New AP 2 came in today

[dasnowman]

It looks really cool and semmed easy to use but then....problems !!! Freaking great I had the 07 sti & WRX compatible AP2 come in today.... It was seeing my car as a US 2007 STI but every time I tried to upload a map I would get an error. and yes I had the green plugs together. It's a US car but I live in Canada and thought that maybe when I brought it in for servicing here they updated the ECU without me knowing?? So I did it manually by selecting the car make and model. It seemed to be working but was taking real long 30-45 mins then the AP crashed. I kept getting a screen that was fuzzy with roatating pixals... Like some times when your screen goes on your TV... So I tried linking it with the computer a few times but same thing but after 15 minuts it finally worked. So thinking it was a software glitch I decided to to download the latest versoin... And it seemed to be working alot better so I went back out to the car.... car not indentified??? What?? So I manually went to select the car like last time and it turns out the latest down load is the old versoin... WTF... And I have looked everywear and can't find the verson that was one it before...

To top it off I ordered this over two weeks ago and for some reason my address didn't come through their ordering system properly Took them a week to tell me and by then I was already in Vegas... They ended up shipping it UPS so between exchange rate, tax's and UPS outragious brokerage fees. Cobb ap2 w/ Cobb heat shield $900 cdn. $17 shipping, tax's and brokerage fees $184 and then this B.S. I don't think it could have gone more wrong.

I don't know how something that's seems so simple turn out so bad.

It's just a simple pay, plug and play!


I know it will hopefully get all sorted out tommorrow but dame I already waited since I bought this car 6 months ago.

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[GlobalWaste]

sounds like the folks at Cobb owe you a bit of an explanation and a hug

[know1]

a Cobb hug

[veightkiller]

i didn't have that problem when i flash mine and the first flash will take you around 20-30 minutes since its going to copy the ecu's log and flash stage-1.the ap read my car as USDM 2006 impreza Sti but yours is 07?

[steve]

well, I don't know what to say.
I'm sure you'll figure it all out, it's just a pain to have to do so.



If it makes you feel better, I was datalogging on my way to work this morning, and my laptop crashed. Now it won't start, asking me to install my original CD-Rom. Bloody solar flares, screwing with technology.....

[semaj]

Originally Posted by amarpauld

sounds like the folks at Cobb owe you a bit of an explanation and a hug

and the reach around!

Ouch Marlon! Sounds like a headache and a half bro!

[Picard]

Sorry to hear you're having problems. Didn't SOA release some sort of ECU patch for 2007 models for some kind of throttle issue? Did you have that done yet?

The latest software update from COBB, version 1.05(?) should have support for 2007 models. I think it's available off their site right now. There were some problems with the update, but I believe it's been fixed now.

I called up Rocket Rally on Monday and they had a 2.5L AP2 in stock. Jamie's bringing it down to me on Saturday . The price is basically the same as ordering from the US--minus the headache . Plus I get to support (and get support from) a great local business :thumbup:.

[patr]

its not just SoA there is a flash update available in canada as well, and 3 ECUs for the 07s (all supported by EcuTek and Cobb)

did you order this from Cobb directly or a dealer ? AP 2.0 support for 07s is less than a week old... and the "correct" firmware just a few days... so its very unlikely you have the correct firmware. There's no way it shipped with it on there, unless it shipped this week.

Even though you didn't buy it locally, this will help you:

http://www.cobbtuning.com/info/?id=3260

[dasnowman]

I got up early this morning to talk to COBB I bought it directly from them. I talk to Parker in teck help he was really helpfull turns out they did have the latest version on their web site under News this is the link if any one needs it.
Yup this is the link I needed last night but was to tired to notice it on the front page and it was not with the other maps you can download.
https://www.cobbtuning.com/info/?id=3260

Anyway with great help from Parker at Cobb I managed to upload all the latest software and get the AP2 Stagg 1 up and running... If you have a 07 wrx or Sti you must get this!!! I find the whole car feeling crisp and alert through out the whole power band... Even though the ECU is still in it's learning stages it is great to see what this car should feel like from the factory. Why it doesn't from the lot is beyond me. All day it was working great then after the photo shoot the Ap started doing that weird screen thing again.. I think maybe there is a loose wire or something going on. I took a video of it and going to send it to com tommorrow... They took down a bunch of notes of what was going on with it because they haven't heard of this happening with other units.. just my luck I bet it has something to do with UPS with there carefull handling of parcels and there cheap Brokage fees... They should just change it to Broke Fees.

[dasnowman]

Oh ya thanks again for the huggs and sympathy I just we all have felt like this at one point or another.

[stook2003]

Glad you got it worked out man! I picked up my AP V2 on wednesday at the post office and flashed the car right in their parking lot in about 20 minutes. Stage 1 is great!!

[Picard]

Originally Posted by stook2003

I picked up my AP V2 on wednesday at the post office and flashed the car right in their parking lot in about 20 minutes. Stage 1 is great!!

Whoo, hoo--one more day for me .

[tora]

+ 2 hrs...

[Picard]

ha, ha

[MrHankey]

The 07 STi's must be a LOT fancier than the 03 WRX's. Must be the AVCS, because it took just a few minutes to download and flash my car.

I gotta say, the AP 2.0 is pretty cool, but I wish they'd hurry up and release the fuel economy, 0-60, 1/4 and dyno features. Buster thinks their going to release launch control, but I didn't see that in the manual anywhere.

Enjoy the Stage 1 goodness ... but stage 2 is even more fun

[dasnowman]

Originally Posted by MrHankey

The 07 STi's must be a LOT fancier than the 03 WRX's. Must be the AVCS, because it took just a few minutes to download and flash my car.

I gotta say, the AP 2.0 is pretty cool, but I wish they'd hurry up and release the fuel economy, 0-60, 1/4 and dyno features. Buster thinks their going to release launch control, but I didn't see that in the manual anywhere.

Enjoy the Stage 1 goodness ... but stage 2 is even more fun

Ya when I was talking with Parker at Cobb they said the next up date which will come out shortly which will have a different back ground and interface on it... You should already have the economy on your AP 2, mine does just go to change map and it should be the third from the bottom... It is on a different sceen you have to scroll down. Some of the things have been put on the back burner like the 0-60 and 1/4 times cause they want to get the Evo's AP out in April and the Mazda shortly after that and then finally the NIssan/INfinity one.

[MrHankey]

I was referring to the instant and average fuel economy readout. I'm sure that once the novelty wears-off I'll want to start conserving fuel.

[Picard]

I got mine from Jamie today. I wanted to make sure I had a fully charged battery so while I had it hooked up to the charger, I brought my laptop to the garage to download the latest AP manager and firmware. It probably took me about 20 min to upgrade to 1.0.0.5 on the AP and then another 15 min to reflash the car. No glitches.

I haven't had a chance to take it out on the road, yet--I'm thinking: OK, girls, it's time to hop in and go for a cruise .

I also picked up a cheap PDA holder so I could mount the AP somewhere visible.

[GlobalWaste]

Keep in mind Albert, the inital 'wow factor' won't be completely there since there's a bit of 'learning' the ecu still has to do before it gets completely 'up to speed'

You could try the Vishnu reset thing though since it apparently speeds up the learning curve...

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=302047&

[Picard]

Originally Posted by amarpauld

Keep in mind Albert, the inital 'wow factor' won't be completely there since there's a bit of 'learning' the ecu still has to do before it gets completely 'up to speed'

You could try the Vishnu reset thing though since it apparently speeds up the learning curve...

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=302047&

Hmm.... very interesting. I wasn't going to reset the ECU because I drive the throttle like an on/off switch, but now maybe I'll try it out to make it learn faster.

I was looking forward to going out today but we had snow falling on the Plateau this morning ! (Not an April fools joke either!)

[patr]

dont reset it. The 'trick' is just that, you are fooling the ECU but really it should, and needs to, and will, learn on its own. Plus, after 03 the ECU learning was much 'smarter' and so the 'trick' has much less of an effect. On top of that, on an agressively tuned ECU combined with the right conditions, the 'trick' can actually make your car slower. You would still then have to have it learn over time, which should put you where you would have been had you just left it alone int the first place. The 'trick' doesn't speed up learnig one bit, it just raises the 'start point' of learning in a STOCK ECU ONLY (and some tuned ECUs that retain some stock values for learning), and may have zero, or even negative, effects on a tuned ECU.

If anything, letting it learn over time will increase performance. In other words, you should leave it alone.

[Picard]

Originally Posted by patr

If anything, letting it learn over time will increase performance. In other words, you should leave it alone.

OK, sounds good to me. I still haven't had a chance to take it out yet because of the snow.... and it's killing me! But I bought a holder and have it mounted in the car now. Watching the live data is really neat .

[Picard]

Alrighty then, I finally was able to go on a short (25 min) test drive this afternoon.

Yes, there's definitely smoother power delivery and not as much turbo lag. It should come like that from the factory.

According to the readings on the AP (I don't have a boost guage), I was hitting 17+ peak boost in full throttle pulls in 3rd and 4th gear.

Will that number adjust as the ECU learns? I thought peak was supposed to be around 16.

Oh, well. I'm off to do some more reading and searching....

EDIT:

....and I'm back . I found out that it's normal and ECU will adjust as it learns.

[patr]

The ECU will not "learn" target boost. Its fixed.

p.s. dont use the AP to read boost, or at least, you should read it with the stock map and then compare, so you have a before and after number. It wont matter anyhow as the boost is fixed (in that it wont learn or change except for ambient conditions i.e. cold, hot, hi pressure, lo pressure). A "good" tune will free run your boost where the turbo is able to, and will taper it. So in other words, the boost is a 'curve' not a flat number. And the number at 3800 RPM or 4k RPM should be where it is highest (the turbos self-creep at 4200).

-Pat

[Picard]

Well, I'm definitely going to have to do some more driving, that's for sure. I was thinking of flashing the real-time stock map just to compare.

Because I was by myself, I couldn't keep my eye on AP all the time. I just noticed that as I accelerated, the boost number kept increasing until right when I put in the clutch to shift (at about 6000 rpm) and the number was 17+

Someone on the COBB forums encountered exactly the same things I noticed and was achieving about 16.5 boost before tapering off after a few more days of driving.

It's good to know that I don't need to do full-throttle accelerations to redline to make note of the boost number