Bought car with ecutek tune...what now?

[Tromatic]

I'd be annoyed with the previous owner for not mentioning the tune and the dealer for either not saying anything, or worse, not figuring it out. The previous owner thrashed the transmission, what else did he not give a shit about? I'd find a way to get the dealer to take ownership of that engine.

[FastWhite]

No willing to help the OP out? I'm out for now, going to 12 hr shifts for the foreseeable future.
Any chance of finding the original owner to see if he still has the cable.



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[FastWhite]

Now a few other tidbits. The auto FRS/BRZ does rev match on down shift. I mention this as I did not see what you had MT or AT. if MT then rev matching is possible, but I believe there is a sequence that has to be followed for rev match to occur. The other bit is to pull the cruise control stalk towards you. If the needle goes to the one on the tach, and then move the stalk up. If the needle moves up, as many as four maps, then you definitely have an ECUTEK tune.


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[Cartman]

Originally Posted by FastWhite

Now a few other tidbits. The auto FRS/BRZ does rev match on down shift. I mention this as I did not see what you had MT or AT. if MT then rev matching is possible, but I believe there is a sequence that has to be followed for rev match to occur. The other bit is to pull the cruise control stalk towards you. If the needle goes to the one on the tach, and then move the stalk up. If the needle moves up, as many as four maps, then you definitely have an ECUTEK tune.


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That depends on wether the tune has racerom features or not. My ecutek doent have multiple maps

[GotBRZ1691]

Originally Posted by Tromatic

I'd be annoyed with the previous owner for not mentioning the tune and the dealer for either not saying anything, or worse, not figuring it out. The previous owner thrashed the transmission, what else did he not give a shit about? I'd find a way to get the dealer to take ownership of that engine.

THIS^

Dealers will deny any engine warranty work for anyone who has their car tuned because it is not OEM. So are they going to cover your warranty work because they sold you a car that was tuned? They certified it. My fear is that you will go to have warranty work done and they will accuse you of tuning the car, and will deny your claim.

The trashed transmission could also be a negative sign of the previous owner.

I said could for a reason. I need a new tranny thanks to bad synchros and I do not thrash my car. I drive spiritedly but im not chirping tires between shifts as I race down the track.

[RobertPaulson]

Look, if you're already planning to get a tune there's no point to get a new ECU and go with OFT. Should you have an issue you need to have warranty work performed, (at a dealer you say hates you already ... srs?) they will be able to see that you've flashed the ECU, the ECU has a counter for that.

so might as well stick with ECUTEK and find a good tuner, one of the best is just a short drive down to florida once you decide to go boosted.

[steve99]

Originally Posted by RobertPaulson

Look, if you're already planning to get a tune there's no point to get a new ECU and go with OFT. Should you have an issue you need to have warranty work performed, (at a dealer you say hates you already ... srs?) they will be able to see that you've flashed the ECU, the ECU has a counter for that.

so might as well stick with ECUTEK and find a good tuner, one of the best is just a short drive down to florida once you decide to go boosted.

Ecutek has a flash counter in its software, as yet no one has found one in ECU itself

If you have found this counter please enlighten me as to its locatiion.

Carnt find it in Techstream, and it appears dealers cannot either as i have worked with guys with bricked ecu and dealers suspected tune but unable to prove.

He doesnt need a new ecu, any ecuteck tuner can flash it back to stock for him, or he can if he bought an ecutek cable. His ecutek licience is embedded in his ecu. Once back to stock he can then flash with any other flashing system.

Although i agree why blow an ecutek licience its worth $350 , and some ecutek tuners will do a flash and go tune for about $350 in usa or if he buys cable kit he can flash himself.

[FirestormFRS]

OP you're going around in circles with this thread.

[Jaden]

You made out like a bandit if it already has an ecutek tune.

Kinda funny, the guy who had the car may be one of those guys who sold their cable on ebay without a license without realizing he needed to unflash the car first...lol.

If so, buy yourself a dongle and pull the flash off. Worst case, then you have a cable WITH license that you can sell to someone else, but if you're eventually going FI you'd be better off with ecutek anyways and flex fuel, that's the only option right now.

Jaden

[Foobar]

Originally Posted by Jaden

You made out like a bandit if it already has an ecutek tune.



Kinda funny, the guy who had the car may be one of those guys who sold their cable on ebay without a license without realizing he needed to unflash the car first...lol.



If so, buy yourself a dongle and pull the flash off. Worst case, then you have a cable WITH license that you can sell to someone else, but if you're eventually going FI you'd be better off with ecutek anyways and flex fuel, that's the only option right now.



Jaden

The license is non-transferable I thought? Once in the car, it stays with the car, no? Otherwise I think we'd see more licenses being sold secondhand versus just cables/dongles.

[Kodename47]

Originally Posted by Foobar

The license is non-transferable I thought? Once in the car, it stays with the car, no? Otherwise I think we'd see more licenses being sold secondhand versus just cables/dongles.

Yeah, he's wrong. There's no need to un-flash a car at all. The license is ECU specific and has no bearing on dongle or cable.

[Jaden]

Originally Posted by Kodename47

Yeah, he's wrong. There's no need to un-flash a car at all. The license is ECU specific and has no bearing on dongle or cable.

Then that's just one more reason I'm glad I didn't go with Ecutek...

Jaden

[Aozora.BRZ]

Originally Posted by not_sure

Nah, dealer is a pos. XXXX in XXX. They hate me lol

I suggest you remove the dealer details from your post. This comes up in google searches and businesses frequently monitor online results for bad reviews and things like that.


If someone from the dealer stumbles through this, and they do hate you, it shouldn't be too hard to identify who you are based on this history. Then it doesn't matter whether you flashed back to stock, their proof is already here.

[Foobar]

Originally Posted by Aozora.BRZ

I suggest you remove the dealer details from your post. This comes up in google searches and businesses frequently monitor online results for bad reviews and things like that.


If someone from the dealer stumbles through this, and they do hate you, it shouldn't be too hard to identify who you are based on this history. Then it doesn't matter whether you flashed back to stock, their proof is already here.

Except in this case, the dealer sold him the car with ECUTek on it.