For the last couple of months ive been on a tuning adventure with Frank at Mabotech. When I got the car I was surprised that no one really custom tuned cars on this platform. I came from a Mazdaspeed 3 where you were looked at funny if you were running an off the shelf "cookie cutter" map. I purchased a Eurodyne cable and OTS tune from them with the intentions of using Maestro when it was available for this platform.
I found Frank through a big Euro shop down here in South Florida, Novitech Tuning. They posted a car for sale on their IG and it mentioned it was custom tuned using Maestro so I reached out and asked them who they used and if they were happy. Turns out all the local guys use him and have nothing but good things to say about him and his work. Perfect.
I reached out and we were able to start that day. He's able to sell credits to register Maestro for the car so I bought the appropriate amount and registered my car. I sent him logs of the basemap that Eurodyne provides and it was off to the races, sort of. At this point my mods were 57/180, ported charger by S4Matty, ported OEM throttle body by S4Matty, MercRacing hx, ECS intake. We got 4 revisions in and thanks to the South Florida weather my IATS were to the point where he didn't feel comfortable going any further. He mentioned that he's tuned another s4 with methanol injection and in Florida its pretty much needed to capitalize on the modifications ive done to the car. I didn't really want to go meth because I read that it takes the coating off the rotors but whatever. I found a sick deal on an AEM kit here on the forums and bought it as well as the meth plate by iAbed for a stock throttle body. I had him open it up to match the ported supercharger. I installed the kit and we kept going and ended up with this log.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LbU...ew?usp=sharing
I reached out to iAbed for one of his 75mm Porsche kits and when I threw it on I left the tune as is and this is the log for that. Big thanks to him as well. His customer support is awesome and responds to emails wicked fast. His kit is extremely easy to install and you can tell the difference in the logs. If you're on the fence about getting a 75mm tb don't even think about it and just do it.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tt7...ew?usp=sharing
I reached back out to Frank and told him I got a throttle body and to see if we can squeeze out more power and he was on board for it. We did a few street pulls and then he asked me to jump on a dyno to safely squeeze some more power out. We did a few pulls on the dyno but I arrived kind of late to the shop so I wasn't able to finish the tune on the dyno. As I was getting off the dyno he sent me my latest map which I had to log on the roads of Mexico. We ended up with this log. When he's in town I might get with him and make an ethanol map to get some more timing out of it but as of right now this is just 93 and 50/50 VP Racing M1.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13Qd...ew?usp=sharing
Lets backtrack a little. After the throttle body, I started getting the treacherous sputter in 4th gear that's explained in this thread https://www.audizine.com/forum/showt...ut-appreciated!)
I reached out to Frank and he said that the tune shouldn't have anything to do with it and after I specifically explained to him how I could replicate the problem he looked at the map and sent me a revision to test. In one revision he was able to fix my issue and it no longer happens after trying to replicate it in different conditions, speeds, gears, everything.
As far as my TCU tune im running the Eurodyne stage 1 file they provide. Frank and all of the locals, vw and audi enthusiasts, swear by TVS tcu tunes which he is a dealer for. He mentioned it and I might take him up on that offer when he makes his next trip here.
Overall I'm extremely happy with the experience. I would email him on weekends with logs and he would answer that day with map revisions or answers to questions I would ask. He works 7 days a week and I was to the point of including "you don't have to answer today it can wait til Monday during working hours" in my emails.
TLDR
Wanted custom tune. Had Eurodyne already. Found Frank at Mabotech Tuning. Got a custom tune by him. https://www.mabotech.net/
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