Interesting to hear you weren't satisfied wilbur, cause after you sold your completed car to Tyson, all he did was rant and rave about protomotive

 

good luck with the new mods Scott - looking forward to seeing what this beast will do...

 

OT:

Does RS Tuning have a distributor in the U.S.? I know they're affiliated with Cargraphic. Does Cargraphic sell any RS Tuning power kits?

Thanks.

 

That doesn't sound like Tyson!

 

When I get a little money, I am going to use Protosport to do my turbokit on the 3.2 Carrera. $15k for the Stage I U/G and an LSD should provide me 400 at the crank...in a car weighing less than 3000 lbs.

 

Todd K. and Protomotive are now located in Arkansas. That's where the car went.

 

Excellent Scott! I know you will continue to push the boundaries with the 996 TT at the drag strip! Look forward to the new slips and movies.

 

Just curious...why? That seems like a big drop in market. The only upside is that they are more centrally located.

 

Wilber has his differences with Protomotive as do I.

However, their work is quite good and they do build very fast cars. Their software tuning is one of the best you will find anywhere. Even Wilber will admit that.

I don't think the performance is where we have our differences with Protomotive. That's all I will say for now.

Wilber says go for RS Tuning/Cargraphic, I personally like Ruf. Either way, you can't go wrong. With that being said, neither of those companies push the envelope to the same extent as Protomotive when it comes to absolute power.

 

I will chime in here as a fellow ex-Protomotive user. I agree with what Tyson says completely.

Cheers,

 

Hamann, Wilber and John Stephanus
You all seem to have had bad experiences with Todd Knighton from what I am reading, it might be appropriate to say what they are, and clarify the issues for everybody to read them here to make more informed decisions in the future.
Then if Todd wants to answer publicly at least he will be able to. But this hurts his reputation without any facts being put forward.

Just my opinion, I am personally a very satisfied customer, but maybe there is something I should know.

 

I am with Jean on this one....Todd and Cynthia build very fast and reliable systems, and they stay behind their product 100%. I have had several "warranty" issues which they fixed without any questions, even though one was not their fault...... this dates back to my 4.0 twin turbo 993 project in the early 90's...

 

You can add me to the list of 100% satisfied customers. The extent that Todd has gone through working with me on things is unequaled by any tuner I have ever done business with over the last 22 years.

 

Actually, I thought my comments were in fact quite diplomatic. I don't see how my comments hurt anyone.

I have always stuck up for Protomotive and the performance aspect of their tuning systems. However, to say that their systems feel like factory or their customer service is on par with Ruf would be a lie.

They build very fast cars, maybe THE fastest Porsches in a straight line... but just be prepared to be very patient and spend a fair amount of money. I don't think any of that is a lie.

 

Todd operates out of a farm and is marketing averse (check out his website), someone asked why he moved out of California, well it is because of this.

I had shipped out my broken engine from 10k miles away to them, they built out of it a 3.8 twin plug, pressure sensing Motronic engine with everything customized and ALL internals upgraded...705BHP at 1.1 Bar on engine dyno. The car started at the first try here back home and ran perfectly. I don't know many tuners who can do this on Motronic.

Todd and Cynthia flew to Hockenheim in Germany in order to calibrate further my car on the road and detune it a little as it was too scary to drive at those levels (did not have a boost controller yet), and I needed to run the 'Ring with a milder car. They also were present when I put the car on Manthey Racing' s MAHA chassis dyno. I don't know many tuners that would do this.

No, I did not pay them a dime, it was a free service, and a matter of ownership and pride over their product for them. The full cost of my engine is what many people here pay for bolt-ons to get 700HP that perform like 550.

They are only two, they do not have a staff, and they do not have the resources of RUF, but I have a hard time believing they would let anyone down, they take their creations very personally.

This is just my personal experience with them, I thought I should share it.