gtman
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- Mitch
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It's a shame that some of the respected tuners like JR and D-Rob and Doug MacMillan won't respond to you when you post this type of stuff. I get it, in your opinion, they'd be lying and covering their ass just to get our money if they did respond.i don't trust any aftermarket tuners, but thats just me,
even though your car might run fine with a "tune", i feel you are sacrificing the longevity of the vehicle,
internal damage is being done slowly,
people might say "but my car is running, so it cant be bad for it"
well that's like me saying, if im still alive and im not dead, that smoking a pack of cigarettes every day can't be bad for me,
however, if your in a financial position that would allow you to afford to replace your engine or your CVT then you don't need to worry i guess,
regardless, i wouldn't want to void my warranty over a few extra HP, thats just silly
read here......
https://www.civicx.com/threads/cvt-failure-details-inside.40889/
this guy had KTuner but its the same crap different pile
But here's the part you're not seeing. Canned tunes have been around for a long time and for the most part have proven to be quite reliable and conservative. The problems seem to happen when people add additional bolt-ons and frankly don't use common sense in terms of respecting the power of the tune and not overdoing things. The power is addictive.
Also, if these tunes were causing a huge amount of issues, at a point, word gets around and those tuning companies go on the shit list. Blown engines aren't good for business and they know that which is why they don't create base tunes that push things very far.
I understand your basic premise. Yes, tunes go well beyond stock power. But it's also well known the Honda's stock tunes are ridiculously conservative.
I don't tell anyone they should or shouldn't tune. For me, I felt like it was a good choice but others need to make their own decision. When you blanketly tell people tuning is a mistake or folks creating tunes could care less if they ruin your car, it creates a bit of an unfair picture of things, IMO.
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