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Originally Posted by RETed
WTF does that have anything to do with aftermarket EMS and support of them?
BTW, I stand by 100% behind all my paid builds and any other work I do.
Since you mention it, I back all my work with a LIFETIME WARRANTY (yes, until I die) - any defect or failure due to my work will be taken care of by me at no cost to the customer.
You seem to have a pretty twisted view on how things work in the real world in terms of economics.
People PAY for (tech and service) support.
People PAY for warranties and guarantees - think INSURANCE.
Warranty / guarantee / insurance is a bazillion dollar industry.
Tech and service support isn't too far behind - think Best Buy's Geek Squad or Sears home repair.
Hey, YOU were the one that was asking why your MS isn't doing so well...remember?
Sure, and you're talking about a teeny tiny minority.
I can count on one hand the number of you MS experts for RX-7's...
Care you guess how many RX-7's run AEM / Autronic / Electromotive / Haltech / Microtech / MoTeC / Wolf / (insert YOUR favorite aftermarket EMS here)...?
(Don't read too much into how I listed those brands, cause I tried to list them in alphabetical order - that's all.)
-Ted
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Clearly, you're not getting the point I'm making. I'm saying (quite clearly, I thought), that the same people who will build an engine with no second thoughts would never think of building their own EMS, and for a very DIY hobby, I thought that that was somewhat strange.
You seem almost personally offended by the concept of a DIY EMS. WTF does economics have to do with it? Yes, people pay for those things. Hell, I work in field service for a
national provider of
cash registers... and ATM machines. Field service/warranty work is the biggest chunk of their profit. What I'm saying is, it seems less likely (assuming you know what you're doing, obviously the MS isn't for people who don't) that your EMS is going to blow up and need a warranty repair than your engine, and many many people build their own engines.
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Originally Posted by Phoenix7
The way I see it: If you have the know-how (electrical basics) and the patience then you can learn/build the MS system to so what you need it to do.
If you're compromising for the MS because of money then I think you should wait longer and save more for a system you'll be happy with and won't want/need to upgrade later.
We should have a Beginners Guide To ECU Tuning thread....i know I'd benefit from it greatly.
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I would agree with that; if you have the know-how, you can save a lot of money with the MS. Even buying one pre-built is almost dirt cheap... $425 or so for a new generation one with a wiring harness (you have to wire the harness in, but still, that's very little labor in comparison). But if you're going to be tuning it yourself, and you don't know what you're doing, you need to be using a brand with customer service to help you out when you get stuck.
The people who give the MS a bad rep are generally people who got it because of the low price point, and have no idea what to do to get it running. Any competent tuner should be able to sit down with the controls, familiarize themselves with how things work, and be tuning in a reasonably short time-frame; the features are all there, it's just the button names that change, really.