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01-03-2009, 12:42 PM | #1 |
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How many times can you flash the ECU?
With an AP or DeltaTuner, there use to be a limit of about 100 flashes you can do to the ECU. This was the reason for the realtime maps. Using OpenECU or ECUFlash, are there also realtime maps or is it doing a reflash each time?
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01-03-2009, 01:31 PM | #2 |
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there may be a theoretical limit but i have never found one in practice and i have tuned several cars that over the years will have accumulated more than 100 flashes
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01-03-2009, 08:57 PM | #3 |
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that limit was an early attempt by cobb to drive people to real time tuning and away from open source.
**conspiracy hat off** |
01-03-2009, 09:25 PM | #4 |
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im positive i have flashed over 100 times, and mine still works ::knocks on wood::
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01-04-2009, 11:29 PM | #5 |
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I have flashed the Evo ECU for at least 500 times. Some in the Evo EcuFlash forum have flashed their ECUs for 800+ times.
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01-05-2009, 12:04 AM | #6 |
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You know I was thinking this same question the other day and pretty much came to the realization it was a marketing ploy.
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01-05-2009, 12:15 AM | #7 |
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I hadn't realized Cobb was the one that started this myth. Can't say it surprises me.
I'm at about 150 flashes on my ECU. |
01-05-2009, 12:37 AM | #8 |
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I'm at about 100. Many of my friends are at about 300.
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01-05-2009, 07:36 AM | #9 |
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About 320 here.
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01-05-2009, 08:06 AM | #10 |
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I'm only at about 40 lol and still ok here
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01-05-2009, 08:52 AM | #11 |
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Only 65 here, but I'm making my way up there
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01-05-2009, 09:20 AM | #12 |
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At least 500 here. I also have a spare ECU under my seat for when I hit that limit
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01-05-2009, 10:04 AM | #13 |
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I'm another that has over 150 flashes. Not sure I've ever seen someone brick their ECU due to a flash limit. All the bricked ECUs I've seen were due to poor flashes (laptop dying, cable coming unplugged, battery losing power, etc).
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01-05-2009, 11:47 AM | #14 |
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01-05-2009, 11:49 AM | #15 |
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01-05-2009, 12:34 PM | #16 |
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01-05-2009, 02:10 PM | #17 |
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yea, i can understand why cobb said this.
im surprised anyone still buys accesports.. |
01-05-2009, 02:25 PM | #18 |
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01-05-2009, 02:26 PM | #19 |
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01-05-2009, 05:28 PM | #20 | |
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But I've reflashed probably 200+ times and still good to go. Jerod |
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01-10-2009, 04:25 AM | #21 |
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im well over 600 on my 02 wrx and 600 on my 06 STi......im sure if there's a limit...i'll find it
lots of little experiments, td04, 16g, gt12, hta green on the wrx and 91 octane tunes, 91+meth, 95 oct, 95+met, 100 oct, 100+meth....you get the idea. |
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