yes , but you can flash it back to stock , right?

 

As you can with all flashing tech.

- Bryan

 

yes , but with the Cobb its easy to do it yourself at home. Not like the other flashes. You are basically switch maps before you go to the delaer , when you go home from the dealer you switch it back, that is not the case? No parts need to be changed and so, or requier the tuner help.
Let say with Ecuteck you need a license for your Ecu to touch it + you have to be able to work with that softwere and so on and so forth...
But this field you are much more experienced i beilive.
Are you a Z-chip dealer by any chance?

 

I don't think he is a zchip dealer.

ECUFlash is the same thing... its just as easy to push the big "flash" button in ecuflash as it is to select the menu and hit "flash" on the AP.

The concern is that there may be a "flash counter".... although I haven't heard anything about that yet. There are suggestions that the counter for timing chain stretch may be reset and be detectable to a tech looking to void your warranty, but there could be other things as well.

 

Yup, agreed with Cobb it's easier to flash the maps yourself if you do not own a laptop. I would be highly surprised that the demographic that own a evo, do not have a laptop though.

Either way, my response was because the OP seems to feel the flash products leave a trace and I thought you where implying that the Cobb does not. So I replied it reflashes the ECU like any other flash tech.

I'm probably the furthest away from being a Z-chip dealer then anybody.

- Bryan

 

Well where is the fun in that? Its been a while since evom eviscerated someone defending the ZChip.

I doubt it will help the OP, but he can always post on the ZChip forum. Not exactly an active community but you never know....

Just get an AP!

 

i dont know about these things. LOL
But i remember once upon a time, i had a Cobb for my X. And we could switch maps, depend on the fuel we run , also we could flash it back to stock and the end.
Even i could do it , it was very very easy. I dont think the ECU flash was out back then. Only the Ecuteck. Either way i wouldnt touch those. I was fine with the Cobb . It is super easy. And can be customized for you car, and set up with many different maps. That is a BIG plus, the HUGE one is , even i can do a map switching LOL

 

oh, i see

 

What's in the middle? The Zchip is not connected to the maf or the ecu.

The accessport will lock out the ecu also so that you cannot communicate with it via reflash and neither can the dealer which is a big red red flag to the service dept.

 

Problem 1: Buying the z-chip.
Problem 2: Installing the z-chip.

Get that POS off your car. If you leave it on, you definitely will need to worry about your warranty.

 

Save your original rom, and if you have to go in for warranty work, simply flash it back on the car. They will NOT be able to tell. If you go with Cobb, simply unmarry and same thing. Honestly you are doing yourself (and your car) a dis-service by staying with the Z-chip.

 

Apologies, I hadn't looked at it since a couple of weeks after it came out and was under the impression that it was fitted like an SAFC. I see now that it plugs in to the MAP and taps an RPM wire (but that was hard to find!)

 

this is correct. I need something that leaves no trace....and zchip is all i have found

 

I took off the zchip today to see if that was the problem....turns out im still boosting up to 26psi and holding 23. All that is on the car is a taketa intake (over $300 system i bought new). I tried to check the engine codes, but i reset them after it happened to see if it was just a one time thing that would go away....only problem is that the service required light is still on and now its not stating any codes. is there anyway to get the codes back? What do you think it could be on the intake that is making me over boost?

 

any ideas??