVER is an idiot, hes never even met anyone at mainstream or turbo dave. He bought a car from someone that had work done at mainstream .

[green91]

it has nothing to do with "scotty", whoever the hell he is. all i can say is, ill let a group of 6 yr olds work on my car before mainstream/mike/Mr. KiDD sees it agian.

Really man you sound like you're talking out of your ass. I don't even have an affiliation with mainstream and tune my own cars, but having talked to Scotty on several occasions and seen a lot of what he has tuned.. hes on top of the Honda game. Hes tuned plenty of high hp cars as well as thrown together junk yard setups and has gotten good results with both. I have a feeling that theres a big part of your story that you are leaving out to try and shift the blame to an innocent party. BTW mr kidd AFAIK hasn't been with mainstream in a little while either.

[drpepper14]

I just sent a friend up to MSPi and Turbo Dave this week to have an alternator bracket fabbed up because i'd heard such good things about his work and come to find out....Turbo Dave was a badass and made a bracket that can't be beat so there is another +1 for TDFab