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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 06:36 PM
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Has anyone EVER heard of "Tuning Come Off Computers?"

I.E: Changing fuel maps and such?

My friend SWEARS that a tune is Guarenteed to stay on a PCM. That tunes come off and all the tuning you did is physically changed. I'm not talking about the way the car runs. GOing from hot to cold weather and all that nonsense. I mean physically re tuning the car because the tune you gave it... is gone.

Has anyone ever heard of that?
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 06:58 PM
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easy way to check would be to reread the vcm & compare it to the tune you put into it the last time you touched the car.
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 07:14 PM
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If you are using closed loop fueling then yes, your tune is constantly changing to whatever the fuel trims dictate. Up to +/-25% fueling error can be present before a rich or lean code will show up.
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 07:18 PM
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If you are using closed loop fueling then yes, your tune is constantly changing to whatever the fuel trims dictate. Up to +/-25% fueling error can be present before a rich or lean code will show up.
But it wouldn't make the car run like crap though right? It changes to helk the car.
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 07:45 PM
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IMHO,
a car that runs Closed Loop that has fuel trims greater than ~-/+2% will not be optimal and any further will start to get into the crap realm, too rich and you are wasting gas and too lean and you are gonna go boom.
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