I have been trying for years to put a calibrators association together. A group of guys that are at the commercial workshop level who handle volume and are exposed to a wide variety. It would be a way for customers to better decide who they want finger blasting there controller. I commend the guy with a single licence that makes hard attempts to figure it out but when your going from a E38 to a E92 and then having to dig deep in your brain for an LS1 in one day....you start acquiring a lot of diversified experience. We have been fortunate enough to get new GM products early to start reverse engineering what is going on but as I have said numerous times if you didn't pay attention in 9th grade that 12th is going to be more of a struggle. HPT is in business to sell software and does a great job as does the guys at EFIL, but its also liking putting a gun in the hands of a child. There used to be a time when if you could bench 500 lbs you were immortal....now a $800 HPT cable and a $400 laptop and you can walk on water.
The good guys out there that can calibrate struggle plenty...believe me...it happens when you push for more results....leave the attitude aside and you can have a great network of friends in this industry... but every one has THERE "tuner" so its just how the game works.....the smart customers know where the results come out....and its not about a dyno sheet... its about reality.
Just think....in 4-5 more years its gonna start all over again...new controllers new technologies....strap in boys its gonna really separate the packs!