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Originally posted by Blitz

Have you had any first hand experience with hitman Tosh or are you commenting on what you have heard?

my car got tuned by hitman 3 times (due to some hardware changes) and also been to one of the place which is on the list up there... very happy with hitman, not so happy with other shop if not frustrated.

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  • 6 months later...

I can recommend Hitman to anyone here! He beats other people on the list above (both what i've heard and experienced) and is always willing to explain anything he is doing or answer any questions you may have. He does do mainly road tunes, but for the cost of hiring a dyno, he'll dyno tune as well. He spent about 4/5 hours on my car, just tuning to pass an emissions test...i was very impressed!! Just an example of how through he is.... :(

He was at the cruise on friday night...i'm sorry i didn't do a good job of introducing him around! He is also on the forums (Hitman) so i guess PM him with any questions?

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Ok I have been to both Hills & UAS for tuning and Unigroup for Dyno runs.

Here are the facts - these are what I have seen with my own eyes - And please keep in mind that I didn't know shite back 12-18 months ago.....

Hills tune:

Car on Dyno. Tuner in car with laptop. Friend of tuners listening in engine bay (ie using his ear under the bonnet) Hand signals for yes pinging, or no OK.. No Dyno print out, not AFR. No timing light.

We all know what happened after my last tune there.

UAS Tune:

Multiple AFR meters hooked up - Knock earphones, Boost and AFR dialed into Dyno - Printed Dyno graph at the conclusion. Timing lights and many other safety precautions taken - Biggest fan eva at the front of car !

Unigroup dials in AFR and boost - and seem very competant - but never tuned there.

Ben at UAS is really good with the Microtech and good with PFC - He will tune other's too, but may take more time - just to be carefull - But with UAS - You do not pay for their learning and always take much care. So good for them and good for you !

Up to you - Unigroup are very good with Apexi - and I would take my car there to tune.

I also know where I WOULD NOT take my car again. Nuff said.

I hope my real life experiences help.

Cheers,

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i've had c&v tune my powerfc twice. once on install and the 2nd time after the boost was raised. overall i think they are a little overpriced and the tune wasnt spot on. con could've spent abit more time on it for the money he charged. both were dyno tunes.

the hitman has tuned it since, mainly concentrating on mid range and top end. commented that the previous tune (ie. c&v's) was fairly scrappy in areas, but ok in others. top end was running a little too lean for matt's liking apparently.

im happy with matt's tune except my low end and mid range is a little temporemental. i get detonation and my powerfc can register up to 140-150 on the knock meter. but power is sensational in all areas. so matt, if your listening, when is your laptop software ready to hook into my car and when can you put the gold plating on my tune! :)

i've spent about $700 so far on tuning. the question arises, would i have been better off spending the same sort of money on a once off tune at CRD who is apparently the duckz nutz...well...these tunes have been done over a period of a year? so probably not really imho...

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guys if you're going to post a bad story then please only let it be your OWN personal experience and not a mate's or a mate of a mates. These theads can be very dangerous if the workshop in question reads comments made by people with no personal experience and if you do post your own experience then please ensure it is only factual and try ad leave out your own opinions and emitions as best you can

thank you

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