Super News!
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Super News!
The all popular Tunercat just came up with an on the fly tuning system that will include a romulator special software etc to allow you to make changes as you cruise. It should be a pretty sweet system.
In the nutshell how it will work is though the use of the laptop/romulator you can make changes on the fly that will be used through out the tuning process, whether its a day/week/year, Once you have all the parameter where they need to be, you simply extract the bin file and burn it to a chip for the final version :cheers:
That is what I hate about tuning so much. You drive to an area where you can test the car. Run it, and see what needs changed. Go back home to make the changes, wife asks you to do a million things, kids start fighting, etc etc. Now you can take an afternoon. Dial it in however you like along the road. Take it home park it, enjoy the tune to that point and then pick up on the tune if necessary the following day/week/year if you like.
I am definately gonna have my eye on a setup like this. ;)
It will be all to awesome for the track! Especially on a dyno or a test and tune day. :cheers: :cheers:
In the nutshell how it will work is though the use of the laptop/romulator you can make changes on the fly that will be used through out the tuning process, whether its a day/week/year, Once you have all the parameter where they need to be, you simply extract the bin file and burn it to a chip for the final version :cheers:
That is what I hate about tuning so much. You drive to an area where you can test the car. Run it, and see what needs changed. Go back home to make the changes, wife asks you to do a million things, kids start fighting, etc etc. Now you can take an afternoon. Dial it in however you like along the road. Take it home park it, enjoy the tune to that point and then pick up on the tune if necessary the following day/week/year if you like.
I am definately gonna have my eye on a setup like this. ;)
It will be all to awesome for the track! Especially on a dyno or a test and tune day. :cheers: :cheers:
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Re: Super News! (ski_dwn_it)
now that sounds cool! :thumbs:
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Re: Super News! (Marcho Polo)
That will take a huge hassle out of tuning. I have an email into tomcat (tc) at tunercat. I will keep you all posted on the details he forwards me. :cheers:
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Re: Super News! (scorp508)
I've been waiting for this forever!!! :hurray: I hope they offer a package of romulator/tc to buy at once.
Ski, it is not listed on the website.. is it in Beta right now?
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Re: Super News! (ski_dwn_it)
Good news, But I gota start doing my home work.
BTW - Thanks Jessie (ski_) for the chip, My mechanic said he got it.
Can't wate to get this thing fired up !
BTW - Thanks Jessie (ski_) for the chip, My mechanic said he got it.
Can't wate to get this thing fired up !
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Re: Super News! (jimmyd)
Guys,
I got an email back from TC.....He confirmed what I said earlier. The romulator stores the program as long as you like.
Sounds like the format will be the same as tunercat, youjust make the changes hit enter, and the car runs the new program.
I don't think it needs to be said, but this is not something that should be done while driving. You should log, pull off the road, read the results, make changes then drive again.
I am gonna order my xtronics romulator as soon as they answer my email. Man this will take a huge hassle out of tuning. :cheers:
I got an email back from TC.....He confirmed what I said earlier. The romulator stores the program as long as you like.
Sounds like the format will be the same as tunercat, youjust make the changes hit enter, and the car runs the new program.
I don't think it needs to be said, but this is not something that should be done while driving. You should log, pull off the road, read the results, make changes then drive again.
I am gonna order my xtronics romulator as soon as they answer my email. Man this will take a huge hassle out of tuning. :cheers:
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Re: Super News! (-=Jeff=-)
I've been waiting for this forever!!! :hurray: I hope they offer a package of romulator/tc to buy at once.
Why don't you suggest it to TC..
Ski, it is not listed on the website.. is it in Beta right now?
Why don't you suggest it to TC..
Ski, it is not listed on the website.. is it in Beta right now?
If you have an older ROMulator, the firmware will require updating.
All this *IS* good news. For me, it means I won't have to carry two laptops anymore.:) Now if only TTS DataMaster would update their software to support USB ports... :rolleyes: A DB9 serial port is becoming rather extinct on new notebooks. :cry
With the ROMulator, changes are made from the driver's seat. No more burning hundreds of chips, each time shutting down the car, getting out, opening the hood, opening the ECU, etc., etc.
:cheers: - Bill
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Re: Super News! (ELEVENS)
It's nice to see that they have apparently gotten the bugs worked out. Emulators have been around for years, but they never seemed to work well enough to be useful. If this works better, it'll definately be a great thing.