I have a pretty standard setup and the Protuner allows you to tune much more quickly since you don't have to stop and shut off the car to reflash the new map. It really shouldn't take him anywhere as long to tune my car as it took to tune Jeremy's car. Jeremy's car had tons of mods to tune around (turbo, Perrin Boost Controller, lightened flywheel, Legacy body/chassis etc.). My car is on the stock turbo with only a UP and TBE...really easy tune. Road Tuning Jeremy's car must have been insane with all the power he was putting down.
I'm also not concerned about wear and tear. I am pretty sure that the tuning session will put less wear on the car than an Auto-X or even a load bearing dyno would. Overheating will certainly be less of a concern.
I am, however, very reluctent to drive 100+ on backroads, no matter how straight and deserted (although that helps), but it's not like I haven't done that just for fun in the past. I can promise you that there is a very real threshold to the amount of danger I will expose myself, Ed, my car, and innocent bystandards through. If I'm uncomfortable at any point, I will slow down. If Ed can't tune under those conditions, I'll be going elsewhere. I'm going to tell him so after he answers my question about how fast I need to go over the posted speed limit to get a good tune.
Isn't it true that pulls on a load bearing dyno rarely exceed 75 mph anyway?
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