escaping the rona
04-09-2020 | 09:31 PM
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'99 C43, '12 C63, '13 E350, '14 Sprinter
I don't have the original tuner nor tune. Came flashed as is for 93 and some other nice-to-haves.
04-09-2020 | 10:02 PM
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although it may be possible, hptuners advises against it. unless someone is willing to attempt, i can't recommend it at this time. from what i know, hptuners actually downloads whatever is on your ECU/ECM and build this as your base original file. they do not store base mappings on their servers other than a small number of vehicles that allow for complete data write. those vehicles can take advantage of code segment swaps. aka, if this model has this feature bring it into my computer thus enabling features that did not exist in your ECU/ECM's code base.
interesting I didn’t know they don’t offer a base file...
04-10-2020 | 01:05 AM
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I ran 11.4@121
93 AMR tune
Row air boxes
Afe filters
Arh lth with cats
17 inch drag radials and skinnies
No other weight reduction
hell I still had my kid car seat in the back.
https://youtu.be/NUR90MUsl8M
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04-10-2020 | 04:26 AM
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ya, I agree...should be in the 11s with what he's got. let's get ya into the 11's!!!
04-10-2020 | 08:31 AM
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C63
04-10-2020 | 08:36 AM
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My friend with a 2011 sedan with headers and no cats on v7 can't trap past 118 at new England.
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04-10-2020 | 05:44 PM
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add Boostane Professional to your tank to bring it up to 93 octane. shame you don't have the handheld. hopefully you still have rear oxygen sensors registering for california smog.
04-13-2020 | 05:05 PM
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Wait so if I want to explore having you tune my car, but my car already has a tune in it and I don't have a handheld or base map, what would I do?
04-13-2020 | 06:47 PM
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you're stuck with purchasing a dimsport handheld or whoever tuned your vehicle to return back to factory tune. don't know why any tuner would tune someone's car without giving them the ability to return back to stock. that's a "irresponsible" tuner. even for my 2002 Audi A4, any APR dealer will remove the tune FOR FREE if the owner no longer wants it. they just verify the computer has an APR tune on it...and at your consent will remove it. some shops charge a labor rate of 30 minutes but APR themselves do not impose any fee with this. any person who wants a tune from me, i strictly inform them it is best you purchase your own HPTuners interface so you can pull your own factory file and return to factory at your own leisure. this will also allow for remote tuning.
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04-13-2020 | 08:54 PM
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you're stuck with purchasing a dimsport handheld or whoever tuned your vehicle to return back to factory tune. don't know why any tuner would tune someone's car without giving them the ability to return back to stock. that's a "irresponsible" tuner. even for my 2002 Audi A4, any APR dealer will remove the tune FOR FREE if the owner no longer wants it. they just verify the computer has an APR tune on it...and at your consent will remove it. some shops charge a labor rate of 30 minutes but APR themselves do not impose any fee with this. any person who wants a tune from me, i strictly inform them it is best you purchase your own HPTuners interface so you can pull your own factory file and return to factory at your own leisure. this will also allow for remote tuning.
04-14-2020 | 03:00 PM
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When working with your own vehicle, you will almost always read the vehicle first.
After the read, you will be prompted to license the vehicles file.
Now you have a license for your vehicle and all files you read from it.
Now that your vehicle is licensed you can flash it an unlimited number of times.
Read Vehicle.
NOTE: If you get this screen, that means your ECU needs to be unlocked or is not supported.
After the read, you will be prompted to license the vehicles file.
Now you have a license for your vehicle and all files you read from it.
Now that your vehicle is licensed you can flash it an unlimited number of times.
Read Vehicle.
NOTE: If you get this screen, that means your ECU needs to be unlocked or is not supported.
Essentially, if HPTuners is unable to read your ECU/ECM and download that information it will not utilize credits and license your vehicle. Again, would't say it isn't possible without trying. Don't think anybody has tried before as HPTuners advises against doing so if not on factory tune. There have been reports of people with other platforms having no issues, but again HPTuners advised against that as well.
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04-14-2020 | 03:07 PM
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separately, this is what dimsport had to say.
but as many have attempted, purchasing a new tune and dimsport handheld has been successful in returning their vehicles back to stock form.
Hello,
You would have to know who the tuner is and take either the vehicle to them or the ecu to them as long as they had the stock read of course. You could always try and take it to a dealer to have them flash it back to stock. Dimsport doesn’t have anything to do with the tuning part of it as we sell the end user handhelds to the tuning company and they specifically set the handhelds up per each customer request.
Thank you,
Blake Moore
Dimsport North America
Branch Manager
You would have to know who the tuner is and take either the vehicle to them or the ecu to them as long as they had the stock read of course. You could always try and take it to a dealer to have them flash it back to stock. Dimsport doesn’t have anything to do with the tuning part of it as we sell the end user handhelds to the tuning company and they specifically set the handhelds up per each customer request.
Thank you,
Blake Moore
Dimsport North America
Branch Manager
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