Vector Motor Sports TCM/ECM Tune Review

[Kirk@VectorMotorsports]

OK guys and gals, I bought a used ECM off a board member here and had them send it directly to Vector for a tune. Vector then tuned it to my specs for what I wanted and what I had for mods. So...

I stuck it in crossed my fingers, turned ignition on and tried to start. NOTHING! Then I turned off the key and turned it back on to see if the security light lit... NOTHING! OH SNAP! So I thought well this one's coming back out! DAMNIT! Then for shits and giggles I tried starting it again and BAM she fired up. WEIRD!

Kirk and his team are great to deal with! It was easy peasy and they made me feel like they had my back in case something went wrong. The only mistake I made was doing all this over the holiday as both they and I were off work a lot and hard to get a hold of. THAT was no fault of either party. Tis the season!

Buy from Vector with confidence!

Chris

Glad you like it!
With a new ECM sometimes you need to turn the key to the run position for a second before cranking. This lets everything "load" so to speak. If you just go from off to crank fast the ECM may not have time to do a first time learn.

Once it learns once you are done.

[UGotSmkd]

Yes I flashed the TCM with the FXP. The ECM was tuned at Vector and sent to me. I would like to go up there and do a custom tune this summer sometime too. Maybe I can do that and my Vararam at the same time...

Chris

So tuning the ECM is completely different from tuning the TCM? I had thought both could be tuned at the same time by shipping the ECM to them.

[GRRRR8]

No. Thats why getting the FXP is the best way to do it.

[-Ray-]

So tuning the ECM is completely different from tuning the TCM? I had thought both could be tuned at the same time by shipping the ECM to them.

The TCM is in the transmission.

[UGotSmkd]

This is what was confusing me. I thought all the parameters from the TCM would be logged into the ECM, therefore evrything could be tuned at once. So I would ship the ECM to VMS to have that tuned and then have them send me the FX cables for the TCM?

[-Ray-]

Don't send anything. Just get the flash express and do it all at once.

[Chewy]

This is what was confusing me. I thought all the parameters from the TCM would be logged into the ECM, therefore evrything could be tuned at once. So I would ship the ECM to VMS to have that tuned and then have them send me the FX cables for the TCM?

Nope! They ship YOU the cables and you install their program they give you (on a thumb drive) on to a PC/laptop and then you hook the cables they send you to the PC/laptop and the under dash plug in the car and pull off the info Kirk needs, you email that info to Kirk, he tweaks it, sends it back and you download it to the ECM and the TCM in two steps. One and then the other.

Easy Peasy!

I just bought a second ECM from a member here and went that route.

Chris

[UGotSmkd]

Cool. That saved me the worry of doing two separate things. I just need to wait for them to do the OTR tuning and then it's a done deal!

[r1owner]

Don't send anything. Just get the flash express and do it all at once.

+1. That's what I'm planning on doing myself.

[Master8ter]

that's what I just ordered