Tonyrodz
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I had 6 that came from a Marine's diplomatic pouch--cool story--story was better then the smoke lol. Smoked 1 gave the rest away. Best way to tell a real Cohiba is the paper band. Cohiba used lousy quality paper--cheap.
Growing up doesn't have to suck
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Sparksalot
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iamdub
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Thank ya! It is and I'm quite happy with the ol' Steel Hippo.
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...How da hell did this turn to cigar talk? 
Well - folks around here like to blow smoke - looks like we found one of the sources....How da hell did this turn to cigar talk?
Sparksalot
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Because they beat lollipops....How da hell did this turn to cigar talk?
Just ask a certain past world leader.
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So, the Torque Management and a few other things, and people, got me thinking. A buddy in Nebraska that tunes and is actually slowly and periodically working towards starting up a tuning side gig offered to lend me his HP Tuners MPVI2. In addition to shipping, I'd have to invest the credits into something I'd only be borrowing. That all could go towards purchasing my own MPVI2. He mentioned using the next stimulus to buy my own MPVI2. As usual, with just about any car-related purchase, I started my wavering. He knows I have a terrible habit of getting in my own way, so he took the liberty to order it for me. Literally sent me a screenshot of the order form with his billing info and my address. He said to pay him back whenever and however fast I wanted. I needed that push. lol
So, I now have an MPVI2 with Pro Features and PRO LINK on the way.
So, I now have an MPVI2 with Pro Features and PRO LINK on the way.
Not bad. I’d love to see what mine will do but I’m afraid of breaking something, not like that’s ever happened.
I think I’m going to bite the bullet sooner or later and do my own tuning. This is the latest from HP Tuners?So, the Torque Management and a few other things, and people, got me thinking. A buddy in Nebraska that tunes and is actually slowly and periodically working towards starting up a tuning side gig offered to lend me his HP Tuners MPVI2. In addition to shipping, I'd have to invest the credits into something I'd only be borrowing. That all could go towards purchasing my own MPVI2. He mentioned using the next stimulus to buy my own MPVI2. As usual, with just about any car-related purchase, I started my wavering. He knows I have a terrible habit of getting in my own way, so he took the liberty to order it for me. Literally sent me a screenshot of the order form with his billing info and my address. He said to pay him back whenever and however fast I wanted. I needed that push. lol
So, I now have an MPVI2 with Pro Features and PRO LINK on the way.
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George B
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You break it anyway. Just don’t race in reverse and you will be fine.
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iamdub
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It's not much different than launching it on the street, and I'm quite sure you've done that a few times. Make it happen! Oh- bring a friend that knows how to operate a camera so you can post vid(s).
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iamdub
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Copy and pasting this from another thread where I aired my grievances with trying to tune this turd:
I just bought two credits almost a month ago since I knew that was all I needed. The TCM is built into the ECM in mine, so whatever it takes to tune the ECM (two credits) is what it takes to tune the TCM. Apparently, for mine, the FSCM is the only other module that can be tuned. I didn't know that when reading my current tune, I was supposed to uncheck the FSCM so it would be like that module doesn't exist and HPT wouldn't keep me from writing to the ECM without a credit for the FSCM. I don't need to modify anything with the FSCM. According to my account on HPT's site, I still have two credits, so maybe it didn't apply them. Last I recalled seeing, it looked to me like it applied the two credits to a vehicle that has an FSCM that the tuner wanted to tune in addition to the ECM. What I needed was to apply the credits to a vehicle that "didn't have" an FSCM.
I'll try reading my current tune again, but leaving the FSCM out of it, saving that as my "baseline", making those small changes I tried today then attempt again to write that tune. Hopefully, it'll go through and apply the two credits to that to finalize/lock/whatever itself to my Tahoe and I can move on to writing any time as normal. Crappy case- I'm forced to buy that extra credit for something I'll never mess with. Worst case, I have to purchase two more credits to "re-license" my Tahoe, but with the FSCM taken outta the mix.
Before I proceed with that, I'm trying to learn all the stuff I missed which put me here in the first place, now that I'm aware of the missed stuff. I'm trying to do so before bothering the people on the forums with all these noob questions that I know have been brought up a million times already. I started combing through the stickies but haven't found anything pertinent. Most everything is how to get started, which is pretty much just what's outlined step-by-step in the quick start guide that came in the box. I followed that to a "T" and had no problems. Any instructions I've found from there seem to skip straight to writing modified tunes after the vehicle has already been licensed and communicating, etc.
Sounds like my typical problem with computers- I never know where to find files once I save them. I'll follow your file path and see if I have the four logs I thought I made.
**** no. I ain't changing anything from it's default setting unless I have to. If my logs did in fact auto-save to where you said, then that's where I'm leaving them and I'll go there to find them.
I'm not getting that fancy with it yet. No need. I wanted to see how it looked and worked on the screen first. You know- to see if I got something cool like a big flashing "DANGER TO MANIFOLD" message during a hit. No sense in having a 17" monitor if I'm not gonna look at it, right? I did connect it via Bluetooth to my laptop with no problem, but neither the Editor nor Scanner would find it. I'll mess with this later once I've established a functioning system through the USB cable.
I just bought two credits almost a month ago since I knew that was all I needed. The TCM is built into the ECM in mine, so whatever it takes to tune the ECM (two credits) is what it takes to tune the TCM. Apparently, for mine, the FSCM is the only other module that can be tuned. I didn't know that when reading my current tune, I was supposed to uncheck the FSCM so it would be like that module doesn't exist and HPT wouldn't keep me from writing to the ECM without a credit for the FSCM. I don't need to modify anything with the FSCM. According to my account on HPT's site, I still have two credits, so maybe it didn't apply them. Last I recalled seeing, it looked to me like it applied the two credits to a vehicle that has an FSCM that the tuner wanted to tune in addition to the ECM. What I needed was to apply the credits to a vehicle that "didn't have" an FSCM.
I'll try reading my current tune again, but leaving the FSCM out of it, saving that as my "baseline", making those small changes I tried today then attempt again to write that tune. Hopefully, it'll go through and apply the two credits to that to finalize/lock/whatever itself to my Tahoe and I can move on to writing any time as normal. Crappy case- I'm forced to buy that extra credit for something I'll never mess with. Worst case, I have to purchase two more credits to "re-license" my Tahoe, but with the FSCM taken outta the mix.
Before I proceed with that, I'm trying to learn all the stuff I missed which put me here in the first place, now that I'm aware of the missed stuff. I'm trying to do so before bothering the people on the forums with all these noob questions that I know have been brought up a million times already. I started combing through the stickies but haven't found anything pertinent. Most everything is how to get started, which is pretty much just what's outlined step-by-step in the quick start guide that came in the box. I followed that to a "T" and had no problems. Any instructions I've found from there seem to skip straight to writing modified tunes after the vehicle has already been licensed and communicating, etc.
Sounds like my typical problem with computers- I never know where to find files once I save them. I'll follow your file path and see if I have the four logs I thought I made.
**** no. I ain't changing anything from it's default setting unless I have to. If my logs did in fact auto-save to where you said, then that's where I'm leaving them and I'll go there to find them.
I'm not getting that fancy with it yet. No need. I wanted to see how it looked and worked on the screen first. You know- to see if I got something cool like a big flashing "DANGER TO MANIFOLD" message during a hit. No sense in having a 17" monitor if I'm not gonna look at it, right? I did connect it via Bluetooth to my laptop with no problem, but neither the Editor nor Scanner would find it. I'll mess with this later once I've established a functioning system through the USB cable.
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Bluetooth, fancy. Once you figure out the hard shit, I’ll probably send mine off for the upgraded interface. As always, you’re my test mule
also, @Scottydoggs you mentioned modules a while back. The original interface doesn’t seem to have that option. Is the 1 credit vs 2 credits what you were talking about? Example...he buys 2 credits, he can tune trans and engine. If he just buys the 1 credit, is that engine only? The original interface works with application keys. I have to update that key when I buy more credits. The newer one doesn’t use the application key. So what’s the process after purchasing new credits? Does it automatically recognize that or do you have to do something else the validate the credits prior to writing the tune?
also, @Scottydoggs you mentioned modules a while back. The original interface doesn’t seem to have that option. Is the 1 credit vs 2 credits what you were talking about? Example...he buys 2 credits, he can tune trans and engine. If he just buys the 1 credit, is that engine only? The original interface works with application keys. I have to update that key when I buy more credits. The newer one doesn’t use the application key. So what’s the process after purchasing new credits? Does it automatically recognize that or do you have to do something else the validate the credits prior to writing the tune?
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Bluetooth, fancy. Once you figure out the hard shit, I’ll probably send mine off for the upgraded interface. As always, you’re my test mule
Glad to have some sort of purpose!
