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So you say you want to flash your ecu at home huh?

Old Feb 21, 2009 | 06:18 PM
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The number one complaint I hear about ECU tuning is having to send the file in. Well after today it came to me and we have a solution. This is something you can buy and keep with you. You can take it to the track and flash file after file until your blue in the face.

But how much will it cost you ask? About 149.99.

Gotta run or I'd give more details.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2009 | 06:26 PM
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Default Re: So you say you want to flash your ecu at home huh?

Originally Posted by TVT_DESIGN
The number one complaint I hear about ECU tuning is having to send the file in. Well after today it came to me and we have a solution. This is something you can buy and keep with you. You can take it to the track and flash file after file until your blue in the face.

But how much will it cost you ask? About 149.99.

Gotta run or I'd give more details.

Come on now Anthony, you CAN'T tease us like this~
 
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Old Feb 21, 2009 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by BLKFIN
Come on now Anthony, you CAN'T tease us like this~
Ditto!
Ditto!
 
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Old Feb 21, 2009 | 08:31 PM
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You know, I used to like Anthony...........
 
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Old Feb 21, 2009 | 08:44 PM
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Sorry guys, chaperoning my sister's bday. So I can only come on periodically to post non-significant updates until I provide all the details tomorrow.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2009 | 08:51 PM
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Default Re: So you say you want to flash your ecu at home huh?

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Sorry guys, chaperoning my sister's bday. So I can only come on periodically to post non-significant updates until I provide all the details tomorrow.
does midnight count as tomorrow
 
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Old Feb 21, 2009 | 08:57 PM
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Well, since it's your sister's B-Day, we'll have to forgive this horrible tease . . . . for now.

(and thanks for the heads up when you were busy.)
 
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Old Feb 21, 2009 | 09:06 PM
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I never had one of the turner pacs for cars. but on my motorcycles, I have run the PowerCommnder3 and some other off brand units. Kinda neat, plug in the laptop and make adjustments and go test. You can change spark advance/retard, fatten or lean out the fuel/air mixture at different RPM,s cool tool for the bikes, hope it is similiar.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2009 | 09:07 PM
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HAHHAHAHAHAHA
I like TVT even more !
 
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Old Feb 21, 2009 | 10:35 PM
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Waiting for the details....
 
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 10:38 AM
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this sounds promising. details details
 
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 10:47 AM
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Openecu ?
 
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 01:16 PM
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Ok, here we go.

I've been using a piece of hardware to flash some of the older cars for quite some time now and on occasion a Crossfire or C-class if necessary.

First let me explain some background info. There are two types of tuning hardware, slave and master units. Slaves can only read master files and thus force you to stick with one specific tuner. Slave/Master units are also extremely expensive.

Of course it wasn't always like that. Back when ECU tuning was more a hobby then a business several Master only units were released. What this means is that it will openly download and upload any file into the ECU, giving you infinite choices for file suppliers.

So what does this mean for you? Well we've acquired a substantial amount of these cables and the necessary software for it to work. Basically you install the software on your laptop, plug the cable into your car and DL the file, you then email us the file, we tune and send you back a new file. Now you have two files to pick from: stock and tuned.

So say you're going to the track and want to try out different pulley combos, purchase tunes for each pulley combo and you can flash at the track. Writing the file takes about 10-15 mins and is extremely straight forward.

This is the closest we can get right now to a hand held tuner, and I think for the price it is an extremely good option.

So PM me or email me at let me know if you are interested and we'll get it shipped out to you as soon as we finalize everything.

Of course, for the non-computer savvy people I will walk you through your first download and upload over the phone. My tuner from Germany did it for me and it made everything much less stressful.

Well there you go another break through for these cars!
 
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 01:56 PM
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Thats SWEEET!
 
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by TVT_DESIGN
Ok, here we go.

I've been using a piece of hardware to flash some of the older cars for quite some time now and on occasion a Crossfire or C-class if necessary.

First let me explain some background info. There are two types of tuning hardware, slave and master units. Slaves can only read master files and thus force you to stick with one specific tuner. Slave/Master units are also extremely expensive.

Of course it wasn't always like that. Back when ECU tuning was more a hobby then a business several Master only units were released. What this means is that it will openly download and upload any file into the ECU, giving you infinite choices for file suppliers.

So what does this mean for you? Well we've acquired a substantial amount of these cables and the necessary software for it to work. Basically you install the software on your laptop, plug the cable into your car and DL the file, you then email us the file, we tune and send you back a new file. Now you have two files to pick from: stock and tuned.

So say you're going to the track and want to try out different pulley combos, purchase tunes for each pulley combo and you can flash at the track. Writing the file takes about 10-15 mins and is extremely straight forward.

This is the closest we can get right now to a hand held tuner, and I think for the price it is an extremely good option.

So PM me or email me at let me know if you are interested and we'll get it shipped out to you as soon as we finalize everything.

Of course, for the non-computer savvy people I will walk you through your first download and upload over the phone. My tuner from Germany did it for me and it made everything much less stressful.

Well there you go another break through for these cars!
If it works I'm in, $150 sounds good.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 05:41 PM
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Count me in!
 
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 04:33 PM
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Count me in on this, this has always been a drawback for me and that is the downtime. What can I expect in gains for HP with the ECU flash? I have a Needwings intake and with this ECU I'm hoping to get 235..
 
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 08:24 PM
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Woohoo, a great step forward! I've been doing this on my buick GN for years now and fortunately for those cars, we have the ability to change any memory location, and most importantly, understand what each menory location means and does. How soon till we will have the abilty to understand and make changes ourselves to any pertinent parameters?
 
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 08:13 AM
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Default Re: So you say you want to flash your ecu at home huh?

I REALLY like the sound of this!

$150 for the device is awesome.

How much for each time we email you a file to be tuned/tweaked? Is there one fee for the original tune and no additional charge for tweaking? Or are we talking one fee for each file created?
 
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 11:18 AM
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Good question Tom. I also would like to ask if this setup will be useful for the SRT and NA? I know the programs are different but I mean the hardware.
 
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