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Scott Siegel Tuning in Tampa 9/21-9/24

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Old Sep 24, 2005 | 07:52 AM
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I can't say enough good things about Scott. My car was supposed to be an easy one, but I managed to screw that up. I tried to cheap out and buy a used ECUtek ECU instead of buying Scott's. My car had been running on the Cobb AccessPort with no problems, but when I plugged in my used ECU, we kept getting TGV cels. We chased that around for hours, including swapping out TGV sensors with another car. Nothing seemed to work. Then, we tried an ECUtek from another car. It worked fine, leaving us to believe that my used ECU was bad. I didn't have my AccessPort with me, so we were done for the night at that point. Scott did not charge me anything for chasing down something that was my fault.

Yesterday, after a full day of tuning, Scott managed to fit me into the schedule. First, I rode along as he fine tuned an STi. At about 9pm, Scott hooked up the equipment to my car and we did some baseline runs. After a break at Hooters to meet up with some other TR people, we got back on the road at about 11pm. Even at that late hour, Scott took the time to make sure that everything looked perfect. We were finally done at about 12:30 this morning, and the car was transformed. My A/F is right on the money, the car is smoother than ever, and it runs like a raped ape! Was this the end of the day for Scott? No - he moved his equipment over to an STi and kept going - knowing that he had another person coming in this morning at 8am for a tune.

All I can tell you is that Scott loves his work. Because of that, he is willing to fine tune over and over until everything is just right. Most of the cars that he tuned this week had problems that he had to chase down and identify, but he doesn't keep the meter running during this time. He only charges for actual tuning time. On top of that, he's a heck of a nice guy. I wpuld recommend his services to anyone.
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Old Sep 24, 2005 | 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by weverb
You should have seen the look on Scott and mantra1's faces when they saw the milage....
I hope you find that electrical gremlin. Be careful with the boost on that block
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Old Sep 24, 2005 | 09:01 AM
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glad to hear of the success stories. (really).

SS does care about what he does, and it shows. he tries his best and has a very open way of sharing knowledge/specifics with you whilst tuning.

hope you all have em running right by the end of the day..
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Old Sep 24, 2005 | 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by fadedSTi
i did the same when i was reading your post i thought it may be a typo. how did you get so many miles.
Four plus years of commuting to work. First driving 120 miles round trip to Lakeland for 2 years. Then driving 130 miles round trip to Ocala for 2 years. Now, currently driving 140 miles round trip to Orlando.
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Old Sep 25, 2005 | 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by esemes
glad to hear of the success stories. (really).

SS does care about what he does, and it shows. he tries his best and has a very open way of sharing knowledge/specifics with you whilst tuning.

hope you all have em running right by the end of the day..
I think in light of this post more discertion could of been afforded by the poster along with a little benifit of the doubt given to Seigel.
He'll be fine tho as the cream will always float to the top.
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Old Sep 25, 2005 | 05:33 PM
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anyway, after speaking to platinum (aka jeff), it sounds as if SS made great gains on everyones vechicles this past weekend.

a bit of a learning curve (when you hack off the intake tube, eh?)) but other than that it was smoothe sailing....

congrats to all.....

enjoy the ride!
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Old Sep 25, 2005 | 06:07 PM
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excellent!!

now, once (IF?) we ever get any cooler weather, our cars will behave even better!

so, do we dyno @ mastro, or what??

ese
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