Mus1969stang
New Member
So, I have read about several people in the forum using the Flash Tune to program their bikes. On my previous bikes I've used PCIII, PCV with AT, and even Harley's flash software so I figured I would give this a try. I ordered the Flash Tune kit from Revzilla and had it 2 days later. My next night off, I hurriedly installed the bike harness with all the joy of a kid in a candy store. Sadly, after wiring up the bike harness in about 30 minutes, I found out that my supplied USB cable had the wrong connector to connect to the bike harness! What a letdown!
Since I'm currently working nights and I can't play with the bike, I figured I would see what experience people on the forum have had with the software. I assume it will be a week before my issue is resolved and I can upload some new programming into the bike's ECU, so I'll make use of my time getting some programming "what if's" out of the way. I'm sure others have wondered the same and figured out some of the questions I have.
So here goes...
I have a 2012 S10. I have the US -70 ECU, so I found the needed file easily in the software. I easily used the -030 file to load a PCV map designed for Arrow Headers and stock exhaust. Then copied it to my new -07 files. I'm not sure why Flash Tune didn't add the PC fuel map import feature to the -70 file, but its easy to work around. That's when I started to think about the new 2nd gen Tenere. Everyone likes the characteristics of the new generation bike. So.... has anyone just copied the fuel, ignition, and throttle tables over to a gen 1 bike to see if it runs like a gen 2 bike?
I have been looking at the files and it looks like it will work, the only thing that bothered me was that the fuel decal maps on the 2014 did not work in the 2012-2013 decal map. Many of the values were too large to fit. Other than that little hiccup, I've managed to make some files that would place the 2nd gen fueling and timing on my bike. BUT i'm not going to do that without taking baby steps, unless others have done this and it works.
My current plan is to just upload the -70 file with the modded fueling for the headers and the unrestricted throttle in the 1-3 gears. If the bike runs good, hopefully curing the surging the headers gave the bike, then I'll ride it and probably tweak on a different function once a week to make sure I don't put any gremlins into the bike via a large change to the programming. I figure after a month I would be up to checking out some of the gen 2 maps and see if they are compatible.
Any words of wisdom?
Since I'm currently working nights and I can't play with the bike, I figured I would see what experience people on the forum have had with the software. I assume it will be a week before my issue is resolved and I can upload some new programming into the bike's ECU, so I'll make use of my time getting some programming "what if's" out of the way. I'm sure others have wondered the same and figured out some of the questions I have.
So here goes...
I have a 2012 S10. I have the US -70 ECU, so I found the needed file easily in the software. I easily used the -030 file to load a PCV map designed for Arrow Headers and stock exhaust. Then copied it to my new -07 files. I'm not sure why Flash Tune didn't add the PC fuel map import feature to the -70 file, but its easy to work around. That's when I started to think about the new 2nd gen Tenere. Everyone likes the characteristics of the new generation bike. So.... has anyone just copied the fuel, ignition, and throttle tables over to a gen 1 bike to see if it runs like a gen 2 bike?
I have been looking at the files and it looks like it will work, the only thing that bothered me was that the fuel decal maps on the 2014 did not work in the 2012-2013 decal map. Many of the values were too large to fit. Other than that little hiccup, I've managed to make some files that would place the 2nd gen fueling and timing on my bike. BUT i'm not going to do that without taking baby steps, unless others have done this and it works.
My current plan is to just upload the -70 file with the modded fueling for the headers and the unrestricted throttle in the 1-3 gears. If the bike runs good, hopefully curing the surging the headers gave the bike, then I'll ride it and probably tweak on a different function once a week to make sure I don't put any gremlins into the bike via a large change to the programming. I figure after a month I would be up to checking out some of the gen 2 maps and see if they are compatible.
Any words of wisdom?