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Best ecu/tcu reflash?

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  1. bocaf430

    bocaf430 Formula 3

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    I am thinking of a having my car reflashed with a upgrade program to make it shift quicker, and gain some performance... I had a FVD flash on my 996tt and really made a big difference, is there a certain programmer, brand etc to contact ? Is it reversible? I heard EVOMS does a reflash for the f430 and there are a few members on here that also do a program reflash.. Has anyone done it and can tell me if it was worth it..etc... Thanks
     
  2. 360Tom

    360Tom Formula 3

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    I've been on the fence about this too. I just found a device last night from RSC live tune. It's similar to the old OBDII programers. You just plug it into the port and it reflashes your ECU and TCU. I've been told the CS flash is great to do too. I do know there is EVOM, Eurocustoms, Prindiville, Mase, Veloce and so on.
    It's a tough decission. But having one that could do both would be nice. Thinking about pulling my ECU's and TCU out and send them away is scary.
     
  3. sunir

    sunir Formula Junior

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    Glenn at Nouvalari UsA offers a tune that seems great and offers a good deal of value dollar per HP/Tq wise. Aside from that if I were gonna pay more I'd do a custom dyno tune vs. paying that amount for a canned tune or a OBD II flash. I think the value (power to dollar ratio) really drops off at a certain point where it becomes more effective to spend on a custom tune.
     
  4. 360Tom

    360Tom Formula 3

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    Anyone have any tuner recommendations here in California?
     
  5. carlcvw7

    carlcvw7 Rookie

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    don't know about so. calif, but in the bay area, I used sharkwerks.com in Fremont for an ECU tune on my 360 and more recently on my 430 with great results. Just took about 4 hours and cost 2950 for the 430.
     
  6. RotarySwingGolf

    RotarySwingGolf Formula Junior

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    Steve mason at mase engineering in Jacksonville is a top tuner and has tuned my Modena and challenge car and tunes many race cars in pirellie wc and continental series and is wAaaaay less expensive than everyone else
     
  7. fstbiker

    fstbiker Formula Junior
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    Anyone try Eurotek?
     
  8. Ingpr

    Ingpr F1 Rookie

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    This guy Eric.....
    Ohhhh man!
    What an amazing upgrade I just made!
    His TCU upgrade is by far the best upgrade I made!
     
  9. 360Tom

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    I's sending my TCU out tomorrow to Eric hopefully. Can't wait to find out the difference.
     
  10. bocaf430

    bocaf430 Formula 3

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    Please..more info..who is Eric?
     
  11. Ingenere

    Ingenere F1 Veteran
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    Sending out ECU's is really a non issue. We get them from all over the world and I can't remember ever having one lost or damaged in the 13 years we've been ECU tuning.

    Ferrari tuning is a bit more complicated than some of the other brands, but as long as the tuner knows what he is doing and isn't just reprograming with generic files bought from Russia the results are generally amazing. All of the manufacturers leave a fair bit on the table.
     
  12. jackgt

    jackgt Formula Junior

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    Can you re flash a 360 ecu to make it shut off the O2 sensor monitors off quicker?
     
  13. M360Dom

    M360Dom Karting

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    What does the flash consist of ? I have a 06 f430 MT car. Thanks
     
  14. Ingenere

    Ingenere F1 Veteran
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    Yes
     
  15. 360Tom

    360Tom Formula 3

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    What is your tuner of choice?
     
  16. Ingenere

    Ingenere F1 Veteran
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    My own company! :)
     
  17. Ron328

    Ron328 F1 Rookie
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    How much HP is gained with the reflash? About 25?
     
  18. Fabspeed Motorsport

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    I am a little late to the game here! The EVOMS tune picks up roughly 25HP.
     
  19. cm2

    cm2 Formula 3

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    I hereby request a price war.
     
  20. 360Tom

    360Tom Formula 3

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    He does CS reflashes to your existing 360 TCU. It makes the shifts quicker, supposedly less clutch wear and a nicer bark downshifting. You just pull your TCU out and send it to him.
    He receives mine today. I can't wait to get it back.
     
  21. 360Tom

    360Tom Formula 3

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    I just looked at the Mase engineering site. They have the tune on sale for 999.00
    That's incredible. I have to call them later today to confirm.
     
  22. sunir

    sunir Formula Junior

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    What if you have a CS and want to do an ECU & TCU upgrade tune... Whose the best for that? What about ECU tune on a 3 pedal F430? Same place or different best guy?
     
  23. bocaf430

    bocaf430 Formula 3

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    I will be doing the ecu and tcu reflash in the near future... I still need to change my stock exhaust to aftermarket headers and maybe an aftermarket muffler... my main concern was trying to get the car to shift better...and faster like the later year f430's
     
  24. sunir

    sunir Formula Junior

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    You need to find a TCU Guru who can make it shift like Scud at 60 mS !!!
     
  25. tazandjan

    tazandjan Three Time F1 World Champ
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    There were hardware changes to get to 60 ms, not just software changes.
     

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