Originally Posted by Circuit Motorsports (Post 2148292)

If you flash a stock ROM with EcuTek, the ECU will no longer be locked and the dealer will be able to flash updates, etc. You will also be able to flash other tunes from other solutions as well.

It would seem your car is already tuned, why not stay with the tune/setup it has, since the bulk of the tuning investment is already done?

You will need an EcuTek cable kit (Cable and Dongle) to flash back to stock and/or data log and tune further. You could visit a local EcuTek dealer to check it out/flash it, buy an EcuTek cable kit, or even borrow someone's kit. The kits can be shared. The cable kit includes the cable, dongle, and advanced software for flashing, advanced data logging and graphing, and tuning. See here: http://www.brz-parts.com/cms-ecu-cab.html

- Bob

Originally Posted by Shiv@Openflash (Post 2147757)

Because when you flash with Ecutek, the ECU is usually locked and prohibits flashing with any other device (even the factory diagnostic tool). At that point onwards, only an Ecutek cable can flash the ECU.

Originally Posted by Shiv@Openflash (Post 2148302)

Hi Bob-- If an Ecutek'd licensed ECU had it software updated by the dealership, the license would be overwritten/lost correct? This would require that the user show proof of dealership work to their tuner. The tuner would then send them another license and get reimbursed by Ecutek. Having been an Ecutek tuner myself for so many years, this is how I remember it. Perhaps the process has changed?

Originally Posted by not_sure (Post 2148695)

Lets not forget i have no receipt or documentation. The car was purchased with no info from the previous owner. The dealership got the car from another dealer in sanford, nc.

Originally Posted by not_sure (Post 2147539)

I bought a 14 firestorm monogram frs in june..used 1600miles, but a cpo car..

Originally Posted by not_sure (Post 2149056)

Yea it was a scion dealer, why would i complain. I was going to buy an oft, but already having the ecutek tune makes me go a different route..same end to a means

Originally Posted by not_sure (Post 2148695)

Lets not forget i have no receipt or documentation. The car was purchased with no info from the previous owner. The dealership got the car from another dealer in sanford, nc.

Originally Posted by Foobar (Post 2149096)

I thought you needed the dongle associated to the license on the car, I guess not.

Originally Posted by moto-mike (Post 2148520)

You only need to a cable. There's no trip to an EcuTek tuner involved. Anyone with EcuTek has the stock ROM to flash back in and make that trip if they want to. Once the stock file is back on anything can be used to flash the ECU. Your wording seems to incorrectly convey that the ECU is permanently locked. You left out the important part.



This is no more complicated then sending a cell phone picture of a receipt. It is a completely painless and easy process that takes us all of two minutes to do and is turned around within a business day. I'm not sure why you had such a tough time with it but we have done it dozens of times without any issues.

Also lets not forget the countless people whose tunes we updated when we had the new revision before the local Subaru dealer. Unless there updating the firmware on a component aside from the main engine controller (i.e. ABS module which isn't locked anyway), there is no need to go to the dealer to get an ECU update when you use EcuTek.

Originally Posted by not_sure (Post 2147539)

I bought a 14 firestorm monogram frs in june..used 1600miles, but a cpo car. The trans was trashed (6mt). Dealer replaced, no issues. Noticed soon after the car rev matched durring downshifts, thought it was normal lol. Now being better informed, the car definitely has a ecutek tune, not the racerom. Now to my question wid dem tax dollaz I want a OFT. Will the oft see the ecutek rom as my stock rom, can i even use the oft (ive been told ecutek locks the rom), does oft support auto blip rev matching and all the other goodies that ecutek has and how do the compare. Sorry for the shitty sentence structure..im on my phone.