I would happily pay for the end product.

I retract my comment.

A bunch of tuning files for more recent ECU's (nothing really that special, but it's a good starting point for research).

But more to the point of this thread, it has almost a terabyte of DAMOS and internal documents,ECU development tools/applications, etc... which appear to be lifted straight from Bosch's servers...

This topic was interesting to read lol...egos aside. It was enjoyable.

The Antikythera Mechanism was made ~100 years before Jesus Christ, yet machines of similar complexity did not occur until ~1400 years after it's destruction.

If it was more accessible and widespread, the ideas would have been observed by others and built upon, giving us 1400 years of advancement in the understanding of geared mechanism. Not to mention astronomical observations and the countless scientific lives murdered by the high religious society of developed countries disagreeing with observational facts. There was surely anatomical and medicinal information lost in the destruction of these ancient societies, or technology and science that lingers with Cold War opponents, behind patents, other closed doors . 

While you may be smart, and the first one to figure it out, refusing to share those ideas makes them worthless.. like a dead man, you are not part of the world. Fearing competition or partnership is a neurological suffering that will bring the community down as whole, for personal short term gain.

How do I feel this relates to tuning?
There is Not a "correct" way to tune a vehicle, any more than there is a "correct" way to sing, or paint a canvas - its a personal taste. Production Car to Top Fuel.
There is no Supposer for the arrogant who can not be held accountable.
If you were an Artist, in the tuning sense, you would paint your own picture, and might find fault in more paintings than someone who isn't an artist. Does the King's taste dictate yours?

With the advancement in the electronics, a standalone ECU for a few of my cars (D2 S8, S60R), is Not viable. The transmissions, Haldex, Traction control, ABS, all the other control units must be operated normally, or better yet, open to modification. The OE ECU must be used, or the car is a pile of parts. The Luxury is in the refinement. 

I ended up in this thread after not finding what I was looking for, and scouring forums and realizing nobody has posted a unified source for ANY tuning tools, or any (proper) software to access the Volvo. Bunch of half baked code scattered across the web along with unresponsive neck beards that think their shit don't stink - when it smells the worst. If you want to talk about scammers, dipshits and hacks, look no further than the Volvo world.. There is a guy who sells Volvo branded Freeware, and the community suggest him ripping people off for it. Shooting themselves in the foot.  Why the cars are crushed so quickly and have no value, when its better than an Evo X.. Point out to anyone how toxic the culture is and they ghost and block you or "Neg Rep", proving the point, and adding absolutely nothing.  How can I read my S60R ECU over CAN, end with a usable bin, and who hoards all the definition files? Or do I need to jerk someone off for that? It should be public. The Audi is easy enough with the janky Nefmoto flasher, bullshit cmd line checksum program, and a few dumpster fire definition files. TunerPro is Free... That single man has done more for multiple communities than the entire community here has done for themselves.. So has the Ross-tech team.. Unfortunately they do not support many types of flash editing or open source modifications to their software.


Social media whoring and the never-ending strive for short term attention and fame is a curse suffered by men. Especially smart ones who may not do well in real life and leverage their isolation on a computer to build programming skill that makes them admired by other superficial men who build cars. Programmers. What is the stereotypical image? The IS a psychology to this culture, and it is obvious. Most Tuners are socially awkward and often ugly. They need Likes more than anyone. Don't get mad at me for spitting the truth. If somebody else can competently Launch control flame gargle pop, I wont get as many likes, and will have to invest more energy in creating a new feature that distinguishes me from the guy who copied my work. Maybe my new rolling antilag feature will include VVT activation, or activate the SAI to spool the turbo. We must make this information publicly accessible to as many interested people as possible. New people brings new ideas which brings growth to the topic YOU are interested in! I am here to trudge through the bullshit and gather the bits I need to teach other people locally and at the track how to tune their vehicles themselves - because so many people have been fucked sideways by the "experts" generated here under the "don't ask, don't tell" mindset you have about everything. Having tuned countless machines for well over a decade, I have no delusions in my understandings of how things work. Engines or their tuning communities. I don't need anyone to like me, that is not why I am here. If shit-stirring is the best way to make things happen, so be it. The programmers here are massively delusional and need to quit getting off to their fans, "please, please". Do it because it is the right thing to do, and spares you the negativity associated with refusal. How many super hero movies is the villain someone who wanted to be like the superhero?.. Maybe it would have been easier to share the flashing tool, instead of creating anger in the community to promote action.

The fact there is not a single Do-it-all community freeware app that can read/write flash from nearly every module in VAG cars, EEProms, Clusters, checksums encryptions, is kinda mind boggling. The cars are mostly in the junkyard or melted down, and there still isn't anything.. I have doubts there ever will be. This community has Failed, so far. Tuning in general in the USA at a commercial level, for road going vehicles is coming under increasingly heavy scrutiny and goes against several federal safety codes for the EPA and DOT, not to mention unclaimed income, cash or PayPal, etc. that I am sure the IRS wants to know about. I may not code well, but I am perfectly capable of raising alarm to these agencies about the illegal activities contained in each and every one of these side gigs. You advertise your illegal activities on public social media sites and post videos racing and speeding on identifiable streets.  Don't act like you're a saint. "Nefarious". I would rather not bring the house down, but when it never made it past the foundations and a few pieces of frame, the shit needs demolished so the Rat programmers and tuners quit living in the shit left by the community. It is no different than drug dealing. Don't be surprised when you see a federal investigation opened on your tuning history. See the Motorex Skyline disaster, and wonder if your clients will be contacted for vehicle inspections. Playing stupid games - stupid prizes await.

Don't feed the troll, not worth your time.

I look forward to additions to the wiki (we could rebrand to from s4 to me7) and github repo links.