Tons of NEWB questions

jessetoedtman · Post by **jessetoedtman** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:01 pm

My civic was currently tuned by a reputable shop, but its on crome pro, and im looking for more options. What im looking for is -End user tune ability -antilag -tps threshold 2 step -datalogging features so i can motitor IAT ect -boost control by gear What i dont care about is wideband settings, as it will be dyno tuned at a shop for the main tune- I just want to go in and change a few small parameters. questions: I was thinking about purchasing the ectune pro bundle, and then having a authorized shop do the tune. If i were to do this, I would be able to go through later and adjust things via my windows vista based laptop at the track? The boost by gear, is it soemthing such as 1st gear, 2nd gear, 3rd gear, 4th gear, 5th gear? or is it a 2 stage setup? How does the ECU know which gear its in, and how does wheel spin affect this, say I start to spin, and the VSS thinks im in 2nd gear based on the mph due to the spin. Would it open up the next stage of PSI, resulting in more spin? Lets say a year down the road, I want to do a different setup, with a different motor. Is my license still good? what if I have a ECU malfunction, and have to get a new ECU? Do i have to pay for another license to tune bc i see its for 1 vehicle only- what i mean by that is how does it keep track of that?

RoadXY · Post by **RoadXY** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:21 pm

With eCtune pro you can make adjustments to you'r registred Ã–strich and laptop. Because you can't burn chips with pro there is always an connected Ã–strich requered for driving. Since you registred the eCtune and Ã–strich pair and you can't drive without the Ã–strich your the eCtune/Ã–strich combo is bound to you car when you want to drive it. The ECU calculate's gears based on engine RPM and vehicle/wheel speed. Since it's impossible to burn-out faster then your gearbox can handle in that specific gear, you ECU can't be wrong. Only time when this can go wrong is when you use rpm based boost or specify the wrong gearbox in eCtune.

combz · Post by **combz** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:29 pm

boost by gear is brought to you by the ectune boost control solenoid. it must be wired into the ECU and hooked up the correct way to your wastegate. it allows boost changes in all five gears and acts as a boost controller. there is an option in ectune that u can select between 2 stages of boost / say hi and low boost, by the flip of a switch. some of my first posts were about that, pm me if u need help with it once u get ectune.

sohcd16y8 · Post by **sohcd16y8** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:46 pm

Also you can tune any setup that you want with any ecu. The license is linked to your computer and 1 ostrich only. Therefore it doesnt care what the ostrich is plugged into. For example, if you fry your ecu for some reason, simply pop in a new chipped ecu and go. The Ostrich is linked to 1 laptop, and both the ostrich license and product license must match to tune. *Edited for clarification*

Post by **calvin** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:30 pm

the license is for 1 laptop, 1 ostrich and 1 vehicle. You cannot tune multiple cars with a PRO license. If found out...

jessetoedtman · Post by **jessetoedtman** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:44 pm

calvin wrote:the license is for 1 laptop, 1 ostrich and 1 vehicle. You cannot tune multiple cars with a PRO license. If found out...

Could I purchase a used ostrich and link it up, or does it have to be a new unit? This is very very tempting, as its getting to be a bother not being able to adjust anything lol and I really really want antilag / boost by gear!

sohcd16y8 · Post by **sohcd16y8** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:51 pm

jessetoedtman wrote:
calvin wrote:the license is for 1 laptop, 1 ostrich and 1 vehicle. You cannot tune multiple cars with a PRO license. If found out...
Could I purchase a used ostrich and link it up, or does it have to be a new unit? This is very very tempting, as its getting to be a bother not being able to adjust anything lol and I really really want antilag / boost by gear!

Yep you can use a used ostrich as long as its not already linked to another copy of eCtune.

sohcd16y8 · Post by **sohcd16y8** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:13 pm

calvin wrote:the license is for 1 laptop, 1 ostrich and 1 vehicle. You cannot tune multiple cars with a PRO license. If found out...

Found out what? Im assuming this comment was directed toward me, as you seem to be convinced that Im somehow tuning peoples cars with my personal version. Even if I did waste the time to pull out my ostrich and hulog, install in another vehicle and tune them, it would be useless as I need the ostrich for my own car. Hell, I even have a sep ostrich for crome tuning, I dont even mess with the link/de-link function. I just have it all nice and tucked away in my car, where it doesnt leave. He asked if he can tune multiple setups with his ostrich, the answer is yes. The license is meant for one car, regardless of the setup in it. If he goes from an itb gsr to a turbo d he can still tune with his single license. The ostrich is also linked to the laptop not the ecu. He asked if his version would still be good if his ecu fried and he needed to use another one. The ostrich doesnt care what ecu it is on therefore he can still run his car.

Garrett · Post by **Garrett** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:16 pm

with eCtune you can have, boost control per gear, and 2 stage with the boost controler

Post by **calvin** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:07 pm

sohcd16y8 wrote:
calvin wrote:the license is for 1 laptop, 1 ostrich and 1 vehicle. You cannot tune multiple cars with a PRO license. If found out...
Found out what? Im assuming this comment was directed toward me, as you seem to be convinced that Im somehow tuning peoples cars with my personal version. Even if I did waste the time to pull out my ostrich and hulog, install in another vehicle and tune them, it would be useless as I need the ostrich for my own car. Hell, I even have a sep ostrich for crome tuning, I dont even mess with the link/de-link function. I just have it all nice and tucked away in my car, where it doesnt leave. He asked if he can tune multiple setups with his ostrich, the answer is yes. The license is meant for one car, regardless of the setup in it. If he goes from an itb gsr to a turbo d he can still tune with his single license. The ostrich is also linked to the laptop not the ecu. He asked if his version would still be good if his ecu fried and he needed to use another one. The ostrich doesnt care what ecu it is on therefore he can still run his car.

this comment was not towards you my friend. Just in general. Base line.. Setup doesn't matter... tuning multiple cars, could be a problem. You don't switch setups every day. But you answered all the Q's correctly;)

sohcd16y8 · Post by **sohcd16y8** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:32 am

calvin wrote:
sohcd16y8 wrote:
calvin wrote:the license is for 1 laptop, 1 ostrich and 1 vehicle. You cannot tune multiple cars with a PRO license. If found out...
Found out what? Im assuming this comment was directed toward me, as you seem to be convinced that Im somehow tuning peoples cars with my personal version. Even if I did waste the time to pull out my ostrich and hulog, install in another vehicle and tune them, it would be useless as I need the ostrich for my own car. Hell, I even have a sep ostrich for crome tuning, I dont even mess with the link/de-link function. I just have it all nice and tucked away in my car, where it doesnt leave. He asked if he can tune multiple setups with his ostrich, the answer is yes. The license is meant for one car, regardless of the setup in it. If he goes from an itb gsr to a turbo d he can still tune with his single license. The ostrich is also linked to the laptop not the ecu. He asked if his version would still be good if his ecu fried and he needed to use another one. The ostrich doesnt care what ecu it is on therefore he can still run his car.
this comment was not towards you my friend. Just in general. Base line.. Setup doesn't matter... tuning multiple cars, could be a problem. You don't switch setups every day. But you answered all the Q's correctly;)

Gotcha, just wanted to make everything clear, for both myself and the OP. This did make me wonder something though, what if you buy a separate ostrich and license for yourself for two different cars. Can you run both from one laptop? Or would that get all kinds of complicated? Maybe have like a selection box that pops up similar to HPtuners or something.

Post by **calvin** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:02 am

sohcd16y8 wrote:
calvin wrote:
sohcd16y8 wrote:
calvin wrote:the license is for 1 laptop, 1 ostrich and 1 vehicle. You cannot tune multiple cars with a PRO license. If found out...
Found out what? Im assuming this comment was directed toward me, as you seem to be convinced that Im somehow tuning peoples cars with my personal version. Even if I did waste the time to pull out my ostrich and hulog, install in another vehicle and tune them, it would be useless as I need the ostrich for my own car. Hell, I even have a sep ostrich for crome tuning, I dont even mess with the link/de-link function. I just have it all nice and tucked away in my car, where it doesnt leave. He asked if he can tune multiple setups with his ostrich, the answer is yes. The license is meant for one car, regardless of the setup in it. If he goes from an itb gsr to a turbo d he can still tune with his single license. The ostrich is also linked to the laptop not the ecu. He asked if his version would still be good if his ecu fried and he needed to use another one. The ostrich doesnt care what ecu it is on therefore he can still run his car.
this comment was not towards you my friend. Just in general. Base line.. Setup doesn't matter... tuning multiple cars, could be a problem. You don't switch setups every day. But you answered all the Q's correctly;)
Gotcha, just wanted to make everything clear, for both myself and the OP. This did make me wonder something though, what if you buy a separate ostrich and license for yourself for two different cars. Can you run both from one laptop? Or would that get all kinds of complicated? Maybe have like a selection box that pops up similar to HPtuners or something.

yes can can pair multiple ostriches to one laptop. to clarify. multiple setups is not multiple cars.. e.g. civic with a na setup now and a month later nos added big deal..

JaredKaragen · Post by **JaredKaragen** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:38 am

Yeah; if you have 3 track cars; you can use the same eCtune to run all 3; you'll just have to move the ostrich... I demo'd eCtune to my friend in his car; pluggin in my ECU and setting up a base and did a small ride along tuning session.. he was impressed.... This was a great use of time, and good for teaching the person I showed. As for me; I am one of those people constantly changing my setup; thus radically different tunes every time

I like to see what each mod does to the fuel curves... next comes IGN...