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Old 02-06-2003, 06:22 PM
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Cheaper ECU flash?
Anyone know where to get a cheaper re-flash? The one Vishnu uses for stage sub-zero. Vishnu is charging 750 plus tax, anyone know where to it cheaper?
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Re: Cheaper ECU flash?
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Anyone know where to get a cheaper re-flash? The one Vishnu uses for stage sub-zero. Vishnu is charging 750 plus tax, anyone know where to it cheaper?
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Old 02-06-2003, 06:46 PM
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let me know how it goes with the search, or see if you can get some kind of deal for 2 or more. 750 is just to much for a reflash! If you get a good deal you can count me in.
 
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anyone else?

i'm sure we can get a group flash going
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Old 02-06-2003, 07:13 PM
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Vishnu has numerous ECU remaps for most conceiveable parts combos. Would someone offering it cheaper have more than a handful of remaps? Would it make that much of a difference?
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Old 02-06-2003, 07:37 PM
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You will be hard pressed to find the flash for less than $750.

The dealers for ECUtek must adhere to price controls set by ECUtek UK.

Every car is different. Two cars can be can be manufactured right after each other and still have little tuning nuisances between them. What may work (tuning wise) for one car does not always work for another. That being said, a shelf map may not be as good as a personally tuned map.

This is not to say that “shelf-maps” are bad in any way. They still can perform quite well. The point is, the best “tune” comes when your car is personally massaged by a good tuner himself/herself.

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750?! Thats a big jump from when I inquired about it like 8 months ago.
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Old 02-06-2003, 09:11 PM
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8 months ago? no one knew what the price was going to officially be until last Nov. (SEMA).
 
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Old 02-06-2003, 11:43 PM
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Ya but 750 for what according to shiv only takes 15 min. is a bit much. and also that every time you do something different it has to be flashed again, or at smog time.
 
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8 months ago? no one knew what the price was going to officially be until last Nov. (SEMA).
I talked to larry ganz about it via email back then. I would have had to ship the ECU though.
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Re: Cheaper ECU flash?
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Anyone know where to get a cheaper re-flash? The one Vishnu uses for stage sub-zero. Vishnu is charging 750 plus tax, anyone know where to it cheaper?
plus tax.. now thats disturbing.. so for us CA residents thats another 62 bones.. id love to get my ecu reflash but i cant justify spending 800+ on something i cant see or touch and only takes ~5 min to install..
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id love to get my ecu reflash but i cant justify spending 800+ on something i cant see or touch and only takes ~5 min to install..
How much is 20 to 30+ horsepower worth to you? I don't have the bucks to spring on EcuTek software, nor an AWD chassis dyno, so the alternative of paying someone else to develop maps and re-flash my ECU sounds like a good deal. We are paying for a service, not unlike the purchase of an airline ticket or a good car detailing job.

If a re-flash doesn't seem worthwhile, there is always the XEDE computer that also works with the factory ECU. Then, you can download new maps for free, as they become available through other people's dyno time.

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you can't hook your BAIC brothers up?

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don't worry folks... ECU tek is not rocket science, they've been flashing ECU's for a while now...

if you guys really want to do this... post here... and i'll get right on it...
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What we offer 1. a dyno tune an ECUtek or 2. Two hours of street tuning with it.

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At least make it $750 with tax included
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