211. 25 Years Of Tuning, Best Bang For Buck Builds, Who Owns Your Tune? w/ Shawn Church

Shawn Church joins the show to talk about how he has been tuning cars in Los Angeles since 2002 and still puts about a thousand through his shop a year. We get into where the real bang for buck is right now, why he thinks locked tune files are nonsense, and what 25 years in California has taught him about getting more out of cars. Take your build up a whole new level with 6XD Gearbox: https://6xdgearbox.com Code "Minnoxide5" for 5% off High Performance Academy: https://hpcdmy.co/Minnoxide Use code "MINNOX" for 55% off ANY course Use Code "MINVIP" for $300 of the MINVIP Package Tuned By Shawn: https://www.tunedbyshawn.com Code "Minnoxide" for 5% off! Ship With Sure Thing Logistics: https://www.surethinglogistics.net MORE BIGGER Turbo T-Shirts:  https://www.minnoxide.com/products/more-bigger-t-shirt 0:00 Intro — Church Automotive Testing 1:58 From Intel and an MBA to a dyno in a rented shop 8:28 The World of 1000HP Being THe Norm 12:36 VR30 vs B58, and the cheap way into platforms 15:47 Best bang for buck at 600hp and at 1000hp 20:09 The direct injection cost ceiling 25:30 E85 and States With Bad Fuel 32:24 Flex fuel done right, and the corn math nobody checks 45:07 Discussing Remote Tuning 49:18 $3,000 before you touch the car: C8 TCU unlock 55:45 Cheap software, Big power, Blown motors 1:00:08 Tuning schools, educated customers, and building a tuner shop 1:11:53 Who owns your tune? 1:19:04 Choosing customers, working with shops, and the pre-dyno checklist 1:28:58 What Happens When A Car Blows On A Dyno 1:37:40 Walking away from Tuning Exotics 1:45:33 EPA, CARB, and what it costs to run a shop in LA