RS Sick
September 23rd, 2015, 02:03
Original owner had APR EMCS installed way back in 2004. It didn't work when I bought the call so I called APR and spoke with Justin (i think). Anyway, when they agreed to do a warranty transfer, he said all of their ECU upgrades came with TCU upgrade as well and he wasn't sure if I should send that in along with the ECU. They determined they were "confident" the TCU tune was fine and I only sent in the ECU.
I've had my suspicions that the TCU was stock since i bought it so i pulled it out tonight and cracked her open. No soldered chip installed at all so i have a couple questions.
Are all TCU upgrades (MTM, Viper, Revo, etc.) a physical visible chip, or can they be flashed?
Any way to confirm via vagcom?
Could a stock TCU intervene with power from a tuned ECU, such as TCU sees too much torque and somehow cuts power?
I've had my suspicions that the TCU was stock since i bought it so i pulled it out tonight and cracked her open. No soldered chip installed at all so i have a couple questions.
Are all TCU upgrades (MTM, Viper, Revo, etc.) a physical visible chip, or can they be flashed?
Any way to confirm via vagcom?
Could a stock TCU intervene with power from a tuned ECU, such as TCU sees too much torque and somehow cuts power?