[MESOGLEA]

Aside from the ability to adjust for cams or forced induction, what are the advantages of the Uprev with a CAI and a catback over a hand tuner.
Are we talking like 5 to 10 horses a smoother power curve?

 

[mustard23]

If you take uprev to a tuner and dyno it they can tune for your engine. Every Engine has it's own personality. They figure it out and give it best fit. It's like having suit tailored for you vs going to men warehouse.

 

[MESOGLEA]

I have had custom tunes before. One for my Skyline and one for my Honda VFR.
The VFR had a K&N, European exhaust pipe with a Power Commander. The Skyline was fully rebuilt with cams, headwork and HKS turbo controlled by a stand alone Apexi Power FC ECU. A tune was required with the Skyline but the VFR tune offered only 2 more horses over the basic tune that is used for a aftermarket exhaust .
Since I'll be in California, a cat back/CAI or Stillen supercharger is all I can use without extensive conversion every few years for inspection.
While I understand that every engine is different even in the same lot number, I'm wondering if its worth the $900 for an additional few horses above what a hand tuner can offer.
Has anyone used a hand tuner then uprev?

 

[mustard23]

Uprev came out before any of the other tuners, So for some time it was the only way to tune the trucks. I think if your planning on adding cams, and more performance parts uprev is the way to go. But it just intake and exhaust use a hand tuner.

 

[rdrfronty]

Also, the standard Uprev tune is $700 for a custom tune and is what most people go with. If you really know your stuff, for $900 you can get the protuner system which allows you to do all the tuning yourself.

 

[lube]

Unless I'm reading their site wrong, you don't have to spend anywhere near $900 to have a decent tune for your mods. The Osiris Standard comes with 3 E-tune updates and it's only $500.

 

[Mandangalo]

i think for the added cost, which isnt much over handhelds....uprev is def the way to go. even with just a CAI and catback