Tom @ VR speed factory Review: I just wanted to share my experience with Tom at vr speed factory. This is the my 2nd evo He has tuned. When I brought the car to tom it had alot of tuning issues. Injectors weren't scaled properly, It had false knock every where. Timing map was a mess, You name it had it. But as I knew from previous experiences with Tom, Is that he Is a very dedicated Tuner and will put in the time to get the car running properly and make his customers satisfied. It took us 10-11 hours to get all the issues straightened out. Car is now running properly and making good power. I just wanted to give a big thanks to tom at vr speed for putting time in, on his day off to get my car running right

Wanted to share my experience with the community on my latest mod.

Car: 
2006 Evo IX GSR 5 speed

Mods:
Stock Block / Head (unported)
FP Black w/ 25psi wga
27psi on 93 Oct
Hallman pro
Kelford 272 
ARP head studs
ID1000 Injectors
Sparktech ignition
Walbro 255
Works 65mm tb
AMS intercooler + upper/lower piping
Tial QR bov
Magnus heatshield barrier gasket
Buschur ported intake manifold
Buschur ported exhaust manifold
Buschur o2 housing
Perrin exhaust and downpipe
Tephra v7

Car previously tuned by Derek @ AWD in Coral Springs, FL which yielded 433hp, 348 tq. 

Over the prior months, I picked up ECU Flash, EvoScan and a Tactrix because I was unsatisfied with how the car was running, I wanted to learn more and monitor what was going on inside my Evo. After I purchased the hardware/software combo I found the car was seeing regular and consistent knock of up to 6 counts. My first suggestion for anyone reading this that wants to protect their investment and do any significant modifications to their sports car… is to pick up the equipment and have the knowledge to “see” what is happening, you don’t need to know everything…just get familiar enough to MONITOR the car and its condition! This alone is worth every penny, not to mention its fun.

Tom at VR Speed sent me a PM and offered to help with my tuning needs. The pricing for the tuning service was fantastic…$150 bucks vs. $400 I paid at AWD. After giving it some thought I made payment and he starting working with me promptly. It was great to work with a tuner that is willing to share the knowledge and provide insight into the changes each step of the way. This was a conversion from the AWD tune to TephraV7 and all my questions were answered; he worked late nights and weekends to accommodate my busy schedule, and each time I made a pull, he returned my log with an updated rom and a quick summary of the changes…very helpful when you’re interested in the details. We ran into several bugs that needed working out along the way and he never rushed the job.

I have absolutely no new mods since my last tune. The car now runs better, has zero knock, spools sooner and is making significantly more hp & tq. I was impressed how much smoother my timing & fuel maps are. Below are a couple before/after comparisons and the final results. The car is making great power for my mods/93 pump and is a blast to drive! 

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First I would like to let everyone in on the history of my car. I have owned it for three years and it came with some bolt on some good some bad. The first year I owned my car I switched out alot of the bad parts for better ones. The second year I attempted to get the car tuned. I did alot of research on tuning and also on the vendors. I ended up with a vendor out of florida. He tried to tune my car for about a year and kept telling me I need to fix this or buy this blah blah blah.
After a year I was very frustrated and finally just said nevermind I will find someone else. I posted on EvoM about my issues and Tscompusa messaged me and offered to help. He looked at my rom and logs and gave me a few pointers. At this time I was attempting to tune the car myself. Tom helped me with a few issues and then I came to a point og ignition timing and was too nervouse to do it myself. So, I was looking for another tuner again. Tscompusa said he could tune my car for a really decent price and of course after getting burnt once I was iffy about it. Finally I said screw it lets see what he can do and I told him I wanted him to tune my car. Well before we were able to start my IX Turbo died. So I told tscompusa that I will need a little time to get a new turbo. 
Eventually I bought a FP Black and installed it. Right after I finished it a well known tuner from CT was coming to my area to tune a few cars. All of my friends talked me into having him tune my car. I rode in a few cars he tuned and they felt pretty good. Well I had him tune my car and no exaggeration my car felt slower than it did with a partial tune with a IX turbo. The day after the tuner finished I went back to him and told him this feels weak I mean really weak. He blamed it on me shifting too slow. I know how to drive. I pulled 12.4 multiple times consistantly out of my stock turbo and injectors. So I told the guy I wanted a partial refund. He pretty much blew me off so I was out $300.00. That same day I contacted tscompusa and I told him my story. That I was screwed again by another tuner and im getting really annoyed. So, tscompusa started on my car that same day. Unfortuantly it started raing so we had to wait a couple days due to traction issues. Finally one night I fixed everything up did a boost leak test and contacted tscompusa and it was around 10-11 pm and he was like alright lets get her done lol. So we tuned until about 3:30 in the morning and made 444whp and 385tq about 80tq 50whp more than that other Shop from CT. So all I can say is that Tom (tscompusa) ahs very good customer service. Has been very patient, knows what the hell he is doing, and makes alot of safe power tuning cars. It took me three years to straiten my car out and over $1500 in tuning. Toms prices are lower than others but the quality of his work is the highest you can get. I would recommend him over anyone I have tried to use and I would like to thank him for helping me out being so patient and the quality work he has done with my car.
I think some of the tuners out there need to learn from Tom if they want to be a succesful bussines.
Thanks alot Tom I look forward to seeing what kind of power we make when I get my built block and a couple other mods.