HP Tuner Credit Question
06-15-2010, 07:28 PM
#43
I guess you should always check the OS before licensing a single vehicle it might help you to keep you options open.
06-15-2010, 08:45 PM
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HPTuners comes with 8 credits. It takes 2 credits to tune a car and 2 more to add an enhanced operating system. In his case it already had and enhanced OS in his PCM so he used 4 to license his PCM. It's probably a rare occurrence. He can also still buy as many extra credits as he wants.
I guess you should always check the OS before licensing a single vehicle it might help you to keep you options open.
I guess you should always check the OS before licensing a single vehicle it might help you to keep you options open.
06-15-2010, 08:51 PM
#45
In this guys case he just got unlucky and bought a PCM that already had an enhanced OS installed. So he had to use 4 to access that particular PCM.
Which is why I said if you're going to use a single vehicle license (and not a year/model or group license) then after you pull the tune look to see if it has been upgraded to an Enhanced OS before committing to any licensing.
06-15-2010, 11:04 PM
#46
No, only 2. The Enhanced OS allows for some ease of tuning advantage and other advantages on boosted applications, but isn't required for anything.
In this guys case he just got unlucky and bought a PCM that already had an enhanced OS installed. So he had to use 4 to access that particular PCM.
Which is why I said if you're going to use a single vehicle license (and not a year/model or group license) then after you pull the tune look to see if it has been upgraded to an Enhanced OS before committing to any licensing.
In this guys case he just got unlucky and bought a PCM that already had an enhanced OS installed. So he had to use 4 to access that particular PCM.
Which is why I said if you're going to use a single vehicle license (and not a year/model or group license) then after you pull the tune look to see if it has been upgraded to an Enhanced OS before committing to any licensing.
06-15-2010, 11:13 PM
#48
I just bought HPTuners as well, been playin with it for the last few days. I didnt know you could use up all your credits on one vehicle with enhanced features. Right after I got it I ran across a thread about EFI LIVE having an initial higher cost but a better deal cuz the enhanced features are included. Last year they used LS1 edit where I got it tuned, they must not have used one of these enhanced OS on mine cuz I only had to use 2 credits when I read & saved my PCM file last night. So how much would 2 credits cost?
LS1 Edit doesn't offer enhancements, only EFIlive and HPTuners. You don't need the enhancements for the most part. Tuner shops that use HPTuners with unlimited enhancements will use them for they're RTT (real time tuning) feature that lets them get the tuning done much more quickly. That was more than likely the deal with this guys PCM and the one that I had trouble with.
The custom OSs are more for power adder cars. The regular person doesn't need them and even still you can get by without them most of the time. They just make life a little easier.
06-15-2010, 11:32 PM
#49
LS1 Edit doesn't offer enhancements, only EFIlive and HPTuners. You don't need the enhancements for the most part. Tuner shops that use HPTuners with unlimited enhancements will use them for they're RTT (real time tuning) feature that lets them get the tuning done much more quickly. That was more than likely the deal with this guys PCM and the one that I had trouble with.
The custom OSs are more for power adder cars. The regular person doesn't need them and even still you can get by without them most of the time. They just make life a little easier.
The custom OSs are more for power adder cars. The regular person doesn't need them and even still you can get by without them most of the time. They just make life a little easier.
07-14-2010, 09:16 PM
#52
Since you already spent 4 credits, you might as well take advantage of it...you can now real time tune that car, OR you can convert it to ANY of the other custom OS's such as 1 bar speed density with RTT, or if you ever put a blower or turbo on, you can go to 2 or 3 bar in that car...all at no more hptuners cost to you...
07-27-2010, 12:09 PM
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here is a fun one i just learned.
doing a 98 pcm swap update to a 99+ pcm
i was given the proper file with the fuel segments swaps by EC_tune (i dont own efI)
Now hp support tells me its gonna cost 4 credits to wite this file to my new 0411 pcm
I can see 2 for the file from EC_tune, but another 2 to do a write entire to the new pcm! I dont even care what is on the new pcm, i just want to put this file on it!
doing a 98 pcm swap update to a 99+ pcm
i was given the proper file with the fuel segments swaps by EC_tune (i dont own efI)
Now hp support tells me its gonna cost 4 credits to wite this file to my new 0411 pcm
I can see 2 for the file from EC_tune, but another 2 to do a write entire to the new pcm! I dont even care what is on the new pcm, i just want to put this file on it!
07-30-2010, 07:10 PM
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here is a fun one i just learned.
doing a 98 pcm swap update to a 99+ pcm
i was given the proper file with the fuel segments swaps by EC_tune (i dont own efI)
Now hp support tells me its gonna cost 4 credits to wite this file to my new 0411 pcm
I can see 2 for the file from EC_tune, but another 2 to do a write entire to the new pcm! I dont even care what is on the new pcm, i just want to put this file on it!
doing a 98 pcm swap update to a 99+ pcm
i was given the proper file with the fuel segments swaps by EC_tune (i dont own efI)
Now hp support tells me its gonna cost 4 credits to wite this file to my new 0411 pcm
I can see 2 for the file from EC_tune, but another 2 to do a write entire to the new pcm! I dont even care what is on the new pcm, i just want to put this file on it!
