Technique Tuning - Still around?

[billyr3d]

Hey fellow members.

I'm wondering if anyone has had contact with Nick G from Technique Tuning this year. I've sent him a couple of emails and haven't heard back. Is he still in business?

Thanks

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[Jamesons Viggen]

From my experience he's started a family and out of the tuning game. You need to know the right people just to get a hold of him.

I had his tune and was very happy. My new setup, he was my first choice but when MIA I had to make other choices.

[pbonsalb]

He still tunes. He posted in the forum about a month ago when someone was asking about the correct resistor for one of his tunes. He did a 93 pump plus meth 80 lb tune for me late last year. He was my first choice. I got one of his early 60 lb tunes when I changed from a supercharger to turbo in 2010 and ran that tune with 2 motors, 4 turbos, 3 manifolds, and up to 675 rwhp.

He is most responsive to the few individuals or shops he works through and does not seem to be much interested in doing tunes for people who don’t really know what they are doing and have cars that need sorting out before they can be tuned. John at CES Motorsports might be able to get you a tune from Nick.

[wgknestrick]

He still tunes. He posted in the forum about a month ago when someone was asking about the correct resistor for one of his tunes. He did a 93 pump plus meth 80 lb tune for me late last year. He was my first choice. I got one of his early 60 lb tunes when I changed from a supercharger to turbo in 2010 and ran that tune with 2 motors, 4 turbos, 3 manifolds, and up to 675 rwhp.

He is most responsive to the few individuals or shops he works through and does not seem to be much interested in doing tunes for people who don’t really know what they are doing and have cars that need sorting out before they can be tuned. John at CES Motorsports might be able to get you a tune from Nick.

He tuned my car this year at CES remotely. Unfortunately, the oil pump gear just fell off and engine was a total loss, but was unrelated. The tune was worth it and is OEM quality. He does not seem to want any direct contact with customers and only talked to John @CES (Just setting your expectations) while tuning.

[Bigmac834]

Can you share the dyno sheet? Dont think anyone else has used the 8474 yet

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[wgknestrick]

Can you share the dyno sheet? Dont think anyone else has used the 8474 yet

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Here you go: Bill K 98 E36 M3 8474 EFR 93 oct Nick G tune Dyno.png

Steedspeed manifold, catted exhaust, stock engine, 93oct. I will soon have the engine to let this turbo sing, but it is a great turbo match for these cars. Very responsive.

[pbonsalb]

I’d line to see that 8474 cranked up to 25 psi. I bet it would wake up nicely. 500 lbs rwtq at 4000 at 17 psi is good but not exceptional. I did that with an old school GT35R on an open Boostlogic. The 8474 might hit 500 lbs sooner at 25 psi.

CES hit 500 lbs at about 3200 with an EFR 8374.

https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/s...1-2-Mile-event

[Bigmac834]

That turbo makes 440whp at 11psi, its working well. Another 6 lbs only adds 80whp, so he has some restriction, likely that exhaust.

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[billyr3d]

He still tunes. He posted in the forum about a month ago when someone was asking about the correct resistor for one of his tunes. He did a 93 pump plus meth 80 lb tune for me late last year. He was my first choice. I got one of his early 60 lb tunes when I changed from a supercharger to turbo in 2010 and ran that tune with 2 motors, 4 turbos, 3 manifolds, and up to 675 rwhp.

He is most responsive to the few individuals or shops he works through and does not seem to be much interested in doing tunes for people who don’t really know what they are doing and have cars that need sorting out before they can be tuned. John at CES Motorsports might be able to get you a tune from Nick.

Bummer..

I bought his E36 kit years back. Still runs great, but I have some changes I'd like to make to the tune.

If I cant reach him, who else is tuning the factory ME these days? Is there software available that I can use myself?

Thanks for the all the responses.

[Jamesons Viggen]

Bummer..

I bought his E36 kit years back. Still runs great, but I have some changes I'd like to make to the tune.

If I cant reach him, who else is tuning the factory ME these days? Is there software available that I can use myself?

Thanks for the all the responses.

RomRaider allows tuning, free download, you'll need an OBD cable.

22RPD seems to be killing it with boosted S52 tunes lately.

[busterhax]

Yeah he’s still around. He posted this today

[GG///M3]

Yeah he’s still around. He posted this today

Ka boooom


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[R.Thomas]

[billyr3d]

Thanks for the info - Guess he's been busy - I understand how family life can get. I'll shoot him another email I suppose. If he does't respond however, any links of the most reputable tuners would be greatly appreciated.

[pbonsalb]

Ask John at CES Motorsport if he can get you a NickG tune.

[TheJuggernaut]

Ask John at CES Motorsport if he can get you a NickG tune.

It appears you can ask Zack too.

[M3turboE36]

I am curious if Zack(Vollosso) has the balls to admit this,because i heard a long time ago that he stole his tune.

[Bigmac834]

Hasn't every tuner been accused of stealing his work? TRM, rk tunes

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[pbonsalb]

I am curious if Zack(Vollosso) has the balls to admit this,because i heard a long time ago that he stole his tune.

Zack denies it. A year or two ago, I told him that was what I had heard and he vehemently claimed those rumors were false and that he developed his own tunes.

Tuners and others have been looking at NickG tunes for years. I remember more than ten years ago when George at ICS sent a NickG supercharger tune to Karl at Active Autowerk. Karl apparently commented that NickG was doing things Karl had never seen before and was not aware of. I have also heard that people using romraider have copied NickG 60lb turbo tunes. They may not be able to understand what NickG is doing but they can copy it.

[GG///M3]

Hasn't every tuner been accused of stealing his work? TRM, rk tunes

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You forgot to add TRM stole from AA .

Who’s counting right


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[pbonsalb]

And maybe Technica took what it learned from TRM?

[Robocop]

i think why work from scratch where you can work off of other people research.
someone had to start it from scratch and others work from that and improve.

then there's an engine tune
where there's going to be a narrow window where things just end up and work great.

[busterhax]

i think why work from scratch where you can work off of other people research.
someone had to start it from scratch and others work from that and improve.

then there's an engine tune
where there's going to be a narrow window where things just end up and work great.

This is where people don’t understand and start defending others without adequate knowledge.

NickG has made custom program code changes(very uncommon for a tuner to do in the first place) which are present (identical) in 22rpd’s flashes.

When confronted, 22rpd did their typical response of vague wording and could not definitively describe these changes.

It’s one thing for a tuner to say “oh hey, xyz tuner modified this dashpot table, let me play with it and see how it works” but in this case, code alterations were copied.

[GG///M3]

This is where people don’t understand and start defending others without adequate knowledge.

NickG has made custom program code changes(very uncommon for a tuner to do in the first place) which are present (identical) in 22rpd’s flashes.

When confronted, 22rpd did their typical response of vague wording and could not definitively describe these changes.

It’s one thing for a tuner to say “oh hey, xyz tuner modified this dashpot table, let me play with it and see how it works” but in this case, code alterations were copied.

I agree sucks big time.


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[Jamesons Viggen]

Wow, that escalated quickly.

I paid $1200 for my Nick G tune. Was very happy.

I contacted him first with no response.

Had I not heard he was largely MIA I wouldn't have had to seek tuning elsewhere.

So I can't speak to the stolen tube debate