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Old Mar 23, 2004 | 06:47 PM
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has anyone thats bought it tried it yet?
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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 04:20 PM
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yup.. there are a few of us "messing" with it
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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 06:40 PM
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It's pretty good software! It took me very little time to unf&%k my Predator program which I can now scrap. The scanner is good enough until I get the free upgrade. I have some more tweeking and learning to do. But that's why I bought it!
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Did my first "tuning" last night on a friends SI car. Changed shift points and rev limiter. Reading the PCM was fast, and rewrite(Flash) was smoking fast!
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Old Mar 27, 2004 | 08:40 PM
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I have reflashed my vehicle with it; first night, I
downloaded my existing Predator tune, returned
PCM to stock with Predator and downloaded that
(for archival purposes). Then I modified the Predator
.bin file with some things I wanted to do but never
could, like getting transmission kickdown right.

PCM programmed faster than the Predator write
by a long shot. With proper kickdown action
programmed the 4L60E is a whole different
transmission, I'm loving it. I got the beneficial
elements of the Predator tune written back in
(TM gone, until I can learn about how to make
it work smart), set my COT maximum enrichment
to 5% instead of 20%, little things like that. On
an A4 getting the tranny right matters more to
street driving satisfaction than anything else. I
am stoked over this tool. The only shortcomings
I have seen are some odd dropouts in logging and
I reckon these will be taken care of pretty quick.
But I still have EFILiveV6 if I need it, and for now
I'm chasing all the things that I could never get
to before; timing and air/fuel are "close enough"
from combination of Predator & its user settings,
and my hand-whittled MAF. It's the transmission
that always griped me the most - but it's feeling
much better now.

I would put this at the top of my mod list, right
up there with the converter, as far as effect per
peso. In fact I'd put the converter in #2 position
(of course I have a fairly mild one and don't go to
the track a lot). When I got the Predator and was
able to make the trans shift quicker and higher I
was a happy camper. But now I'm like to bust a
nut from grinning.
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