EC Euro+Drive Phase 0 / Phase 1 PB
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 7:02 am
This goes back almost three weeks when I knew I was going to be able to get a tune.
I first ordered the Speedmotive ECU flash, and after waiting a few days for it to show up, I followed the steps to have my OEM file sent off. After receiving the re worked files, I was stoked that I was going to be at or near my power goals. Except on my first drive I knew something wasn't right when my dash lit up like a Christmas tree, after contacting Lorenzo to see what was up, I flashed my stock file back, this happened the next few days, and at that point I was over it, they couldn't figure out what the hell was going on, and I was getting nervous, not only did I spend money good money on a tune, no one knew how to resolve it.
Lorenzo or his tuner didn't know what was happening, and that made me extremely nervous. I did not want to wreck an ECU. Frustrated, and with some fellow friends advice, I sent my hand held back. In which Lorenzo took care of me.
I wasn't happy getting no answers on why my Abarth couldn't be tuned, so after having my log files checked by other turners, I got this email back.
Was I going to go with Euro+Drive or Tork.
I ended up working with the Eurocompulsion team, and a close Abarth friend to finally get my shit tuned.
Fast forward another week after I sent my hand held back, I had a E+D hand held in my hands. Working my friends I decided to go with Phase 0 and Phase 1 due to the mods on my car, and the mods coming in the future.
Tuning my car with E+D was painless. It went smooth, and the directions that Eurocompulsion provides are straight forward, and shouldn't cause any confusion with how to get files to them, and write to your ECU.
After the write was completed, I went for my first drive in Phase 0, and power was smooth, the car felt right, like this is how it should came from the factory, and then the pops and bangs tune came into play, I have no cat, and all I can say is holy shit they are extremely loud.
The 2nd drive I did was in Phase 1, and I was trying to see if I could tip toe through town without setting off the machine gun, and I was successful in that, and when I reached the highway, I let her rip, and damn. Again the power was smooth, car is a lot faster, the bangs are spot on, and I was impressed with the monster that I created, however I know it can get better than this, because I've driven a Phase 2 car.
From here I need to get a front mount inter-cooler, it will be either a Eurocompulsion unit, or a ATM. Then I should replace my v3 intake with something that flows better, but I am not so much worried about that right now.
I cant recommend the Speedmotive tune due to their lack of knowledge with their setup, but I can recommend the Euro+Drive unit, any day, to anyone.
I first ordered the Speedmotive ECU flash, and after waiting a few days for it to show up, I followed the steps to have my OEM file sent off. After receiving the re worked files, I was stoked that I was going to be at or near my power goals. Except on my first drive I knew something wasn't right when my dash lit up like a Christmas tree, after contacting Lorenzo to see what was up, I flashed my stock file back, this happened the next few days, and at that point I was over it, they couldn't figure out what the hell was going on, and I was getting nervous, not only did I spend money good money on a tune, no one knew how to resolve it.
Lorenzo or his tuner didn't know what was happening, and that made me extremely nervous. I did not want to wreck an ECU. Frustrated, and with some fellow friends advice, I sent my hand held back. In which Lorenzo took care of me.
I wasn't happy getting no answers on why my Abarth couldn't be tuned, so after having my log files checked by other turners, I got this email back.
Digging deeper, I got this response as well.Hi Jacob,
Thanks, we took a look at the log file, showing us what was done to try and resolve your issue and unfortunately it was amateur hour.
Im sorry you had to deal with that man!
So it was back to the drawing board for me.Essentially what was happening was that they were trying to copy a file that was not compatible with your specific car. The files need to be created on an individual basis. For them not to know that about these ECMs would imply they do not regularly calibrate these cars via this method or at all. Those are the facts with what we can see from the log files available.
Was I going to go with Euro+Drive or Tork.
I ended up working with the Eurocompulsion team, and a close Abarth friend to finally get my shit tuned.
Fast forward another week after I sent my hand held back, I had a E+D hand held in my hands. Working my friends I decided to go with Phase 0 and Phase 1 due to the mods on my car, and the mods coming in the future.
Tuning my car with E+D was painless. It went smooth, and the directions that Eurocompulsion provides are straight forward, and shouldn't cause any confusion with how to get files to them, and write to your ECU.
After the write was completed, I went for my first drive in Phase 0, and power was smooth, the car felt right, like this is how it should came from the factory, and then the pops and bangs tune came into play, I have no cat, and all I can say is holy shit they are extremely loud.
The 2nd drive I did was in Phase 1, and I was trying to see if I could tip toe through town without setting off the machine gun, and I was successful in that, and when I reached the highway, I let her rip, and damn. Again the power was smooth, car is a lot faster, the bangs are spot on, and I was impressed with the monster that I created, however I know it can get better than this, because I've driven a Phase 2 car.
From here I need to get a front mount inter-cooler, it will be either a Eurocompulsion unit, or a ATM. Then I should replace my v3 intake with something that flows better, but I am not so much worried about that right now.
I cant recommend the Speedmotive tune due to their lack of knowledge with their setup, but I can recommend the Euro+Drive unit, any day, to anyone.
