BLACKeNeD Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I uploaded the Mickey D Stage 1 map from the RR forums to my buddy's SpecB. It drove great, but then started bucking under boost a month later. He brought it to the Dealer and they changed the ignition coils. Could they have gone bad from the Tune or was it a coincidence? My buddy wants the tune back on, but i told him I would pose the question here first. thanks for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spec B Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 most likely coincidence...there are a lot of people running Mickey D tunes with no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKeNeD Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 Gracias. I figured I would double check before I reflash his ECU. If anyone has another opinion, please chime in. I will prob flash one day next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwiener2 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 They probably changed the coil packs (which hardly ever go bad) and reset the ECU. His new smoothness is likely a result of the reset ECU and not the coil packs. My Mods List (Updated 8/22/17) 2005 Outback FMT Running on Electrons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbrjason Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 How did you put the tune on? Did you copy all the tables from one of his maps or spreadsheets to your buddies rom image? Which tune did you use? The only spec b specific one I've seen is the 08 stg1 and stg2, and then 06 spec b stg2 setup for a fmic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKeNeD Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 How did you put the tune on? Did you copy all the tables from one of his maps or spreadsheets to your buddies rom image? Which tune did you use? The only spec b specific one I've seen is the 08 stg1 and stg2, and then 06 spec b stg2 setup for a fmic. I used the 08 Stg1 tune. He has an 08 SpecB. I DL'd the file, opened it in ECUFlash and hit the "trial write" button, and then the "write to ECU" button. It drove fine for the first month and then the coils went, which were replaced by dealer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKeNeD Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 They probably changed the coil packs (which hardly ever go bad) and reset the ECU. His new smoothness is likely a result of the reset ECU and not the coil packs. No, it was smooth with the map and then started bucking when the coils went bad. Just not sure if the tune could have contributed to the coils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwiener2 Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 No. What I'm saying is they misdiagnosed the coils and his roughness will come back. My Mods List (Updated 8/22/17) 2005 Outback FMT Running on Electrons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKeNeD Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 No. What I'm saying is they misdiagnosed the coils and his roughness will come back. So you think the reset of the ecu flash caused the smoothness, and the map caused the bucking? Should we even bother reflashing the same map? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwiener2 Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 I'm not saying it's the map either. It could be, I don't know. He may have an actual mechanical problem but I doubt it was the coil packs. My Mods List (Updated 8/22/17) 2005 Outback FMT Running on Electrons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKeNeD Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 I'm not saying it's the map either. It could be, I don't know. He may have an actual mechanical problem but I doubt it was the coil packs. hmm...Well, i can only assume the dealership diagnosed the problem and came the the conclusion that it was an issue with the coil packs. he had a Cylinder 2 misfire code that I forgot to mention in my original post. Thanks for the info guys. With any luck it was just a coincidence with the coil packs going bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spec.b Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 FYI, that MickeyD tune on RR is a base map only!!! It, just like any other ots tune, must be modified for the specific car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbrjason Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 It was developed on mine and havanah joes cars. I'm in ny and I believe he is in ca.. There were definitely variations between his logs and my logs. I would definitely be logging it to make sure all is well. Any idea if he has 91 or 93 octane gas available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKeNeD Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 both 91 and 93 are avail. He's looking for a cable so he could log himself, since it's hard for me to get in the car and log while he drives. I'll discuss this with him and figure out what the best option is. Thanks for the help guys. Much apreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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