It isn’t as complicated as it sounds-  all this essentially means is that we no longer physically need to have the car in. front of us, in our workshop, on our dyno, to be able to offer help and tune support – aka no longer is there a geographical boundary or limit to being able to get a custom tune with East Coast Customs.

Certain tuning platforms that we support have hardware available, meaning that an end user (aka you) now has the ability to read, data log, and write tune updates and calibrations to a vehicles ecu (engine control unit) themselves.

So with an East Coast Customs “remote tune”, we can still support all custom tuning needs – but instead of having to have the car onsite with us to read and write with our own hardware, we can now offer these same tuning services with hardware owned and operated by you!

Now, this isn’t as scary as it sounds either – on scale of technical knowledge required for this, with 0 being caveman and 10 being an absolute IT / Tech / Engineering genius, I would say it rates somewhere around a 3-4.

Full support and instructions are provided via email, phone and video, and we are there to help every step on the way.

Great questions. The 4 x main platforms we support (either for retail or for other workshops) currently are:

HP Tuners – support provided by a custom branded ECC RTD+ (Remote Tuning Device)
COBB Tuning –  support provided using a COBB Accessport v3
UPREV – support provided using an UPREV interface cable
ALIENTECH – support provided as part of our ECC “slave network”. This is strictly a “business to business solution”

We generally find there are 3 common reasons to either get a remote tune, or purchase a remote tuning device from us.

Geographical road block
You may want a tune from East Coast Customs but simply do not live close enough to bring you vehicle to our workshop – you may be interstate – or international.

Budget

Purchasing remote tuning hardware and getting a remote tune is generally more cost effective than a live, in person, full custom calibration. With a remote tune, we physically do not have to load the car onto our dyno, etc etc etc, which is obviously more cost effective for us, which means the savings are passed on to you.

You may be just wanting to get setup for now, or happy with a remote tune for now, and planning on bringing it in for the full custom tune or calibration later on, or after you have completed further mods.

Convenience

This reason we are seeing commonly pop up, revolves more around the remote tuning “hardware”, such as a RTD+ device etc.

A lot of people may already have a custom tune with us but will purchase a remote tuning device for convenience. All. of these device do so much more than just read and write files – such as datalogging, code reading, code clearing etc etc so offer benefits here on their own.

However the other main reasons – having your own tuning device opens the options for being able to have multiple tunes and multiple maps you can change between at your own convenience. This may be for flex fuel, towing, fuel economy, track days, car shows – you name it! All with the ability to change between them, at will, in the matter of minutes, as opposed to having to make an appointment to bring the car back past the shop.

Which brings me to convenience reason #2 – time! Sometimes, we may be working together and wanting to continually refine a tune – or we may have agreed to try something experimental with you – or you may simply have had something pop up on your vehicle you would like us to check? With your own remote tuning device, we can review data logs, issues, send revisions, and back and forth all in the a matter of seconds – so no need to potentially take a day off from work, or drive an hour to the shop, just for us to take a 5 minute look at something for you. Your own remote tuning device puts unlimited power and potential in the palm of your hand, and is a time, cost and money saving investment all at once.

In short – No – but it’s damn close. Obviously, in a perfect world, we would love to have every vehicle physcially in front of us, live tuned in our controlled conditions, on our dyno, with us operating all pedals / buttons and levers and to be able to do every test we possibly can using our skills, knowledge, and experience to achieve the best outcome.

There is no substitute for real time live experience – but given the powerful data logging and technology available to us these days, remote tuning is still an amazing product with incredible benefits.

However, by no means are any of our “remote tunes”, a simple “canned” or “mail order” tune. There are no “one size fits all” tunes here.

Each remote tune calibration is created specific for YOUR vehicle, YOUR modifications, YOUR conditions, YOUR driving style, and YOUR desired outcome.

Any “minor” tuning revisions are free of charge for up to 6 months from the date of your initial tune. For clarification on what modifcations are included as a “minor” Revisions, please contact one of our team.

The basic process is as follows:

1. You purchase some form or remote tuning hardware (such as an ECC RTD+ device). You may already even own one (such as a COBB Accessport v3 etc)
2. We will walk you through a way to “read” the stock or existing calibration from your vehicle, and this is then. sent to us via email, or via our remote tuning servers though your laptop or smart phone.
3. We will create and send you a “base” tune calibration to load into the vehicle and prepare for data logging.
4. We will guide you through how to safely flash your new tune calibration into your vehicle.
5. We will guide you through how to correctly datalog all the required parameters and information we need to deliver you the optimal calibration. This usually entails idle, neutral rev, and cruise log so we can review and dial in all part throttle events before proceeding to wide open throttle tuning. Certain vehicles may require additional hardware for proper remote tuning (aka wideband o2 sensors etc) – please speak with one of our team about this.
6. You will send us some data logs of your vehicle running and performing with your new remote calibration for us to review. Once directed, we will let you know when it is safe to go through WOT (Wide Open Throttle) driving conditions.
7. We will make and required revisions to the calibration to ensure an optimal result for you.
8. Enjoy your vehicle!

HP Tuners RTD+

GM:

*Holden Commodore & HSV  – Gen III onwards incl LSA (5.7, 6.0, 6.2, 6.2SC)
*Holden Colorado & HSV Sports Cat – RG onwards (2.8)
*Chevrolet Camaro – V8 Gen III onwards (5.7, 6.0, 6.2)
*Chevrolet Silverado 1500 – V8 Gen IV petrol onwards (6.2)
*Gen III / Gen IV Stand alone harnesses in engine swap cars provided you have working OBD port

Ford:

*Ford Falcon & FPV – BA onwards (4.0 4.0T 5.4  and 5.0SC)
*Ford Mustang & Shelby – S197 onwards (4.6, 5.4, 5.4SC, 5.8SC, 5.0 coyote**)
*Ford F150 –  Gen XI onwards (4.6, 5.4, 6.2, 5.0 coyote**)

FCA

*Chrysler 300C onwards (3.6, 5.7, 6.1, 6.4)
*Jeep Wrangler – JK onwards (3.6)
*Jeep Grand Cherokee – WK1 onwards (5.7, 6.4)
**Jeep Trackhawk – WK2 (6.2SC)
*Dodge Challenger Hellcat onwards (6.2SC)
*Dodge Ram 1500 – DS onwards (5.7)
*Dodge Ram 2500 – DT onwards (6.4)

**Dodge Ram 1500 TRX – DT onwards (6.2SC)

Nissan

**Y62 Patrol – Series 3 onwards (5.6)

*note vehicle is only equipped with narrow band o2 sensors so will require external or aftermarket wideband operation to get final fueling correct under power enrichment etc

**note vehicle has onboard widebands and can be tuned without requiring external or aftermarket wideband o2 sensor

COBB Tuning

Ford

**Ford Focus RS 2016 onwards (2.3 ecoboost)

**Ford Focus ST 2012 onwards (2.0 ecoboost)

**Ford Mustang 2016 s550 onwards (2.3 ecoboost)

**Ford F150 incl Raptor – 2013 onwards (3.5 ecoboost)

Subaru

*WRX and STI 2008 onwards (EJ20, EJ25, FA20 – non cvt only)

Nissan

**Nissan GTR – 2008 onwards CBA/DBA JDM/ADM

Mazda

*Mazda 3 MPS BK / BL onwards

*Mazda 6 MPS 2005 onwards

*note vehicle is only equipped with narrow band o2 sensors so will require external or aftermarket wideband operation to get final fueling correct under power enrichment etc

**note vehicle has onboard widebands and can be tuned without requiring external or aftermarket wideband o2 sensor

UPREV

Nissan

*350Z 03 onwards(VQ35DE, VQ35HR)

*370Z 09 onwards (VQ37HR)

*V35 / G35 03 onwards (VQ only)

*V36 / G36 06 onwards (VQ only)

*V37  07 onwards (VQ only )

*Pulsar – 2013 onwards (C12/B17)

**Y62 Patrol – 2013 onwards (VK56DE)

*note vehicle is only equipped with narrow band o2 sensors so will require external or aftermarket wideband operation to get final fueling correct under power enrichment etc

**note vehicle has onboard widebands and can be tuned without requiring external or aftermarket wideband o2 sensor