Re: The future??

Posted by Tim Cole On 2015/4/21 15:28:00

There are a number of factors driving this situation.

Firstly, most of the electronics are junk and trying to modify a junk ABS, EPS, TCM, or whatever can destroy circuits. "Four Letter Word" in particular builds a lot of junk that shouldn't be tampered with because it is - junk.

Secondly, the auto makers have forced the dealers to invest huge amounts in equipment for which there is not sufficient volume of personnel to pay for. Why? Because working at a dealer sucks and they ream labor so badly they need to wear diapers. My joke is that if car mechanics are such bloodsuckers then they should build cars that don't break and fire everybody.

Thirdly, PCM programs represent as close to optimal a set of overall control parameters as you can hope for. Sure you can change injection and timing to increase horsepower, but you will need to carry a shop vac to clean up the results. My preference is towards detuning that increases motor life because I just want to get where I want to go and burn less gas. That will never happen because they are trying to engineer cars that blow up immediately after the warranty expires.

So perhaps they don't want anybody to see their shoddy work in the first place. If electronics were chrome and tailfins today's junkboxes would weigh fifteens tons.