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Why do people say that a GIAC flashed ECU can't be tweaked like a GIAC chipped ECU?

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Old 04-15-2007, 12:55 PM
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Default Why do people say that a GIAC flashed ECU can't be tweaked like a GIAC chipped ECU?

Why do people prefer tweaking with a chip rather than a flash?
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Default You have it all wrong. You can't tweak the stage 3- (stock injectors/MAF + K04s and 5bar FPR) code.

Stage 3- GIAC code happens to only be available with flash.

Normal K03 GIAC code, flashed or chipped, can be tweaked.

Are you Don Imus?
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Nappy Headed Hos should know all about tweaking! >
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You Racist!!....j/k
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Default ...also the older GIAC programs had more aggressive boost ramp up

makes it easier to run an MBC.
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Default It doesn't make a difference, imo. I've never seen any definitive data to show that

one version is definitively "better" than another. And if you run an MBC, the boost ramp up is a moot point. Just get the newest flash version you can get your hands on, soldered chips can come loose.
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i dunno but thanks for the ecu u sent me. running great.
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Default Well I'm just gonna go with whatever I can get my hands on for cheap or for free...

Trying to get this tip into the 12's with K03s without spending more than $500 or so.
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2nd. GIAC 3- can't be tweaked.
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