Mitch McKee - Tuning Master on Power, Safety, Hybrids, Hackers, Drug Dealers

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4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2024

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Mitch McKee knows everything about tuning engines. McLarens, Porsche, Ferraris, GT-Rs, you name it, he can make them go faster and run better. Porsche hired Mitch to do the development tuning on the new 911 Hybrid. On this episode Mitch explains when to run race gas to protect your engine; how tuning hybrids might work; the weirdest jobs he's had; why he only works on land-based vehicles; the surprising truth about Porsche GT3s; how a cybersecurity law effects tuners like him; and more! Recorded July 15, 2024 When it comes to engine tuning, Mitch McKee knows it. He spent years working for Vivid racing and COBB before opening his own company, M Engineering. They write software (and build hardware) upgrades for high-dollar exotics like McLaren, Porsche, and Lamborghini. As you'll learn from the show, they don't do simple reflashes or throttle maps, either. They're so good, OEMs hire them to prevent cheating in racing team ECUs. https://www.m-engineering.us/ Head to https://www.FACTOR MEALS.com/tire and use code tire50 to get 50% off your first box plus 20% off your next month while your subscription is active! Today get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to https://www.joindeleteme.com/TIRE and use promo code TIRE at checkout. By popular demand, the WCCS hat is for sale! https://thesmokingtireshop.com/products/west-side-car-collectors Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Enter code TSTPOD for a 10% discount on your first case on the Off The Record app, or go to https://www.offtherecord.com/TST New merch! Grab a shirt or hoodie and support us! https://thesmokingtireshop.com/ Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Tweet at us! https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman

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0:00.0	Well you're gonna die.
0:02.0	Also, how am I gonna go flying around on this thing, like knowing like the motor might pop and I might die?
0:08.0	So I was like, especially if somebody could connect to the OTA update and if they want to do
0:14.0	something nefarious be really bad. I know exactly why they're doing this too. I am
0:18.9	absolutely not commenting on this. And I remember you being very pro-race fuel for tracking the 9-9-2s.
0:26.8	Does that sentiment apply to a stock 3-R-S as well or just the tuned turbo cars?
0:33.4	Fantastic question.
0:34.9	What up everybody?
0:36.2	Welcome to the smoking tire podcast.
0:38.4	Today's episode is as always brought to you by off the record.
0:42.0	We love off the record and you love off the record. You know how I know that?
0:47.5	Because you tell me all the time and I appreciate it when you guys use off the record and then you get out of a big ticket and you send me a little note to tell me about it, it makes my heart tickle inside.
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