antrmo

hi all up north man here, i cant seem to find a way to reprogram my ecu,or chip it or even replace it . i keep hearing ,bcause the car is auto im out of luk. ive got all these mods on the car so i want to tune it proper to take advantage of them and get more h,p out of them. i read all mods help, but u must reset the ecu,or reprogram it to get the full potential out of the mods ,,any help plz thanks all, hope evryone is good. thx troy

imported_2join performance

What kind of mods do you have?
If you have regular stuff like an air intake, headers, etc. I have read about how some people recommend resetting the ecu for it to properly "calibrate" itself to the new mods. I believe this is not necessary because the ecu has the capability to do this on its own.
If you want to tune your auto ecu, it can only be done with an AFC hack, e-manage, or a full standalone that supports the auto ecu. Unless you have forced induction, no need to go here.

imported_italstallion

if its just mods like intake,headers,exhaust then dont worry about it.u only need tuning when u get serious like big cams and stuff like that.

antrmo

huh, well thats pretty much all the stuff i have hedr,cai undr drive pully, cat bak,,but i swear i keep redin that no mod is complete without fine tunin the ecu,,but thanx 4 the info, anything else is also welcome thx.

imported_italstallion

no you should be fine u cant really tune those things.those are bolt on's and they sound exactly like they are u bolt them on adn thats it.just think about it how are you going to tune a header its just a peice of metal u know.

The Prophet

lol, huh??

you dont tune the specific parts, you tune the engine to compensate for the differences the items are making, i.e headers and intake will mean your getting air in and out of the engine faster so u need to compensate for that by adding more fuel... etc etc

imported_2join performance

^^ Exactly, but with headers, and an intake, the difference is so negligable that fine tuning would be a waste of money. You might gain 5hp if you are lucky. Not worth it unless you can do it yourself. Plus with such minor changes the ecu is capable of compensating.

The Prophet

yes i agree that with those mods, tuning is not going to help you out too much...

imported_italstallion

i understand what your saying but what i mean is those accesories arent really meant to be tuned.the dyno time to actually tune those items would outprice the item your tuning itself which is pretty useless.

antrmo

hey thx all, great info. guess ill have to get more upgrades then,lol. keep er rollin.