The Official OpenFlash ECU Tuning Thread

A while back I did some pre and post tune 60-130 testing that I documented here:
http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/458-italia-488/546109-vbox-testing-our-458-ecu-flash.html

After that I installed headers and cat deletes but the combination was much too loud for me. So I swapped out the cat deletes for 200 cell cats and I couldn't be happier. When I find an evening with similar tesdting conditions (it's gotten much warmer now) I'll take it back out for testing. It has certainly picked up good power (and sound) with the exhaust mods. Looking forward to quantifying acceleration improvements again.

 

Thanks for the kind words! Let me know if want to try any different mapping or test anything. New tune files are just an email away

 

Quick update on the idle control tables: it work as I hoped! Even thought its was a change that I never considered for my own car, after testing a 1000rpm idle target for a customer who requested it, I'm going to keep it! Not only does it make idle smoother, it also improves off-idle tip-in response while also making stop/go driving more pleasant (less jerky).

So I will definitely be adding this option for other customers who want to test it out.

Cheers
Shiv

 

Hi guys,
Just wanted to share some updates. Over the last couple of months, we have tuned several 458s. And more scheduled for the next two weeks (including a Speciale). One customer brought his 2015 Spider to the ship last week for a tune. His car was already equipped with a beautiful Akrapovic exhaust with HF cats. He though it car sounded nice before the update, here's what he had to say about it after (he wrote a review for our website):

"When I found this company online I was a bit skeptical because I was used to companies like Fabspeed, Capristo and so on. Felt comfortable dealing with them on my Ferrari needs. However, being a natural risk taker I reached out to OpenFlash and got a quick response from Shiv. Within 5 minutes I realized Shiv and OpenFlash are the real deal. We set up the appointment to have my Ferrai tuned at his shop in Hayward. The process was easy and thorough. Shiv backed up my ECU’s and flashed with new updates containing all of the custom settings we discussed. The results were night and day and I am thrilled. I truly did not think an average guy like me would be able to feel a difference but I was wrong. It is awesome and the car goes from pure awesome to insane awesome. Most important was that the crappy jerk you feel on deceleration was gone and replaced with this amazing gurgling of my Akrapovic exhaust. No more hard jerks back and forth on decel. OpenFlash is a legit player in the Ferrai space. Proceed with confidence and make your amazing Ferrai even more amazing."
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A couple days later, he and his friend (who also has a 2015 coupe with full IPE exhaust) came by the house to schedule his tuning appointment. He is a member on this forum so I'm sure he will be posting his review as well
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Glad you are enjoying the tunes Ed! Pleasure meeting you! Working on some updates for you

 

Glad you are still enjoying your tune! I'll be mapping an Speciale next week. So now there is no reason why we can't tune yours

 

I've looked a the 488 ECU calibration and everything looks quite straight forward. Same ECU used in the new Alfa Romeo Guilia which i've already played around with. Unfortunately, I don't have a 488 myself so I'd need a willing local participant to work with on this project.

 

But of course.

 

Flashing back to stock takes about 20min a few taps of the OFT touchscreen. Super easy. Nothing at all complicated about it

 

Hi guys,
We just had a beautiful 2015 Italia dropped off the other day for a full tune job (burbles, more power, cold start disable, etc,.) We haven't done a 2015 before so we didn't have this particular calibration in our database. This meant we had to pull the ECUs (1hr job), open them up and read the calibration data from the board.

Once that was done, we had to dig through the code and identify/define all the relevant tuning tables.

Then the ECUs were sealed up and re-installed. After the OEM calibration was added to our online server database, we installed the OpenFlash Tablet and wrote the first tune file to the ECUs (through the diagnostic port under the steering wheel).

And the result are delightful. More power, more midrange torque. Complete elimination of the on/off jerkiness from decel to neutral throttle. Cold start is smoother with less RPM rise. Transmission shifts smoother. And nice burbles/crackles during decel and downshifts.

Later that night, we had a profession photographer come over to test out his $60k Phase One camera. I'll post up those pics once they are processed. You guys will really like them.

Car will be picked up tonight and then we can work with the customer is customizing the tune further to his liking. He is moving to Texas so getting a new tune to him is as easy as sending an email
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