AIM-300 SUPERLAP 2011 Member 158 Member For: 17y 8m 28d Gender: Male Location: townsville Posted 20/12/10 06:55 AM Share Posted 20/12/10 06:55 AM hey guys. just have a quick question. im currently running a vcm tune on my ute through a workshop im no longer associated with. the workshop im looking to go to is an edit tuner so im wondering what the situation is in relation to tuning. im not sure weather the ecu is locked and im not really keen to even ask them. it is possible to just go from vcm to edit presuming the ecu is not locked? I figure if the ecu IS locked then ill deal with that when I come to it and send it to hp tuners to have it unlocked. so yeah people in the know, is it as simple as switching from one to the other providing that the ecu is not locked?cheers A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headsex Donating Members 2,528 Member For: 19y 4m 11d Gender: Male Location: Melb Posted 22/12/10 02:40 AM Share Posted 22/12/10 02:40 AM Ford PCMs are Impossible to lock.However when you do get a flash box, your better off going to ford and getting a STOCK tune loaded back in to your car. Because during the initial setup of the flash box, it READS your tune, and stores it as the "stock" tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AIM-300 SUPERLAP 2011 Member 158 Member For: 17y 8m 28d Gender: Male Location: townsville Posted 22/12/10 04:45 AM Author Share Posted 22/12/10 04:45 AM Headsex I was close to havin headsex with you when you said you can't lock them. Best news I've heard. Will also take inboard wat you said about the factory tune though may be difficult as I'll need to get the car from town a to town b where tuner is and it won't even thing about running on a stock tune with current mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headsex Donating Members 2,528 Member For: 19y 4m 11d Gender: Male Location: Melb Posted 22/12/10 04:48 AM Share Posted 22/12/10 04:48 AM Given your power levels, I'm assuming you have injectors.. in which you cannot drive factory tune with injectors.My suggestion would be1) Drive to ford2) Ford to put factory calibration in3) Towtruck to tuner4) Tuner to tune with a brand new flash boxYou'll thank yourself later, So if you ever revert the car back to standard (using the flash box), its exactly that.. Standard tune.. not the current VCM based tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 6m 25d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 22/12/10 06:55 AM Share Posted 22/12/10 06:55 AM Danny speaks the truth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AIM-300 SUPERLAP 2011 Member 158 Member For: 17y 8m 28d Gender: Male Location: townsville Posted 22/12/10 07:25 AM Author Share Posted 22/12/10 07:25 AM Although I agree. My house to tuner = 400km. Reverting back to standard is near impossible as I have none of the factory parts left (everything has been modified bar the bottom end engine wise) but I do get what your sayin. May just get ford in mackay to flash it then flat bed it from there to Dave = like 10k's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pazzo Donating Members 11,132 Member For: 14y 2m Gender: Male Posted 22/12/10 08:52 AM Share Posted 22/12/10 08:52 AM storing the vcm tune as your standard might not be a bad thing, if you ever sell the car you don't have to change parts. just load up the vcm slash stock tune, and you have a unlocked xcal that will work on your next car, and the new owner has a car with parts and tune. and if you sell the car just say it has a vcm tune and not xcal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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