My friend bought an ebay CD with 20,000 tuned files on it and I’m thinking about flashing one of those to my car, what could go wrong?
A- For a start, you never know what you’re getting. Those files are often poorly made by an inexperienced tuner. Extreme fuel numbers and boost pressure may seem cool at first glance but if your turbo explodes or your engine melts down you won’t be too happy. Often these CD’s accompany some poorly cloned interfaces which if the flash fails can effectively ruin the ECU. You’d end up having to send it in for repair or buy another ECU entirely. If a flash fails on a 90hp car then you would also have to find a way of adapting the immobilizer to work with a replacement ECU. This will typically involve a trip to the dealer and any perceived value flies out the window.
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