I have a 2010 Sedan Journey and I was wondering what’s the better tune to go with between UpRev, admin or EcuTek, and why they prefer one over the other? I have HFC, Muffler delete and Takeda CAI.

 

Admin is a tuner not a tuning software.. I’d go with Ecutek though.

 

For an NA build, either works. For a boosted application, EcuTek seems to be the favorite. I believe it has more parameters to use when dialing in the tune but I'm not 100% sure.

UpRev, by itself, comes with burn tables for tuning. It makes dialing in the car very tricky for the tuner and can result in inconsistent power figures each pull. If you go this route, I'd recommend putting out the $100 extra for the ARC upgrade with the simplified timing tables. Instead of burn tables, the tuner then has access to the ECU's timing and it allows them to dial everything in.

I went with Uprev and am very happy with the numbers the car put down. It all depends on the tuner. Make sure you go to someone who knows what they are doing and is going to make sure the car retains a safe AFR throughout the pull.

 

thank you! I have a guy who does Uprev and ARC. The shop is Corr Performance in Louisiana. I read reviews and watched videos. I don’t know a whole lot and I’m goin to look more into it. I’m thinking of doing UpRev after most videos I watch. And What numbers did you put down?

 

315whp and 262ft. lb tq.

2012 G37x

Stillen G3 CAIs, ported OEM upper intake mani, Top speed y-back, ebay mid pipe, Circuit werks test pipes

 

That's great power. I'm sad I'm rwd, and have two more mods on top of your list; EPS throttle bodies and ported lower manifold and only put out 310whp and 271 wtq on a dynojet. I dynoed 320whp at a different dynojet.

 

Thank you! Did you feel a difference in the Y Pipe? I was going to order one from ISR

 

No, it's the least restrictive part of the system. It will change the tone pending your set-up though. Before test pipes (last mod before tune), the Y-pipe really deepened the tone and the car sounded perfect for my taste. Good volume for a daily and deep and burbly (technical term). After the test pipes, the car sounded like a bag of a$$. Tons of rasp and obnoxiously loud. Resonators installed and now the car has the proper tone and deepness to it with no rasp, that I like, but the volume isn't quite where it was. That's ok though; small compromise. I'd say it is the same volume as before the Y-pipe when I just had the Y-Back.

You'll truly feel a difference after the tune. The increase in power is one thing but in my case, the power delivery throughout the power band was the real surprise. It pulls after 3k RPM compared to before.

 

The TS Y back came with a midpipe why did you get an eBay midpipe???

 

God da-.....I keep making that mistake. I have an eBay Y Pipe not a mid pipe

 

So you had the top Speed Y-Back exhaust?

 

Correct. Front to back:

Ported Intake Mani (DIY) > Circuit Werks TPs > Ebay Y pipe w/ Vibrant resonators welded in > Top Speed Y back