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Originally Posted by cody
Ed had a tune premade for my specific setup and spent 4 hours fine tuning it. I did not pay him by the hour, but took advantage of the package deal of getting the AP and tune for one set price (which is supposed to include only 2 hours, but Ed is a perfectionist). He didn't even charge me for the re-tune up here. It was a good experience for him to see how a good tune at sea level may not be a good tune at 4,500 feet.
I understand that most places would have spent only an hour, but that's exactly why I went to Ed after talking to both of them.
Okay, I'm sorry I can't control myself from responding and I hope nobody gets butt hurt. (that's not a jab at anyone).
It sounds like my situation is not the norm so I'll just be quiet now.
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I'm not knocking Ed. Really I'm not. I've got no problem with the guy, or his work, he's certainly tuned some fast cars. And I'm attempting to leave my concerns about his business practices out of this thread.
My point is that Ed is new to the game. You shouldn't kid yourself into thinking he's somehow doing something super-special that the other more experienced tuners aren't also doing. The "extra" time he's spending is more than likely because he's not as experienced as someone that's tuned 1000 cars. He's doing you right though by not charging extra for the time... if you've got the time to let him work on the car, you're certainly going to get a better tune, and Ed's going to get the experience he needs to become more efficient.
My point is, the amount of time spent on a tune isn't directly proportional to the quality of the tune. The going rate for a bolt-on's map is about an hour, which is why it shouldn't matter if S-Squared did your initial tune, since it'll cost the same at just about any EcuTek tuner to get the map tweaked.