Slowpoke Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Chickenman has been helping me tune my l28et running on megasquirt, and i felt compelled to write a review of his services. I have had MS3 running on my car for over a year now. I purchased a pre-built ECU and pre-made wiring harness from a forum member that is no longer able to provide support for his product. I don’t mind mechanical projects but I’m still pretty green when it comes to electrical systems, so i figured i would leave this part of the project to professionals. I got the car to run decently with some local help, but parts of the install and initial setup were incorrect and i had a few preexisting electrical issues. This winter i upgraded the turbo, injectors and needed to retune MS. I was interested in knowing more about how the MS system worked and to feel more comfortable working with it, so i reached out on HBZ for some help. Chickenman PM’d me and offered his remote running services at a VERY reasonable price. I honestly didn’t know what to expect, but i figured if i learned anything from the experience it would be worth it. It was very worth it. Chickenman set me up with some pre-tune instructions and setup, the we setup a few hours for him to remotely control my laptop hooked up to the ECU for tuning. The tune i had previously done ran well but was masking all sorts of mechanical and electrical issues. Chickenman, did not let me keep these issues on my car and patiently instructed me on diagnosing and fixing them! I would have never expected so much patience and interest in seeing the project done right. By the end of the first running session we had a decent idle, a drive able VE table, working autotune and a list of miscellaneous small issues to fix. Chickenman provided email support through the next few weeks helping me diagnose and fix most of the remaining issues. I sent him updated auto tunes, data logs, driving notes and he made edits to my tune. My car runs smother and faster than before, I also learned a lot about automotive electrical systems and MS. I feel much more confident and organized about my project and can’t recommend Chickenman’s services enough. While his services are all remote, i believe my car is running better in less time than it would have if i had taken it to someone local. I live in Detroit, and finding someone to tune an old foreign car on a lesser know ECU is hard and expensive. I could now take the car in its current state to dyno tune timing and would save a lot of money and time. Chickenman is professional, knowledgeable, patient, helpful and is excellent at communicating and teaching. If you are thinking about setting up MS and haven’t done it before, hire him. He will save you time, headache and you will probably learn something useful. I highly recommend his services 10/10! Thanks Chickenman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenman Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Awe shucks .. Thanks so much Raphael. I really enjoy helping others Tune their cars. And it keeps my Brain from turning into complete mush... LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softopz Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Second that his patience and skills are excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 I know who to contact now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HICKL Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Ditto all of the above. Chickenman helped me as well and has profound knowledge of all things that matter in our world.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmehdikh Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I came here to reiterate how helpful Chickenman is. I wouldn't have been able to get my car running without his help. If anyone is considering anything to do with megasquirt, I'd definitely recommend contacting him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenman Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 (edited) Took a well needed break for a while, but still doing MS3Pro, MS3 and MS2 tunes. As well as Haltech, Link, Holley and Maxx-ECU. Edited January 20, 2022 by Chickenman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 On 5/4/2018 at 11:13 AM, Chickenman said: Awe shucks .. Thanks so much Raphael. I really enjoy helping others Tune their cars. And it keeps my Brain from turning into complete mush... LOL How much is your service Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GooldOld280z Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Hey Chickenman i have read a few posts about your remote tuning, i recently purchased a 1978 datsun 280z running on an ms2. Funny story i happened to stumble upon a post about this exact car from february 2018. it currently barely runs on its current tune. I Paid for tunerstudio ultra and have played around with it a little bit as weather permits. Please shoot me an email to discuss further if interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol doc gully Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Would love to enlist this help. I sent him a PM on here, but not sure he comes around often. Does anyone have an email they think would be OK to use to make contact? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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