What remote sessions cover
You book and pay for each step as you reach it. There’s no large package to commit to up front.
- Wiring & setup consultation — wiring questions, sensor selection, ECU configuration and harness routing, before the car is finished. This is guidance, not labor: you or your builder do the work.
- Engine first start — a single one-hour session. We get the engine firing and idling stably, verify every sensor, confirm the fans cycle, make sure it restarts hot, and arm all available engine protection: knock, fuel-pressure, oil-pressure and lambda safety cuts, whatever your sensor set supports.
- Dyno prep & driving sessions — usually one to three sessions. Clean pulls, boost rising and stabilizing, boost control verified, and the fuel system validated under real load.
- Remote follow-up — datalog reviews and seasonal adjustments after the tune.
Is remote tuning safe for my engine?
Yes, arguably safer than rushing a half-prepped car onto a dyno. I enable every engine-protection feature your sensors support during the first-start session, before we ever make power. Finding a miswired sensor or a cooling-system problem now is a win, not a failure: I’ll help identify the fix and send you off with a clear task list for next time.
What you’ll need on your end
- A standalone ECU with live-tuning capability and its software installed on your laptop
- A wideband O2 sensor integrated into the ECU. Non-negotiable: a gauge-only wideband the ECU can’t read is not enough.
- A Windows 10 or 11 laptop, x64 processor (ARM isn’t supported by most ECU software yet), 8 GB RAM minimum, 16 GB recommended
- A stable internet connection. Ethernet is best, full Wi-Fi is fine, and a full-bars 5G hotspot is the absolute floor. Starlink is highly recommended.
- A knock sensor, plus a flex-fuel sensor if you run ethanol-blended fuel. A fuel-pressure sensor is highly recommended.
The workflow that works: drive out, capture your log on the road, then come home and we review the log live together. The connection can drop while you’re driving; it cannot drop while we’re editing your tune.
Running an Apex’i Power FC or Nistune?
Both are tuned in person only, on my dyno in Kyle, Texas. The Power FC doesn’t support the live remote screen-share workflow or the engine-protection sensors my remote process depends on, and Nistune is a modified factory ECU board, so it’s tuned in person too. Schedule a dyno session →
Ready for the dyno?
Once I’ve cleared your car for the dyno, you can book a dyno day on the next open date. Schedule dyno tuning in Kyle, TX → or read how my full tuning process works →