To fit your "stage" and price range: CP-E FMIC, CP-E RMM, Cobb AP w/Stratified, Pierce's street pack=$1800. All of that can be done in your garage in an afternoon. Take the remaining 500 that could have been used on intake stuff and do some creature comforts like a short shift kit, symposer delete and such. Not that you really have any benefit or merit to stopping at any specific "stage" of modding. You do the amount of modding that fits your end goal with as little wasted items as possible, like skipping an intake unless you just like the sound of it.
The merits of stopping at a stage 2+ setup
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FYI, the difference between Cobb Stage 2, and Adam's base tune (I haven't done a dyno run since revisions). I fully support going custom tune, and I look forward to doing a fresh dyno run this year sometime to show the progress.
Edit: The custom tune for $250 got me more power than a $400 intake on a Cobb OTS tune.
Edit: The custom tune for $250 got me more power than a $400 intake on a Cobb OTS tune.
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Jeff, we will be having a Big Meet on May 14th, at Buford Dam Park. I'd love to see your car in person though we may not see eye to eye on this particular issue 100% 
When is the next meet? I'm not on FB....
Wow that is insane. I talked a bit with Adam and was considering him for my tune but I had not seen that. Very impressive. I'd like to see your final numbers/graph. How does the final revision feel compared to his base tune?
Hi guys, late to the game. 2015 ST, access port with Cobb stage 2 and tune, stock cat, 3" cat back, catch can, Pierce braces, sways, stock shocks and springs (stock ride height for Rallycross), Mishimoto oil cooler with radiator on order, Team Dynamics 17 x 8 with 235/40 NT-05's on rolled fenders, stock brakes with Montune pads, ss brake lines and good fluid, with plan to run Montune LSD, maybe hybrid turbo if smog legal. Purpose, street driven road race track day car to challenge kids to race me at the track. I am a LAPD officer that runs a anti-street racing program (see www.lapdracing.com). As such must keep car California smog legal. Can't run E85 because no station close to the tracks I run (Willow Springs ,Button Willow, Fontana, Camarillo autocross, Etc.). Suggestions? Custom tune? (give me the address) Ran 1.43 at big willow as is but want to go faster, help!
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I would highly recommend an etune. From my own personal experience I would recommend to go with Adam [MENTION=3805]Tune+[/MENTION]. I went from stage 2Cobb OTS to his etune and there was a very noticeable difference in performance. Maximum power doesn't increase dramatically, but the power under the curve is increased by a lot. Power is greater at all RPM's, and delivery is smoother. Highly recommend. The best $250 I ever spent. This includes unlimited revisions. I know u have to pass smog there, but u can have a tune for Torco race gas for example and keep hat as its own separate file for track use only and there is no additional charge. Had a great experience with Adam and just about everyone who's dealt with him will agree. Good luck and thanks for doing something good in the racing community
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I brag about it all the time.
...but I'm looking for something different than most people. Lots of people just want more power and that's totally fine. I went with Stratified because of all of the little drivability things they do. It makes about the same power as everyone else depending on climate, but it drives in a noticeably different way to me. Throttle modulation is different. "Surge" is minimized. Rev Hang is basically gone. The little quality of life improvements on Strat make it the tune for me.
...but I'm looking for something different than most people. Lots of people just want more power and that's totally fine. I went with Stratified because of all of the little drivability things they do. It makes about the same power as everyone else depending on climate, but it drives in a noticeably different way to me. Throttle modulation is different. "Surge" is minimized. Rev Hang is basically gone. The little quality of life improvements on Strat make it the tune for me.
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I brag about it all the time.
...but I'm looking for something different than most people. Lots of people just want more power and that's totally fine. I went with Stratified because of all of the little drivability things they do. It makes about the same power as everyone else depending on climate, but it drives in a noticeably different way to me. Throttle modulation is different. "Surge" is minimized. Rev Hang is basically gone. The little quality of life improvements on Strat make it the tune for me.
...but I'm looking for something different than most people. Lots of people just want more power and that's totally fine. I went with Stratified because of all of the little drivability things they do. It makes about the same power as everyone else depending on climate, but it drives in a noticeably different way to me. Throttle modulation is different. "Surge" is minimized. Rev Hang is basically gone. The little quality of life improvements on Strat make it the tune for me.
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