Originally Posted by
Nepharius
I have a very similar issue as you at the moment and I'm going to give a different opinion just to shake things up.
Basic options are
Get HP-F to do a retune
They quoted me $330 for basically what you are after (althought I have different changes)
Purchase a COBB AP
The AP will cost you roughly 500 to 700 including shipping depending on if you get it new, second hand or which version
You'll then need to pay for a e-tune which is around $200
So my understanding, and everyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, is that if you are done, if you have no extra mods to come then spend $330, get the retune and don't worry about the Cobb AP. If you had no tune and were starting from scratch then the COBB AP is a very good choice, opening you up for e-tuning from abroad and OTS maps etc. I'm going through all this at the moment and the main reasons for my thinking are thus
The Cobb solution will cost you around $400+ more and require you to do WOT which if you aren't careful may get you unwanted attention from the cops. The COBB isn't the only thing able to get data from the OBD2 port either. You can consider Torque and an OBD2 to Bluetooth Adapter if you have Android. Not as fancy as the COBB AP I'm sure but a lot cheaper.
I'm also a little unsure why everyone seems to have turned on HP-F here. I would honestly like to know. When I went the guys were friendly, answered all my questions, performed more work than they needed (adjusted my meth system for optimal performance and did a second tune which took advantage of the meth system to show me how much I could get if I tuned for it) and charged me less than I was quoted. This is the first last and only place I have ever taken any car to which actually charged less than the quoted amount. There may be some valid reasons which would be good to hear as I am considering sending my car back there to get my turbo manifold installed and the car retuned and if my car is going in to be destroyed I'd really like to find out before.
So far I can't find any horror stories like another places I can certainly think of though which makes makes this feel more like a lynching which is kind of dissapointing honestly. Although searching for info on HPF is damn near impossible due to the common use of HPFPs on this website so I may just not have found the horror stories.
I agree if you already are tuned by HPF and like them just stick with them but if you are starting out from scratch definitely go AP and Etune because HPF Retune or Ecutek retune etc $ add up.
I have paid for 1 Ecutek tune and coming up to my 3rd Retune it would have been heaps cheaper to do AP from the start.
But I like the blokes who I take it too and don't mind.
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