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Originally Posted by Def
Now, if someone only wants a completely tuned turbo VCT/VTEC engine tuned for like $200-300
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Not going to happen. Not during working hours anyway. My brother does this for longtime or big customers that don't need the car for long periods of time, but more as a favor for saving him time in the shop. He will drive the car between the shop and his home while datalogging (after doing all the WOT stuff on the dyno and getting a rough tune on it) and then edit the tables when he's reached his destination. That's the only cost effective way for the customer to get a good partial throttle full tune unless they're willing to put in the time to do it theirself.
The good K-series tuners (and any other engine that has variable valve lift/duration AND cam phasing) either don't fully understand the dynamics of the engine and only tune drag queens, or they're very generous with their time and don't fully understand their own worth of knowledge.
Pretty sure the norm is the former, and the average customer would not pony up for the latter to pay them a fair wage for their time.