school me on Open Flash Tablet

[jonbonazza]

Originally Posted by gramicci101

Not really. An OFT is $495, comes with 5 common tunes on it, and all the rest are free to download. An EcuTek license, cable, and Stg1 tune from FT-86SF is $825, and additional tunes are $90 each.

*all prices from FT-86 SpeedFactory.

But you are comparing a tuning software to a tuning software + a tune. You don't NEED to buy a tune from a 3rd party to use ECUTek. You can buy the software (~$500) and tune it yourself, just like with OFT. It can even use OFT maps. There really is 0 reason to use OFT. Just buy ECUTek, play with it all you want, then when you realize you have no idea wtf you are doing, go to someone who does to get a real tune.

[gramicci101]

I was making that comparison because the OFT comes with tunes on it. For it to be a valid comparison then the ECUTek would need to come with a tune as well.

I won't even pretend to know how to tune my own car, because if I get it wrong things could go bang and then I'm out a car. Would dyno time for a simple stage 1 or 2 tune be less than the additional $325 it would take to just buy FT86SF's canned tune?

It's interesting that they can use OFT maps though; I didn't know that.

[Blu-by-U]

Originally Posted by gramicci101

Not really. An OFT is $495, comes with 5 common tunes on it,

Originally Posted by jonbonazza

But you are comparing a tuning software to a tuning software + a tune.

EcuTek = software + tune


OFT = software + 5 tunes


Hmmmm.

[jonbonazza]

Ecutek comes with a bunch of base maps as well.

Price of a custom tune depends on your tuner.

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[gramicci101]

Eh, it's not a **** measuring contest, although OFT vs Ecutek threads always go that direction. I will maintain that they're different products for different applications. Although I did learn more about Ecutek from this thread, so that's good.

[Hyper4mance2k]

Originally Posted by gramicci101

Eh, it's not a **** measuring contest, although OFT vs Ecutek threads always go that direction. I will maintain that they're different products for different applications. Although I did learn more about Ecutek from this thread, so that's good.

This is a forum full of car guys; everything is a **** measuring contest.

[Stumpygt86]

Motec M1 ??

[steve99]

Originally Posted by Vroomin86

Same reason I got mine. Now just wish I knew how to do this pedal dance

update your oft firmware including the template file and pedal dance mode optionwill be in the on screen menu and the car does not need to be warmed up either.

see OFT TIPS link below

[steve99]

Originally Posted by CSG Mike

You can get a custom tune, but as stated earlier, finding a tuner willing to tune for OFT may be a challenge.

Finding an ecutek tuner that would sell me an unlocked tune is a greater chalenge

[steve99]

Originally Posted by jonbonazza

Ecutek comes with a bunch of base maps as well.

Does it ?
sure they not just the stock roms ?

[jonbonazza]

Originally Posted by steve99

Does it ?
sure they not just the stock roms ?

Actually, maybe they are just stock ROMs.. Not sure.

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[Wepeel]

Originally Posted by CSG Mike

Who's gonna tune it for you? I don't know very many tuners that will touch an OFT.

What ECUTek tuners do you recommend?

[BBYZILA]

Originally Posted by philooo

I am looking to get the latest firmware for my car, and I was thinking about the open flash tablet to simply get the latest flash to fix the old seal problem and such....

my engine is 100% stock, exhaust and all.

do you think that makes sense ?

the idea is to use it later once I change stuff on my car ...

Or should I just buy the ecutek one ?

PS: total newbie in term of edu flashing here
phil.

To answer your question, I bought a OFT a couple of months ago, and it is really simple and easy to use. I flashed stage 1 93 tune and you can definitely feel a difference. If you want a simple, easy way to get some gains out of your bolt ons, or with a stock car, for the price, OFT cant be beat. Once you get a catless header, you can flash a stg 2 catless header tune. For people like me who are NOT building a car for the racetrack or drag strip, it is completely fine.. good luck.

[jprice130]

For clarification, I'd like to point out that you do not tune with OFT. OFT is simply a hand-held flashing and data logging device that comes with a catalog of free, unlocked OTS tune files. So when folks say that most tuners won't tune or touch OFT, what they're really saying is that they don't want to tune with RomRaider or any other open source tuning software.