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Old 02-04-2011, 08:36 PM   #32 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by rmay635703 View Post
You are more or less completely and utterly on your own is the scoop.

Those services may or may not work and the price is obviously not very good.

The megasquirt and other options that are controlled by you are also not real cheap.

If you do it yourself completely you need to understand the binary portion of the rom, how to make it into a human readable thing, how to identify its parts and how to modify it.

Generally you will also need a computer, a soldering/desoldering iron, nerves of steel *******izing and putting a socket in your ECM and a ROM reader for the PC.

I failed when I tried that route so I am little help, also remember each vehicle and motor varient has its own club and potential utilities, a google search might help.

Oh and if you do it yourself it voids any warranty you may have.

Cheers
Ryan
Hrmm... Not at all concerned about warranty. I've never owned something with a warranty.

I'm a little light on nerves of steel when dealing with modifying the code in an ECU and with soldering electronics. I'm sure I could do it, I just don't have the experience to make sure my custom tune doesn't burn a hole in a piston.

I *may* still bite the bullet and give a reprogrammed ECU a try, but probably not a DIY on this mod.

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