I have just been taught something. I never even thought about the air being less dense and therefore the MAF load reading would then drop with a heatsoaked IC. I'm not trying to say I know more about tuning MAF setups. I'm not trying to argue that a rom tune/MAF being sufficent for a mild 550whp tune. I'm talking about overall tuning abilitys. Nowadays 550whp is nothing. When 6yrs ago 67mm turbos where maxing out at 650-700whp and now 67mm turbo's are running 5" intakes and are making 1100whp. I was always trying to make the point that a rom tune w/ MAF on a 800-900whp single turbo setup isnt optimal. Standalones are also much more user friendly than having to dissasemble a bin and decypher the hex inside to make an xdf file. In the end, I agree, it is all about spraying the correct amount of fuel and having the spark happen at the correct time. Both the factory ecu and a standalone will do this, but I have always seen gains in the midrange and topend when swapping from a MAF to a MAP.

I also, wouldn't try chris again until I have a really good setup. I really had no business calling him out. From a roll I had something for him, but from a dig I had absolutely nothing for him. His car was just waaaay to well setup for a dig. Like I said before, my s13 at that time was just a bunch of shit I had thrown together and made some decent numbers with. The setup really needed a shot to get the T4 I was running to get going before she decided to go at 6k. A 75 shot would've allowed me to have a useable powerband, instead of just making power from 6-8.2k. Being a broke ass felon, its really hard to put a well setup car together. no matter how much talent I have at building engines and tuning cars. The night I ran him I was borrowing money just for gas to get down there. I actually ran outa gas on the ride home and had to call some friends to goto my house and get my gas can for my lawn mower, just to get home.