In case you don't know who I am, I wrote a large number of the tools in use by "Chrome" and am probably without too much argument one of the people that knows the most about the software. I wasn't there to see the circumstances, but I can offer some technical commentary. Your claims are totally unreasonable from a purely technical perspective.
Originally Posted by
DONT SLEEP
he loaded the map that solero made and he looked at me and askied if i was serious. 155% duty cycle on STOCK injectors. then everything was turned off, knock sensor o2 sensor, EVERYTHING. if something wasnt working we wouldnt of known because it wouldnt have thrown a code.
I get better gas mileage with O2 disabled than enabled. It is a very common practice in Crome.
PA sensor, ELD and other minor sensors being disabled will not cause a car to not run.
P28 ECUs do not have a knock board - you have to disable the knock function if you want the car to run. This is true of Hondata as well as Crome.
Nothing in the bin I received from Solero would make me suspicious about it firing up and running a vehicle.
Originally Posted by
DONT SLEEP
i paid him to tune (hondata s200) my girls car. next day car wouldnt start. had to wait another week to come back. he comes back and fries the ecu
I've tuned upwards of 200 OBD1 hondas. I've chipped at least that many more OBD1 honda ECUs. I have yet to fry a single one with a bad chip. I've yet to fry a single one with a bad program in a good chip. I've yet to fry a single one tuning a car, EXCEPT WHEN THE CAR HAD WIRING ISSUES. ECUs rarely die unless provoked. Main relays, poor grounds, bad injector wiring, poor harnesses. That's it. Honestly.
The "IAT transistor" John spoke of as being destroyed in the ECU is a very common problem - I see it all the time. You know what the cause of it is? The IAT sensor has the same plug as the IACV (Idle Air Control Valve) and PCS (Purge Control Solenoid). If you ever switch the IAT with either IACV/PCS, you'll burn up that transistor in a hurry. I've seen probably 40 or 50 ECUs with this damage, and none of them were "fried" - they simply lacked the purge capability for emissions. Not a single one were damaged to the point they would no longer run the car.
John asked me to look at the bin that he put in your GF's car. I certainly wouldn't run the car that way, and I honestly have difficulty believing that what I saw was the best possible tune (even street tune) for that car. BUT it also looked like just another Crome tune - not something that would destroy ECUs and/or cause trouble.
I'm not going to say that John treated you unfairly or anything like that because I wasn't there and I didn't see exactly what happened. What I will tell you is that what you suggest (namely, John frying one of your ECUs in the course of tuning the car) is incredibly unlikely. If called to court as an expert witness, I'd have to testify against the likelyhood of what you described even being possible. I will also tell you that if any of my tuning customers ever threatened me, I'd tell them to go fuck themselves a lot more than John has done. The way you are carrying on isn't going to help you get this situation resolved, and the assertions you make have no technical basis. ECUs don't just fry themselves.
-Dave (admin @ pgmfi.org - the home of Crome)