Yeah, sounds like their solution wasnt very.. legalTre-Cool wrote:Just as an FYI, there is a 3rd option for programming. I found a guy advertising hardware/software for all the GM stuff with unlimited licenses on a forum for around $1500 or 2500 usd and he had some tools that would convert to/from efilive & hpt formats.
Downside is it didn't really have any logging capability, his solution was to buy a scan only version of efilive for logging, tuning but your flashing with his cable.
This wasn't much use to me as I already have unlimited ls1 & e38 ecu licensing with efilive and 2014 e83 with hpt.
Almost guaranteed that the bootloaders they were using would have simply been copied.
Ah theres something I didnt know, so can the TCM be tuner locked? Are they locked very often?Tre-Cool wrote:SCT is being used by the ford guys for better results etc. But they are doing it with the full blown software/xcal combo.
the other differences is efilive treats the late model cars with auto's as 2 different ecu's, so you can pull each tune out individually. the good news is that 1 license covers both the engine/trans ecu. i.e you buy 1 credit for $125usd this will cover 1 engine ecu & a trans for any car.
the same is similar for hpt but it combines both tunes read out into 1 file. This for me has been a good thing with guys who bring there cars to me with shit trans tunes (6L80), but locked engine ecu's (trans is unlocked). I fix the trans and get it shifting properly so it lasts, then they come and see me later to retune the engine and by using your "envious tool" I crack the code for the old ecu on my bench, unlock with efilive, then I can read tune out with hpt/efilive, marvel at the shit in the tune by so called "workshops" & then flash in a complete stock tune to start again or flash in my own baseline tunes.
Iv got a long way to go in learning before I really make an decisionsDylan wrote:Do you plan on retaining the MAF?
Understanding what volumetric efficiency is and how air density changes with temperature helped clear up a lot of things for me.
