Simtek/Alcatek upgrade
 

not worried about the pervious map as I'm starting from fresh with my early classic,also heard there's a Motorsport option to enable the anti lag and launch control etc,is the new update miles better than original software?just not heard anything for a while as I have been waiting to get it done,,just wanted to here from people that have had it done,
Cheers

If yours is an early classic I've heard esl have a new daughter board coming out with ALS and lc capabilities along with mafless and ability to have more maps

Yes but only just brought the simtek so will be sticking with that as I've just sold my power fc

Ive been told that simon (JGM) can do the updates

I've been looking into this as I've got to do this soon too. Any Alcatek dealer/official mapper can send this off for you, use the one who you intend doing the mapping for you.
The motorsport option includes the anti lag, Launch control and now flat floor shifting (change gear without lifting throttle) If you had ALS and LC enabled on your old board the new motorsport option will be a free upgrade, you will have to pay for the alcatek upgrade though. Looking at the new specs I would highly recommend it.

See here for more details. http://bbs.22b.com/forums/showthread...Alcatek-owners

Yes JGM is who I use

I believe Simon or yourself would have to send it off to be updated. I stand to be corrected. However, i asked about this and got told through his/their facebook site that tests were still ongoing for the newage impreza. That was back in October.

Yes that's what I heard too

does anyone have contact details for Alcatek as in phone no. e-mail or postal ? I think it's up to me to send my old simtek off and get it upgraded rather then doing it through my mapper?
thanks
Trev

I posted mine for upgrade , then gave the £ to the mapper as he has the account with Alcatek

cheers for that mate and thanks again for the pm:thumb:

I sent mine off around 2 months ago for the upgrade.

There was a turn around time of about 2 weeks for it to get back to me. I exchanged no money with Alcatek direct. My mapper just charged me the upgrade fee when he mapped my car.

Does anyone know the exact turnaround for the new updates as I have been hearing horror stories about people waiting over 3 months for a update and not getting any confirmation that there ecu is even there when they personally sent it off,i need to know asap as I have one to send back and don't really want to wait a quarter of a year for any confirmation.SJ.

It's best to call Andrew at Alcatek and book your ECU in, I did this and got it back within a couple of weeks of sending it. I think a lot of the backlog has been reduced.
Also to note, put all necessary contact detail in when posting.
The ECU comes back to you but the new access code is e-mailed to your're mapper who you pay when he maps the car. If no one has the new access code entry is blocked, this from experience.
Trev

Mine has been away for nearly 2months now, Simon JGM is chasing mine up and a few others as he supposed to be mapping us all at the start of April, but thats abit hard without an ECU

Trev thanks for your reply mate the only problem I have is I bought one off of a good mates friend who was breaking his car and has left the country and gone to live In the USA so I don't really have a mapper yet just the alcatek ecu so i don't really know where I stand at the moment after reading your post.SJ.

speak to Andrew at Alcatek, nice chap and very helpfull.
I can pm you is number if required.
Trev

That would be very much appreciated.SJ.

I have a vehicle sat here off one of my customers which has been here since january and no signs of the ecu yet...

Try 6 months or so ! That's how long I have been waiting for updates !!

:eek: i really hope to be getting my ecu back abit before that.SJ.

In a word "NO" you haven't :nono:

You are among the few who had AVCS upgraded Classic ecus and the new version of firmware for your ecu hasn't even been written yet.
You were informed in November that it would be a while before it was released :brickwall

You haven't been without your ecu for 6 months which is what it sounds like above. You have it and could get it mapped, drive it as is and then upgrade later when the new firmware version has been released.

Errrrr , you obviously haven't read the comments properly then Martin :nono: my comment related to updates which can be clearly read ! You can defend all you want to but it does not take away the poor customer service :confused: Can you tell me who informed me about it taking a while ? Andy ?

In fact I was told several months ago that the updates would take a few weeks :thumb: . That was from Andy ! If you like you can tell Andy not to bother about my updates (being as he doesn't reply to emails and messages ) as I have now swapped cars . ( someone else can have the ball ache of being told " your bottom of the list" !!! And yes the new owner is aware of the situation !!
I can appreciate you previously trying to help me resolve this issue , but you cannot defend someone selling me a product to be then told you are at the back of the queue ! How long am I supposed to wait ? Another 7 months , a year , 2 years ??? :sleep:

Maz. :thumb: