Plenty of people in the industry think that blowing up engines and destroying parts is an essential and unavoidable aspect of the learning process when it comes to tuning, but is that really the case? In this episode of High Performance Academy's Tuned In podcast, Andre sits down with Haltech's Scott Hilzinger to answer that question, and much, much more.

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Sydney-based Hilzinger discusses his first DOS-based forays into tuning as a teenager, as well as leaving that stone age behind over the next 20 years through helping to build and develop Haltech ECUs into one of the best options out there in the market. Scott and Andre also talk about life at the sharp end of the field when dealing with extremely high horsepower builds and the different strategies and considerations that need to be kept in mind once you start pushing 3000, 4000, and even 5000hp. At this level, it's not even so much about making the power, it's about managing that power to ensure the car makes it to the finish line in one piece.

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The pair also discuss the most common mistakes and questions that Scott always gets from his customers, as well as how you can avoid them with a little thought and commonsense. Scott really knows his stuff – knowledge that's been hard-earned over 20 years spent tuning, developing, and building engine management technology with Haltech.

Trial and error, wheels-up launches, and tuning in the stone age – all this and plenty more in this episode of High Performance Academy's Tuned In podcast with Australian tuning legend Scott Hilzinger.