Originally Posted by cossie604
Spot on m8...cheeRS
So basicaly, if ive got it right that is, pectel designed a go between ecu that was self mappable bit like megasquirt if you like so they could map the L8, then realised that it wasnt a great buisness plan long term as people would just be dong their own mapping and Pectels income would deminish so they built in a lock to which only they had the key to enable any new down load to run?? Best option is to go for just a standard L8 then that is less restricted in its mapper choice I presume. If I was to have the coil pack conversion driver installed by you 1st, can I still up grade to closed loop at a later date or does it need to be done at same time?? Sorry for dumb ass questions but never had owt to do with L8
CheeRS,
Stu
The decyption board was to ward of theives and piracy mate, not to create repeat business although for every ECU that Pectel's customers (tuners) chipped, a protection board was sold.
The closed loop and coil pack conversion are 2 totally seperate conversions mate. The coilpack conversion is an independant driver board which uses signals from the ECU and does not effect the map. The closed loop is within the maps on the EEPROM which plugs into the original Ford baby board.
I do believe the coil pack driver is a little thin on the ground though!