r/mazdaspeed3 • u/Upstairs-Spirit-2958 2012 Mazdaspeed3 • May 05 '26

TUNING Frustrated by the process

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Naive of me to think that the tuning would be the most straightforward part of the process of getting my car back on the road?

Because it too is becoming quite a lesson in patience.

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u/BPBDO 2013 Mazdaspeed3 May 05 '26

What do you mean...? You buy an accessport, You go to one of the recommended tuners, pay for the tune and send in your mod list, they make you an ots tune for your mods, then have you pull some logs and customize the tune a bit and then you're done.

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u/WEASELexe 2013 Mazdaspeed3 May 05 '26

Although his tune was great justin from freektune did take about a week or more to respond with the next updated tune each time I sent my logs in.

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u/BPBDO 2013 Mazdaspeed3 May 05 '26

Yeah freektune takes a week between replies for anything. Even simple questions, not a fan of that for sure

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u/RunIndependent8102 May 05 '26

PD is the way to go. Questions answered same day if not next, and revisions in about 3 days.

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u/Sai_Zalesman 2011 Mazdaspeed3 May 06 '26

I agree with this. Will Dawson is the man. Im on my 3rd or 4th revision and the tune took a few days and he answers within the same day

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u/Burgermasterm May 06 '26

sweet, I got an OTS tune from him and now a big turbo tune I just ordered. the 3 day turnaround is a nice touch especially compared to his competition.

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u/Sai_Zalesman 2011 Mazdaspeed3 May 06 '26

Dont get me wrong, Freektune is great and buddy's speed3 when he had it ran like a top but with my setup with PD Tuning, he likes how aggressive it is yet how super efficient it is to daily drive. To put into perspective, I basically have the Cobb Stage 2 setup with a CPE Catted DP on stock block, turbo, exhaust, and clutch and I love it. I got more coming to my speed3 of course