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Originally Posted by Chad86
Are there any videos on this? And basically how is it changing the car's computer to get the extra performance? I'm a tech guy, but new to ECU flashing technology and wanting to get into more performance modding instead of just appearance ONLY
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The tactrix adapter is an interface between the car obd-2 port and your computers usb port.
The Ecuflash software allows you to read your car ECU ROM via the tactrix adapter and save it, edit it then reflash it to the car
If you have the definition files for the ROM (table structure) then you can use ECUflash software to modify fueling ignition timing and many other tables to increase the performance and drivability of your stock car.
Do not expect huge gains on a stock N/A car maybe 10hp
If you have other mods headers intakes ect you can change tables/parameters to suit these mods and possibly pick up maybe 20hp over an untuned car
retune for e85 maybe 30hp
Any re-tuning even on a non turbo/supercharged car (ie N/A) requires much knowledge and skill , time and patience and the ability to interpret engine parameter logs.
The ecuflash software will not "tune" your car for you.
99% of people will require a source of pre tuned ROM's, and at best may be able to fiddle with the odd table to tidy something up.
note I am in the 99%
I have a tactrix as a backup to my Open flash tablet
Tectrix/openflash is working at present for read/write/edit but logging still a work in progress as I understand it. It works but limited access to rAM addresses for parameter logging, depending on your rom type.