ECUs and licencing
15 June 2007, 06:28 PM
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ECUs and licencing
Ive found a second hand TEK3 ECU, if i bought this would that mean i was then licenced and able to go to Bob Rawle (for example) and get him to remap me?
15 June 2007, 11:18 PM
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It's how the EcuTeK system works at the moment ......I have an ECU mapped by Bob Rawle 
and he can read his maps and tweak it as necessary.
If I go to a different mapper then he can't "see" Bob's map and has to start from scratch with loads of work involved and the associated cost..
Get Bob to map your own ECU and it's yours for life !!
HTH
Shaun
and he can read his maps and tweak it as necessary.If I go to a different mapper then he can't "see" Bob's map and has to start from scratch with loads of work involved and the associated cost..
Get Bob to map your own ECU and it's yours for life !!
HTH
Shaun
16 June 2007, 02:27 AM
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It's how the EcuTeK system works at the moment ......I have an ECU mapped by Bob Rawle and he can read his maps and tweak it as necessary.
If I go to a different mapper then he can't "see" Bob's map and has to start from scratch with loads of work involved and the associated cost..
Get Bob to map your own ECU and it's yours for life !!
HTH
Shaun
and he can read his maps and tweak it as necessary.If I go to a different mapper then he can't "see" Bob's map and has to start from scratch with loads of work involved and the associated cost..
Get Bob to map your own ECU and it's yours for life !!
HTH
Shaun
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16 June 2007, 08:30 AM
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Ollie,
The Tek3 should be mapped for mods pretty close to what you will fit, but still factor in several hours fine tuning to get it spot on.
If your mods are very different then you may well end up spending a day remapping anyway.
Given the Pauls value of the licence as well then it is pointless buying the ECU for anything over £300- £350.
Nick
The Tek3 should be mapped for mods pretty close to what you will fit, but still factor in several hours fine tuning to get it spot on.
If your mods are very different then you may well end up spending a day remapping anyway.
Given the Pauls value of the licence as well then it is pointless buying the ECU for anything over £300- £350.
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16 June 2007, 10:58 AM
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As butty says, there may be value if the ECU was mapped for the mods you're running. It would need to be VERY close, then you might get away with running it as it is, but just get it checked. If it were to be remapped by the original mapper, then it could be a slightly cheaper way of doing it.
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The maps have never been viewable. There is no functionality within any of the Ecutek tools to download the current map and use it as a base to work from.
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For example someone, not that far from you, recently mapped a car that had one of the earlier licenses and retained the dual boost tables (rear switch/fog/de-mister/whatever jobby) from the EcuTek map, whereas he was not using EcuTek....
He would not have been able to do this from the later licensing scheme....just my two pennys worth
He would not have been able to do this from the later licensing scheme....just my two pennys worth
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