VMP Tuning

[Youngx32000]

My SCT Tuner will be here Monday with a custom tune from Justin at VMP Tuning. I can't wait to see what kind of a difference this will make to my car. I know I will have to do some Dataloging after I upload, but have you found out that having a custom tune makes a difference big or small. I am not gonna sit here and bad mouth other company's out there. But I can tell you there is one out of PA that is terrible. No customer service, hd to go to my bank to get my money back after I ordered gauges and SCT tuner with custom tune. Never received anything, and they stopped answering my calls and emails. Needless to say I was given my money back and have been happy with Justin and VMP. Hopefully all will be even better after I upload my tune Monday. If you wanna know the company out of PA, message me and I will be more than happy to tell you!!!

[xkape]

Depends on what you have now really. Have you added parts and are not tuned? Are you stock with a stock tune? etc.. You will be happy with Justin though, regardless.

[Youngx32000]

I bought my car with no history at all, and didn't come with a handheld either. With the Procharger set up, I'm hoping having it tuned will iron out all the little things. This tuning stuff s all new to me, I've always owned older mustangs. It's amazing what they can do these days!

[xkape]

Oh yes then. Looking over your car.. figuring out what's on it and then telling Justin and having him make a custom tune is definately worth it. Peace of mind if nothing else. Best case, it was never tuned properly, or at all, and you will see one heck of a difference.

[Youngx32000]

Yeah, I can't wait to see what he can do. I've heard good things about Justin. It was either him or Jon Lund.

[downhome]

Keep on top of him. I am in my second month of trying to get my pony to run with the VMP tune with no luck.
The HP difference was Amazing on my 5XR but the lean error codes on both banks forced me back to the original tune.

Steve

[xkape]

downhome.. what's your setup? I have no cats so I throw an error about being lean bank2 (which is post cat) so I think he just forgot to turn the monitoring off. I have talked to him about it but I've been a little lazy in getting my log to him. OK actually, I have no clue how..lol I know how to read and clear the codes but I am afraid to go screwing around with that thing plugged directly into my cars computer..

[downhome]

Stock Roush exhaust w/cats. Only mod is the 82mm pulley from VMP.

[xkape]

ok I got off my lazy butt and got my stuff I needed from my car. I emailed it to Justin. I will let you know how it goes and what he came up with.

[Ineil]

Mine was perfect the first time with JDM tune. Just saying.

[AutoXRacer]

Mine was perfect the first time with JDM tune. Just saying.

What is your setup? Is it a 5.0L with TVS?

[downhome]

Ineil.
Hind sight is 20/20! Guess thats what I get for never looking back :-)

[Ineil]

Yes 2012 RS3 come with TVS 2.3

[AutoXRacer]

Yes 2012 RS3 come with TVS 2.3

What kind of numbers are you putting down? What are your mods?

[Youngx32000]

Just uploaded tune from VMP, car actually runs better as a whole. I had a idling issue that is now gone. Acts a little sluggish on throttle response and low RPMs. I'm thinking maybe too much fuel at low RPMs. High RPMs she screams and runs like a bat out of hell. Requested a file to datalog and hopefully iron out the throttle response and sluggishness at low RPMs. Overall happy at this point.

[Ineil]

What kind of numbers are you putting down? What are your mods?

No mods as of yet just tune. Never had it dynoed.

[xkape]

Just stuck my new tune in from Justin and wow.. It stuttered to start and then kicked on. It no longer is running lean and It seems like I have more power at the lower RPM range. I turned it off half way thru the test run in a parking lot and it fired back up like normal. Although, I must admit I think I lost a race on the way back. I pulled up to a light and noticed a blown subaru impreza two lanes over. I wasn't sure if he saw me so, I didn't launch it I just took off like normal but kinda a little faster. Well, he saw me and he went. I jumped on it (by the way at this point its just me and him on a 3 lane wide road with about a 15 foot divider to oncoming traffic) and started catching up fast but I hit 50 (the speed limit) and cut it. He had a pretty fast car so I imagine launching he hit 50 at about the same time I did not launching (by my eyes). He slowed and I switched lanes to be in the one next to him and caught up. We both complimented each others cars and moved on. Thats a loss right? I mean dude had me by about 2 car lengths when I cut it. But that was down from about 6-8 when I nailed it.

As a bonus, no more SES light!!! not running lean!

[AutoXRacer]

Oh hell no!!!! We don't do roll races on here!!! We leave that to toy cars like Hondas, Mazdas, and Toyotas... LMAO!!!

I real race is 0-????MPH or 1/4 drags. Who ever looses the nerve or runs out of juice...

Come on now... You are driving a real car now...we don't to rolls... lol

[xkape]

I wasn't rolling. We were stopped at a red light. I am saying I didnt launch and he did. There are too many things illegal about my car to go nuts on the road in in my town.. outside it ok.. but, i dont need random citizens calling in to complain about me. The cops would be up my arse about no front plate, too dark a tint, too loud a car, etc..

[xkape]

As a sidenote, I will be making my first trip ever to the track tomorrow if I can find a damn helmet that doesnt cost $500. I have never raced on street or drag, never been to participate or watch.. never done a burnout, never done much of anything.. tomorrow, it is time to rock out with my co.. um.. thing out