So after doing some light searching, it appears that haltech and the rx-8 never got it on. Adaptronic had the piggyback and now has a PnP setup, I think motech might as well but I'm not sure because I ain't got motech money. Looking at an rx-8 that is a well built turbo car, dude is using a cobb and the adaptronic piggyback. The man that tunes my car is a haltech guy and would prefer I switch the ecu, I wouldnt be against running a haltech elite as a piggy back with the stock ecu using a banzai harness but am I wasting money? Do I run whats there and have the car tuned elsewhere? Do I install the new Adaptronic PnP? The haltech section of this site has provided for me for many years and I value your opinions, lemme know what you think. Thank You.

 

if you trust the tuner and that’s who you want to use, make the switch. If you trust the Adaptronic and a new tuner, do that.

I’ve built a bunch of patch looms for Haltechs in RX-8s. Hit me up if you need one.

 

^That's the man you want tuning your Rx8 on a Haltech Elite.

 

It is highly recommended to do what your tuner tells you to do that they are most comfortable with. But if you did decide that you want a full integrated system the Adaptronic Modular Rx8 Unit does provide that. I offer tuning services specifically for these units and work with them every day. I can tune the car remotely or onsite. Check out my website www.tunedbyshawn.com

Cheers,

Shawn Christenson
Tuned By Shawn

 

This is a Haltech Forum.

 

You are 100% correct!

Cheers,

Shawn Christenson

 

Yep. Good place to tell people not to use a product that isn't built for that car.

Adaptronic PNP RX8 is what I would use.

 

This is a Haltech Forum.

 

And it is appropriate to mention that Haltech DOES NOT have a proper solution for the RX8.

Get the **** over yourself and **** off back to stripping. I'm tired of hearing **** foam out of your mouth

 

Claudio at Tuning Technology and Chris at LMS-EFI both make harnesses as stated above. I'm sorry your reading comprehension is about as good as Shawn's tuning.

 

Both of the RX8's I have tuned with the adaptronic "plug and play" integrated ecu thing both had a ton of issues with however that interface was supposed to work. Sometime last year I was approached by one of Shawn's customers about fixing random issues with their tune and the transient fuel response on their PnP RX8 Adaptronic modular thing. I ended up declining as the hardware software itself was having so many issues that didn't make sense I wasn't about to tie my name to it. See below.


**** is werid, I simply don't trust it. I'd have someone who knows WHAT THEY ARE DOING like Claudio or Chris Ludwig wire up a patch and then swap over to an ECU that is known to actually work correctly consistently, but hey...that's just me.

Skeese

 

Yes there was an issue over a year ago where the internal logging was indeed causing issues. Which was resolved very shortly after with an updated firmware... not sure what you are trying to get on about..

Since that time there was been plenty of working Rx8s on the streets... why dont you get information relative to the current time frame instead of spreading miss leading information that is no longer relevant.

Also this customer was a customer of Turbosource not Tuned By Shawn. If a customer has an issue we do our very best to try and resolve the issue. Yes we are not perfect and yes we have not fixed every single issue. But we are always learning and always trying to provide the best possible service. To say otherwise is a lie outright slander....

 

The sheer number of "there was an issue in the past that caused this" excuses that are made for this platform are inexcusable. It is literally something new every other day that we find out. Really...it should come with a disclosure at this point.

The forum is meant for sharing knowledge and experiences, and that was mine. As of the current time frame, I've yet to be involved with one of these where there isn't some underlying issue.

Again with the excuses. You either did it or didn't do it.

The definition of slander is "the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation." This is clearly not slanderous as I posted a fact: this person came to me for help with his issues with one of your tunes you weren't able to fix or weren't fixing, and the ECU itself was having a bunch of random internal issues causing it to do stuff that made no sense with things tied together that shouldn't be. I also posted verification. Not slander, but I applaud your use of the word to try and call in the mods.

Skeese

 

Once again was OVER A YEAR AGO! One would think that over that time frame 1. Adaptronic fixed that issue as soon as it was found (I was the one that found the issue btw) 2. You think over a year of tuning these cars every single day I might have learned or developed better skills every single day is a learning experience every single customer is different. Simple fact you bringing up things that are no longer an issue is slander because it is FALSE to the current timeline. Unless you can provide relevant information you are simply just trying to hurt my business and what I do to live and feed myself. I honestly dont even understand why you have such a problem I no longer work for turbosource nor was I ever an owner or a person who could make decisions also Adaptronic is owned by Haltech who is GROWING the Adaptronic brand not trying to make it smaller they have increased production staff and continue to update and improve the product. I provide a service for a product and now starting to provide services for the Haltech products as well I will continue to grow as person and a business and there is nothing you can do to stop me.

 

Not at all, I'm just an advocate for the end user and continually coming across people with fried adaptronics and tunes they paid for that are flat out incorrect and halfassed. When it comes to my work and living, I make the effort to do things perfectly correct...but everyone has their own prerogative.

Au contraire, I work the day job from home full time now and actually have spare time and flexibility. My remote tuning website launches in January 2020.

Skeese

 

For the record anyone who pays for a full tune the tuning does not end until the customer is happy. Yes I do have general guidelines but for the most part we tune the car until its done. I cant say iv ever told a customer ok iv done enough you owe me more money when they have paid for a full tune... There is one customer on this forum who unfortunately had an overall bad experience with his FD purchase it ended his tuning experience early and that customer still to this day has the ability to come to me to help him with his car... Most likely will be helping him get going on his new setup... simple as that I do what ever I can do to meet customers needs and if any customer feels like they have not been given that opportunity give me a call 218-330-7369 and I will do my best to rectify the situation.. I am an open book and have nothing to hide. I put my heart and soul into my business and care deeply for all of my customers in which a lot of them think of me as their friend.

I wish you the best in your adventures! There is plenty of business for everyone in this world and to be spiteful/mean is not the way to bring customers to your business..