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Hi everyone, I bought light tune R34 GTT, and now I am thinking to buy a engine management and Blitz boost controller i-color DS for that. Here is the story

I went to A-tuning workshop, I saw they do import skyline mainly around 90% in their stock. So I asked them which I should go for, then they told me if the best is Vi PEC, and it will be around 2000-2600 include tune, or nismo tune, it is around 1000 include tune.

I was thinking go for nismo one, cuz if any changes in the future, I don’t want to change it by myself, I don’t have the knowledge and I don’t want to learn how to tune it via Vi PEC, I think is complicated, but for the nismo one, I can’t do any adjust by myself, so is mean once I tune it, and if I make any changes, I need to go back and pay for tune, but for the ViPEC I have the access ability. At last they suggest me to go for the nismo tune, cuz I will not make any changes in the future even I do I will go back for tune

Then few days later

I went to B-tuning workshop, I told the same thing to the owner, then he suggest me go for power FC (about 2000 they said), but as I can remember power FC won’t do any better then Vi PEC, and in total ViPEC cost a bit less, so then I ask him about Nismo, he suggest me to save that money and buy power FC, he said ViPEC is ok, but only problem is only 1 guy is expect to operate it, and Nismo tune is not really for 34, it won’t totally match up and if it’s 33 or 32 he will suggest that, but not 34.

Also when I asking about boost controller, he said I don’t need any if I bought power FC, just set the psi to max (which is around 11-12psi for stock turbo), but the blitz DS have muti-psi function, so is mean you can set different psi in different rpm, then he disagree and tell me that if I set the psi to max, I can use my foot to adjust the psi when I step the pedal. So at last B-tuning think I should get the powerFC and A-tuning for Nismo. Also A-tuning told me after I vist B-tuning, Nismo only not for 33, sure will match up for 34, and they still insist to get Nismo.

OK, so anyone in here know more about ECU tuning than me, I need some help down here.

P.S I am not tell which workshop, I don't want to state which workshop is wrong or not

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personally i would go a nistune. should cost you about $1000 (so half that of the others) including tuning. being half the price doesn't mean it is only half as good. it will do pretty much everything you need it to do. then you can put that extra $1000 you saved towards other mods and come out much better off.

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