Fletch
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« on: February 29, 2012, 02:35:00 PM »
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Curious to know if anyone's tinkering with the MED17.X ECU yet. I've got a MY2010 GTI I'd like to get to know a little better.  |
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Rick
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« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2012, 01:50:00 PM »
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Yes. But you need expensive hardware to play with it  Rick |
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Fletch
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« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2012, 03:09:33 PM »
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Okay, I'll play. How expensive? Which equipment? How can I learn more? I'm fairly motivated and willing to contribute if I'm able. |
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RaraK
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« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2012, 07:47:32 AM »
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most genuine tools can do this
magpro
byteshooter
SPI wizard
etc.....
you will not be able to flash it for less than a few thousand USD for tool.
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Fletch
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« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2012, 09:22:39 AM »
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most genuine tools can do this
magpro
byteshooter
SPI wizard
etc.....
you will not be able to flash it for less than a few thousand USD for tool.
Thank you for the reply. Do you have any sense whether the cost of the tools will come down with time or is this type of an investment required for anyone seeking to modify the MED 17? Like many others on here, I'm an enthusiast, not seeking to start a business. Several thousand USD is a significant investment. |
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« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2012, 06:44:09 PM »
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Don't expect price to come down for a while unless a clone makes it way to the market with Tricore support.
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Fletch
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« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2012, 10:12:32 AM »
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More thanks!
More n00b questions...
How can I keep informed about clone development? Where do you guys watch to see if anybody's making progress?
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« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2012, 02:00:41 AM »
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what you need to know ?
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« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2012, 07:13:16 AM »
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There are cheaper options for programming ME17.9.7, ME17.9.11, MED17, EDC17.
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Fletch
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« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2012, 10:35:35 AM »
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I am very interested to know what these might be. I'm completely new to ECU modification so speak slowly & use small words, please. Truly, I would appreciate all the details you can provide on hardware/software setups required to read, interpret, recode & write data. If there is concern about sharing this broadly, please send me a PM. Thank you. |
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RaraK
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« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2012, 01:10:42 PM »
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pay a big name tuner, dont waste your time.
it will take you 9 months to fully understand how the ecu works, then to start tuning, maybe 40 flashes later you may have something pretty decent.
Im sorry but its not just something you figure out, it will consume your life the med17
Tools....like we said a few thousand, read $4k USD at least. Then you need winols which will run you ~$2000 USD and the checksum module for MED17 if your Tool doesnt support it. You should ideally have BDM(jtag) tool to make a total backup of ecu incase you "brick" it as well.
Its a lot man, just being honest with you, not worth it at all, it would be cheaper to ship your car to one of the tuners and have t hem custom tune it for you and send it back before you can invest in just the equipment :/
maybe within a few years tools will become available that are cheaper but nothing i heard or or forseeable future leads me to believe something will hit the market soon
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Fletch
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« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2012, 05:42:15 PM »
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RaraK,
Thank you very much for the reply. It's kind of funny you posted now since I had just come the conclusion that it didn't make sense for me to pursue this any further. While I wish it could be a bit more hobby-ish, it's very clear from what I read on this forum and in other places that MED17 will simply require too much learning & equipment to even simply interpret the OEM code. After that, I'd probably only be dangerous - nowhere near effective or efficient.
Again, I appreciate the frankness and honesty.
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« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2012, 07:29:28 AM »
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hi fletch, can you post the ecu number of your gti?
may be is 1K0907115"XX" ( i see in my country 1K0907115AA )
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« Reply #13 on: March 29, 2012, 07:55:56 AM »
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There are cheaper options for programming ME17.9.7, ME17.9.11, MED17, EDC17.
I am very curious...   |
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Fletch
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« Reply #14 on: March 30, 2012, 05:59:32 AM »
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hi fletch, can you post the ecu number of your gti?
may be is 1K0907115"XX" ( i see in my country 1K0907115AA )
Mine is 1K0 907 115 AL. |
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