My car is in the shop getting tons of work, as I had a nice 4-wheeling accident on track. So I've been talking to Hamish the past week or so and should be sending my ECU for a trip overseas to him. Should be sent out in the next day or to and hopefully he can work his EvoScan magic on the X.

 

I'll take the liberty of saying, MEEK Automotive in Sydney claim to be able to do EcuFlash on an Evo X ECU. ring em up...

 

xbox4414 i can send Hamish my ecu as it's only overnight on a courier for my.
will save the plane ride for ur ecu

 

*Twiddles thumbs and waits patiently*

Hopefully this is up and running before spring.

 

Spring?

From the looks of things, id say you should order your cable very soon.

 

Oh can't wait for the release we have our cable waiting Keep up the great design work on the software

 

my ecu left this morning for Hamish (mr evoscan) so will be there by tomorrow. hopefully we will have a new evoscan version for the X by Xmas or New Years.

 

cool, very good of you to do that

 

yea they have been sayng next week for the last few months.. but hey i already have the cable so i need to wait... or AP it....

 

Last few months? You mean as in "July"?

I'm usually pretty patient, but "since July" to now is getting me a little antsy.

Keep in mind that I realize that it's "freeware", but also only if you buy the cable, so it's not completely "free" (nor should it be).

I'm just kinda ticked that it's been on the "verge of release" for this long--not at them, but just in general. Why not be like AEM with the EMS system back in the day and release it in a far-from-done BETA with plenty of warnings, and a clickable disclaimer so that more heads are working on the bugs?

 

Good thing you're not asking about a Microsoft Windows release. 5 years isn't unheard of. And no matter how long they delay to fix it, there's still a huge pile of bugs in the final product (Microsoft's).

 

Well, if they become a multi-billion dollar company with a product that a majority of the people in the western hemisphere use and are already trying to improve a product that has become mainstream, then fine.

Let's add to that: If they're coming up with an IMPROVED version of something that already works (computer=Evo X) then it wouldn't be as bad.

End result, your analogy = Apples vs. Torque Wrench.

 

Maybe I can show you the timeline of how far and FAST ECUflash has come ??

2007 Nov Launch of Evo X
2008 Feb USDM gets the 1st few units?
2008 May OP2.0 and possibility of ECUFlash on X
2008 Jul Software ready but need beta testers
2008 Aug ROM extracted and disassembly started
2008 Sep Some tuning maps located some issues discovered
2008 Oct More tuning maps more issues discovered
2008 Nov Most tuning maps located issues being tested
2008 Dec Most issues resolved ..

I think less than 6 months on a 'freeware' is very good to me ..
ECUflash has to work not only with Mitsubishi, but a host of other cars including backward compatibility with the older cables .. plus not ALL versions of X for now ..

I guess you should have a working version later rather than working on it early and running into problems later (like IE 7 )

Its worth the wait

 

My local tuner here in ABQ (CamTuning)has the beta already, so he has the ability to flash, he's just waiting on the datalogging software... waiting patiently... I need a tune!!

 

That's being kinda harsh, don't you think? I use a torque wrench much more than I consume apples.