PSA regarding our latest RSK04 software. ***Please Read***
12-05-2007, 04:00 PM
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Mike's a sales person, not a development engineer.
Yes, he made a mistake, but please forgive him as he has an exceptionally large amount of information to understand, organize, and remember for your average sales person.
All my sales people have to do this, and it is an extraordinary thing to ask of a sales person. Most companies in other industries have dedicated technical people to know the things my sales people are expected to know.
However, it is a business model that works for the most part. Overall it provides a better customer service experience in my opinion.
Go to 6speedonline to see what has taken priority in Mike's head lately. The world does not revolve around the S4 forum (contrary to WAYOT's belief, hehe!).
If an engineer here made a mistake like that, it would be another story.
All my sales people have to do this, and it is an extraordinary thing to ask of a sales person. Most companies in other industries have dedicated technical people to know the things my sales people are expected to know.
However, it is a business model that works for the most part. Overall it provides a better customer service experience in my opinion.
Go to 6speedonline to see what has taken priority in Mike's head lately. The world does not revolve around the S4 forum (contrary to WAYOT's belief, hehe!).
If an engineer here made a mistake like that, it would be another story.
12-05-2007, 04:04 PM
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If you are used to interfacing with companies like VAST, I can understand your point of view.
Small one, two, three man shows have to be chief cook and bottle washer, and when you deal with Mike Shimon, you deal with sales/engineer/shipping person/fabricator all rolled into one.
I am not criticizing it, it just is a matter of scale. I could do that, too, when I was a shop that size. When you get to 20 employees like we are now, you have to delegate to deal with the sales volume and there are multiple departments with specialty job descriptions.
I am not criticizing it, it just is a matter of scale. I could do that, too, when I was a shop that size. When you get to 20 employees like we are now, you have to delegate to deal with the sales volume and there are multiple departments with specialty job descriptions.
12-05-2007, 04:40 PM
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It's not a function of octane or fuel quality, it was a function of low load boost request vs actual
With exhaust variations, actual would exceed requested in lower gears and close throttle.
GIAC and Moss did testing on CA fuel and we did testing on 93 octane, and a universal software profile worked equally well on both fuels. We now have one that is designed to work with catless cars and one for cars with cats to deal with the backpressure differences, regardless of fuel used.
The throttle cut issue was pointed out to us by various end users and it took us a while to determine that the solution was indeed going to have to be based in a new software tune, as we did not expect users to switch exhaust systems.
GIAC and Moss did testing on CA fuel and we did testing on 93 octane, and a universal software profile worked equally well on both fuels. We now have one that is designed to work with catless cars and one for cars with cats to deal with the backpressure differences, regardless of fuel used.
The throttle cut issue was pointed out to us by various end users and it took us a while to determine that the solution was indeed going to have to be based in a new software tune, as we did not expect users to switch exhaust systems.
12-06-2007, 11:43 AM
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Yes, different low end curve. The lack of back pressure means even more conservative low end boost
to avoid actual boost overshooting requested.
It does not turn of the CEL you get from not having cats.
It does not turn of the CEL you get from not having cats.
03-28-2008, 03:49 PM
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Uh, wow. Try again JD.
Tuning of vehicles predates ECUs and electronic controls of engines as a whole.
Many things in the world can be tuned.
I tune the edges of my snowboards for different types of riding, I dont use a computer.
Many things in the world can be tuned.
I tune the edges of my snowboards for different types of riding, I dont use a computer.
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