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Old Oct 18, 2007 | 08:38 PM
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I am thinking to reflash my original ECU too.

Is it possible to save my orginal tuning from that ECU to somewhere(Perhaps paper or disk or CD) that I can use it back again once I am ready to go original settings again?

If not, I may go and buy another ECU for a spare just to reflesh purpose. So that my original stays at original settings.

Is it true that by setting/reflesh ECU, you can gain 100HP++?
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Old Oct 18, 2007 | 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by SunKren
I am thinking to reflash my original ECU too.

Is it possible to save my orginal tuning from that ECU to somewhere(Perhaps paper or disk or CD) that I can use it back again once I am ready to go original settings again?

If not, I may go and buy another ECU for a spare just to reflesh purpose. So that my original stays at original settings.

Is it true that by setting/reflesh ECU, you can gain 100HP++?
Yes!

You just hook up the laptop to the ECU with your tactrix and download it using EcuFlash.

Simple as that. You can upload the stock ROM whenever you choose
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Old Oct 18, 2007 | 09:42 PM
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Oh BTW, you won't be gaining 100WHP with a flash, but depending on mods, you should feel a nice improvement over the stock ROM
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Old Oct 18, 2007 | 10:16 PM
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I have flashed mine over 200 times and no problems yet. Some professional tuners have stated 1000 times as the max. Now I am sure there is someone who has run into problems at say 300 flashes and some one who has over say 1200 flashes and still no problems.
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Old Oct 18, 2007 | 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by uSmC_08
Yes!

You just hook up the laptop to the ECU with your tactrix and download it using EcuFlash.

Simple as that. You can upload the stock ROM whenever you choose
Can you explain for me lil bit more?

I asked 2 questions and you only said YES. Sorry.
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Old Oct 19, 2007 | 03:24 AM
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SunKren, check out the video on my website... it'll explain how to download the stock ROM and save it and upload a new rom. www.mellontuning.com
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Old Oct 19, 2007 | 04:42 AM
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How many times can you do it until the ecu runs out of maps and you are stuck with the last one. I heard you can only do it about 20 times, then you are stuck with what ever you flashed it with last...
thats like saying you can only go to 20 web sites on the computer then your stuck with the 20th one hahaha...
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Old Oct 19, 2007 | 04:48 AM
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Quick simple answer....

You are misinformed..

There is a theoretical limit to how many times the same area of memory can be rewritten by the manufacturer of the memory chip on the ECU.

So far nobody has reached that limit, and there have been some members with thousands of reflashes.
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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 02:55 PM
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what are you guys using to tune the stock ecu and is it better to upgrade or use a piggy back system
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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by KeithD
what are you guys using to tune the stock ecu and is it better to upgrade or use a piggy back system

read www.mellontuning.com it explains everything but let me know if you have any questions
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