Tuners and "credits"

[1952Chevy]

Credits give access to specific vin number for programming that ecu. Once purchased, can change things as needed. Buying more credits can unlock ability to tune all ecu's of certain year and model vehicle and so on. Old versions of efi live were unrestricted, but only early vehicles can be tuned with it.

Thanks! I had searched google, but couldn't find an answer(or just missed it).

 

[Scottm]

I still don't get it. Who do the credits go to? The tuner company? And which vin do you use, the intended vehicle or the vehicle the ecm came out of?

 

[MrPink]

you would have to pull the vin from the ECM that you are working with if it is a swapped veh(LS in a GMT400) falls in this category. If you download HP Tuners you should be able to scan the ECM if you made a bench tuner pretty easy, if not you'd have to wait to do it once the ECM is in a running veh and do it that way.

 

[PlayingWithTBI]

FWIU it's always better to flash your ECM on a bench, with a known good power supply, instead of in the vehicle. If you get a power drop or anything while flashing, you get a brick for an ECM.

 

[Scottm]

Ok when it comes to buying something, do people like HP or EFI live, or what?

 

[Frank Enstein]

I like the HP tuners simply because I know them better.

The credits go to the company like any other computer program. It's a licensing fee.

 

[Scottm]

Frank, I'm looking to buy. Is the mpv12 good for the l29/0411 swap, or go with the mpv12 pro?

https://amzn.to/2TU1stv

 

[Erik the Awful]

I didn't know they were requiring people to buy multiple credits to tune newer vehicles. What a scam! "We're short on cash! Quick, how can we print more money?"

 

[yevgenievich]

Frank, I'm looking to buy. Is the mpv12 good for the l29/0411 swap, or go with the mpv12 pro?

https://amzn.to/2TU1stv

For most tuning, the base is fine. Pro had some extra features specifically for tuning with analog sensor support(wide band, etc...)

 

[PlayingWithTBI]

If it were up to me, I'd prefer to tune with a WBO2 because it'll work with WOT too.