So I took my car to a place I thought was reputable to fix my mafless drama's because I was tired of plugin away at it. It cost me like $700 roughly and I drove in with as they said 217rwkw on my tune and was only slightly off on my VE table, drove out with only 3kw more despite the mods I have which should support more. I drove out with none of my cold start issues fixed or the drivability problems infact it was worse.
The tuner didn't give a crap. It was in at 9, done by 2. I asked him if he wanted me to put the maf back in incase he needed it as a ref to start, if he needed my stock tune loaded. No no no he said just bring it in and I'll fix it. So I dropped it in, told the guy at reception the stock tune was on a USB stick in the glovebox if he needed to check my tune loaded on the car against it.
He cut timing to the point the car pulsed under wot at lower revs
from not having enough timing, he didn't tune any open loop cold start tables, no IAT tables .... Just did timing, PE and VE. When I asked why the power wasn't where it should be 'oh some cars just don't make power'. Really because everyone else running what I have mate is in the 240-260rwkw range. So I asked the makers of the intake and a few other tuners up where I am.... Told them roughly what's in the tune and everything coming back to me 'it's not right'.
The car is running by my estimation about 100nm of torque short ..... From like 2400-2800rpm upwards across the board.
It pisses me off to know I made a bad decision in who I had tune it. I could take it back to them, but clearly they don't want to know. I told him I should bring it back and let him fix it, he opted to send me an updated tune via email with my suggestions basically .....
But my mafless start issues still exist my cold start drivability and the power is ok with what he did but I know deep down it's ..... Well the numbers don't support the car out it that way.
I won't take the car back to them to fix it because frankly I don't think the guy really knows what he's doing outside doing a damn VE table and running timing against torque to do the timing table on the dyno. I don't think he understands or has enough experience on these v8's.
Disappointed aey. Now now what cost me a pretty penny is going to turn out costing me a fortune all because of some wanker who claims to be a professional.
Pisses me off.
Anyway I've been told by two long know reputable places well known to go see this other mob up where I live which I have seen many people take their commodores to as they are basically commodored specialists with a lot more experience so I'm going to pop down and see them.
Just shows any joe blow company who claims to tune cars can't be trusted, they'll just take your money and make excuses if their poor work doesn't cut it.
This may be nasty by that money it I was to spend it could of done to mods not fixing some idiots claim to know how to tune cars on a professional level.
I tell you what tho, if I have my car done by another place and they do a proper job and it turns out how it should I'm taking this other place to the damn ACCC for basically taking my money and not delivering on their claims.
Over confident under deliver. I won't name and shame their company. I think outside this particular situation they are nice people, I just don't think they have enough experience under their belt to go claiming they can do more then a basic 'fuel adjustment' tune.
Pissed just pissed.
Thoughts?
PS. Sorry about the grama and so on, posting from my iphone