i wont say nothing i still got a "LIL" respect for you.
What does Andy @ MPH really know or do?
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Nothing really constructive to add to this thread but if you Google "Tim Milliken" you're directed to Mustangs forums, of at least one that username has been banned. And also he's linked to something called EFI Solutions. Which appears to be a tuning company that specializes in Ford Mustangs.
That is all, carry on.
That is all, carry on.
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RENNtech confirmed it to me the other day: The TCU is located inside the Transmission on 63's.
I was told by Renntech, in order to get a TCU tune it would have to have the whole trans shipped out. However some small adjustment can be made in the ECU, but nothing to constitute a TCU tune. I tend to think validity to the story.
I was told by Renntech, in order to get a TCU tune it would have to have the whole trans shipped out. However some small adjustment can be made in the ECU, but nothing to constitute a TCU tune. I tend to think validity to the story.
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Hey what this guy does kinda makes sense. It seems like the c63 guys are happy with their tunes but Ive been doin my research and most of the complains ive read are from E class owners and clks too. Then there is Famoso, where MHP claimed their tune for a e55 was going to "kill" and "rip off mikeys bumper" couldnt even make a pass. Im not at all condoning whats going on, im just saying Tim does have some evidence backing what hes saying. I think alot of people just have a tough time admitting they dont know much about cars or admitting they got scammed and paying a whole lot of money for something they could have got cheaper elsewhere. The proof is in the pudding MHP tunes can make an improvement in HP but not for everybody.
BTW... Tim is the real deal, I don't know him personally but through professional drag racing friends of mine. What makes this more interesting is that he is Not here to make a Penny but just to enlighten everyone to the pure facts of tuning. For those of you whom which have gotten tunes then in the coming days/ weeks more crap may hit the fan in regards to TCU tunes... Stay Tuned plz excuse the Pun
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if anyone wants a ride and want to feel the shift firmness, p.m, and you will see the diff from a stock shift to this one.
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so now ynot600 from mhp is on suspension now too? kind of funny that they are board sponsors. anyways i'd tend to believe renntech wayyy over mhp considering that hartmut actually worked for amg and still has a lot of close connections there.
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OP,
You seem to be referring to the TCU as a part on the transmission valve body from the diagrams posted. I thought the TCU or ETC was the part under the floorboard. I have 3 TCU/ETC units in my possesion and they were located under the passenger floorboard of my W203. My TCU/ETC uses a part made by Siemens EGS52 Q01.
Your reference to the TCU location is confusing. Are you confusing this with a different part than the Electronic Transmission Control unit?
You seem to be referring to the TCU as a part on the transmission valve body from the diagrams posted. I thought the TCU or ETC was the part under the floorboard. I have 3 TCU/ETC units in my possesion and they were located under the passenger floorboard of my W203. My TCU/ETC uses a part made by Siemens EGS52 Q01.
Your reference to the TCU location is confusing. Are you confusing this with a different part than the Electronic Transmission Control unit?
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So even though he's never met you, talked to you, or even seen you, you're angry because he "basically" called you a fool? (how does that work??) And to top it off you work for a competitor...Wouldn't this entire thread then be a sponsor attacking another sponsor? Isn't that illegal and one of the reasons Andy was allegedly suspended?
Talk about double standards...
Talk about double standards...
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What is it? Free speech or censorship? Please tell me - as you guys are in agreement, but sending totally different signals!
For the record, this site has never deleted posts like these. Regardless of if they attack a sponsor or a member. Tim is not a competitor, he is a highly regarded engineer that has material fact on a situation that MAY or MAY NOT benefit the user base.
If you don't believe him or care what he is saying, then ignore it.
But calling for him to be "controlled" at the same time you are claiming the the board has too much "censorship" is just plain hypocritical.
Now posts like this certainly do nothing to help the forum or the tone of a thread. PM sent, and I will ask everyone to attempt to respect each other and not attack in this manner. Even if an inside joke or an attempt at humor, the majority of the board will see it as an attack.
Thanks
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Brad, are you going to give the boys from MHP (or Andy, more specifically) a chance to retort though?
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So let me get this straight - you want free speech, but you want Tim to be censored?
What is it? Free speech or censorship? Please tell me - as you guys are in agreement, but sending totally different signals!
For the record, this site has never deleted posts like these. Regardless of if they attack a sponsor or a member. Tim is not a competitor, he is a highly regarded engineer that has material fact on a situation that MAY or MAY NOT benefit the user base.
If you don't believe him or care what he is saying, then ignore it.
But calling for him to be "controlled" at the same time you are claiming the the board has too much "censorship" is just plain hypocritical.
Now posts like this certainly do nothing to help the forum or the tone of a thread. PM sent, and I will ask everyone to attempt to respect each other and not attack in this manner. Even if an inside joke or an attempt at humor, the majority of the board will see it as an attack.
Thanks
Brad
What is it? Free speech or censorship? Please tell me - as you guys are in agreement, but sending totally different signals!
For the record, this site has never deleted posts like these. Regardless of if they attack a sponsor or a member. Tim is not a competitor, he is a highly regarded engineer that has material fact on a situation that MAY or MAY NOT benefit the user base.
If you don't believe him or care what he is saying, then ignore it.
But calling for him to be "controlled" at the same time you are claiming the the board has too much "censorship" is just plain hypocritical.
Now posts like this certainly do nothing to help the forum or the tone of a thread. PM sent, and I will ask everyone to attempt to respect each other and not attack in this manner. Even if an inside joke or an attempt at humor, the majority of the board will see it as an attack.
Thanks
Brad
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Brad,
Thanks for the clarification on Mr.Tim.
I assume most people spending a lot of money (thousands) for a basic 2 minute ECU flash should have all the help passable in regards to what you're actually getting Not what you think you're getting...
There should be more people like Tim that stand up for peoples right to know...
Thanks for the clarification on Mr.Tim.
I assume most people spending a lot of money (thousands) for a basic 2 minute ECU flash should have all the help passable in regards to what you're actually getting Not what you think you're getting...
There should be more people like Tim that stand up for peoples right to know...
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So let me get this straight - you want free speech, but you want Tim to be censored?
What is it? Free speech or censorship? Please tell me - as you guys are in agreement, but sending totally different signals!
For the record, this site has never deleted posts like these. Regardless of if they attack a sponsor or a member. Tim is not a competitor, he is a highly regarded engineer that has material fact on a situation that MAY or MAY NOT benefit the user base.
If you don't believe him or care what he is saying, then ignore it.
But calling for him to be "controlled" at the same time you are claiming the the board has too much "censorship" is just plain hypocritical.
Now posts like this certainly do nothing to help the forum or the tone of a thread. PM sent, and I will ask everyone to attempt to respect each other and not attack in this manner. Even if an inside joke or an attempt at humor, the majority of the board will see it as an attack.
Thanks
Brad
What is it? Free speech or censorship? Please tell me - as you guys are in agreement, but sending totally different signals!
For the record, this site has never deleted posts like these. Regardless of if they attack a sponsor or a member. Tim is not a competitor, he is a highly regarded engineer that has material fact on a situation that MAY or MAY NOT benefit the user base.
If you don't believe him or care what he is saying, then ignore it.
But calling for him to be "controlled" at the same time you are claiming the the board has too much "censorship" is just plain hypocritical.
Now posts like this certainly do nothing to help the forum or the tone of a thread. PM sent, and I will ask everyone to attempt to respect each other and not attack in this manner. Even if an inside joke or an attempt at humor, the majority of the board will see it as an attack.
Thanks
Brad
and crass....
I just had my late night cookies and milk since then, so I'm better now.
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Brad,
Thanks for the clarification on Mr.Tim.
I assume most people spending a lot of money (thousands) for a basic 2 minute ECU flash should have all the help passable in regards to what you're actually getting Not what you think you're getting...
There should be more people like Tim that stand up for peoples right to know...
Thanks for the clarification on Mr.Tim.
I assume most people spending a lot of money (thousands) for a basic 2 minute ECU flash should have all the help passable in regards to what you're actually getting Not what you think you're getting...
There should be more people like Tim that stand up for peoples right to know...
i dont think that it take 2 min to change my shift from 8 to 10. or to do a v1 to v2,
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This is pure speculation, But I think MHP got suspended for a past thread beef with LET Motorsports, MHP compared the LET tune for the C32 the "Holiday Inn" and their tune the "Four Seasons" Needless to say LET Motorsports did not take to that comment well at all.
As a member who hangs out in the C32/55 section. Most members know their C32 tuning gets alot of respect.
As a member who hangs out in the C32/55 section. Most members know their C32 tuning gets alot of respect.
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This is pure speculation, But I think MHP got suspended for a past thread beef with LET Motorsports, MHP compared the LET tune for the C32 the "Holiday Inn" and their tune the "Four Seasons" Needless to say LET Motorsports did not take to that comment well at all.
As a member who hangs out in the C32/55 section. Most members know their C32 tuning gets alot of respect.
As a member who hangs out in the C32/55 section. Most members know their C32 tuning gets alot of respect.
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This is pure speculation, But I think MHP got suspended for a past thread beef with LET Motorsports, MHP compared the LET tune for the C32 the "Holiday Inn" and their tune the "Four Seasons" Needless to say LET Motorsports did not take to that comment well at all.
As a member who hangs out in the C32/55 section. Most members know their C32 tuning gets alot of respect.
As a member who hangs out in the C32/55 section. Most members know their C32 tuning gets alot of respect.
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mthis I'm sure your car is quick. I'm hardly an authority on ecu tuning. But as a computer programmer, to change an electronic variable that relates to 'shift firmness' is about as simple as punching in a series different numbers. It would probably take a while the first time you're figuring out all the proper values to put into the car, but once you have a 'tune' it should be something that could be done in less than a few minutes once you have all the necessary real world equipment hooked up.
As for breaking a tune in, in all my time as a wrx owner with all the cobb accessport flashes, and retunes I've never heard of someone having to 'break in' their tune to get the most out of it. And those old 02 gda's have adaptives too. What you may be experiencing is some self-perceived performance gains over time, but I'd be willing to change my view on the whole break in procedure if someone has actual concrete evidence rather than anecdotal word of mouth "someone said this other guy.." "or I'm feeling its stronger". After any purchase people always tend to rationalize and become somewhat biased to their acquisition, I mean just look at gsmarena, if people can get rabid over a 600 dollar phone one could only imagine the amount of justification one would have to have with a $4000+ purchase.
I'm sure the MHP tune produces results as was seen in the videos posted by Andy on youtube, and from Dadsc63 account, but the question is whether or not its worth the price premium (which comes from the TCU tuning and break-in improvements).
As for breaking a tune in, in all my time as a wrx owner with all the cobb accessport flashes, and retunes I've never heard of someone having to 'break in' their tune to get the most out of it. And those old 02 gda's have adaptives too. What you may be experiencing is some self-perceived performance gains over time, but I'd be willing to change my view on the whole break in procedure if someone has actual concrete evidence rather than anecdotal word of mouth "someone said this other guy.." "or I'm feeling its stronger". After any purchase people always tend to rationalize and become somewhat biased to their acquisition, I mean just look at gsmarena, if people can get rabid over a 600 dollar phone one could only imagine the amount of justification one would have to have with a $4000+ purchase.
I'm sure the MHP tune produces results as was seen in the videos posted by Andy on youtube, and from Dadsc63 account, but the question is whether or not its worth the price premium (which comes from the TCU tuning and break-in improvements).
