ecutek and utec

just want to know if any body has heard of this:

this past weekend i was at a party and i met some guy that claimed to be a professional tuner. we were talking about engine management and he stated that he likes to do an ecutek tune with a utec piggy back included. this confused me as a utec pretty much just fools the ecu. this guy claimed that he has tuned several 900 hp cars this way. my thinking on this matter is when you have an ecutek tune the car is tuned to its best ability possible, he stated then that he uses the utec to go in after the ecutek to be able to have a user programmable set up so that you can make more changes to the car thus making more power. this seems a little sketchy to me, and im not sure that all he said was possible or reasonable.
anybody have any knowladge about this sort of thing?

 

he's tuned "several 900 hp cars"? what cars are these? subaru's? supra's?

 

people have used both. the ecutek is a flash for the stock ecu and the utek is a piggyback so it can be done. i dont know really why someone would do it. but it can be done.

i was thinkin the same thing. i doubt hes talkin bout subies or he was lying. :nuts:

 

we didn't get to finish the conversation to to a fight breaking out between this guy and one of my freinds

 

i know of people who have done that... the main reasons i believe are
1) ability to switch maps
2) ability to user tune

 

but why would you need to switch maps if the ecutek tune already has the car at its best ability

 

race gas map, methanol map, valet mode, etc...

 

i guess i can understand that, but for me personally id rather have the car run one way all the time

 

well then ecutek is what you want....having an 02 you can have two maps....conservative and a "spirited" map......or as I was contemplating with drew a possible, Doug (TP) and a Scott (SOG) map.. :naughty: but seriously both turners are well respected, I feel privileged to even have the choice....they both ROCK :bowdown:

 

weird to me..

 

remember that the difference between the 2 maps is only boost... all other tables stay fixed

 

oh, i didn't know that....so there would be no point then

 

well, one can have a more aggressive boost curve than the other... can be worth more hp and torque at the expense of engine longevity

 

I Guess Its All Depending On What You Want In You Ride Then.

 

More importantly who the hell won the fight...........................................

 

Not Sure Really It Was Broken Up Before Anybody Really Landed Anything. Lets Just Say To Be Continued...............

 

My car, no my car is faster!!:grr: sounds like a ia meet to me

 

lol time to have some fun