Tune your MPS car yourself: Software is available

[Sassimac]

In case anyone is interested.....

Software and hardware is now available that allows you to flash tune your own car. It works just fine, and lists most of the MAP tables for the car. It also includes a dynamite data logger that allows you overlay a log file over a MAP table you are working on.

The software cost is $250US for a Personal license which locks the application and cable to your laptop and ECU. Click here for details.

The cable is a Tactrix OpenPort 2.0, and can be purchased directly from Tactrix for $169US plus postage. Click here for details.

The software will read and write happily. It corrects the checksums on file save. It can also recover should a write fail. All in all it is a very cheap option for tuning your car. Given enough people, you can build a database of files and results.

You have control over nearly all parameters.

Enjoy.........

[MISSMPS]

[LittleredMPS]

Impressive Sassimac.

Apparently there are already tuners using this software to, so Ive just found out.

Might have to look into a personal version when they get it up and running for the gen 2 mps.

[Sassimac]

Tuning shops will possibly be using this software. And I would be asking questions of them about what they are using....!!!!

Anyway.....

1: Does it read? Yes.
2: Does it write? Yes.
3: Can you alter MAP Table? Yes. Checksums are corrected for you.
4: If the write fails, can I recover? Yes.
5: Can I screw with the throttle. Yes.

You will be staggered to see what is in that 1meg file...!!!!

Enjoy, be safe, and happy tuning.

[Nexus]

J2534 is the professional communications protocol, yes?
Completely different and vastly superior to the serial interfaces we use to read, yes?
(Of course it is, it can write!)
That strikes me as a fantastic price for a J2354 interface.

[BlueMPS3]

Us in the EVO/WRX community have been using openECU/ECUflash for ages (this is free software), this uses the tactrix cable with either openport 2 or the older openport 1.3
One of the reasons i got out of my MPS3 early last year was the lack of decent ECU tuning (piggyback units are band aid solutions in my opinion)

ecuEDIT looks pretty much the same as openECU

[Los Palmas7]

I apologise if it's a stupid question. Why shall we fork out $$$ when we can pay Mazda dealrer $44.00 per pop to upgrade the software?

[AD07]

I apologise if it's a stupid question. Why shall we fork out $$$ when we can pay Mazda dealrer $44.00 per pop to upgrade the software?

Its not the software upgrade as per a Mazda service , its a performance (flash tune) upgrade.
Two totally different things.

[Hama3]

Ok,

Be patient with me on this

After the software and required hardware is purchased can anybody get a copy of a FLASHED ECU from another moded MPS3 & replicate the MAP ???

I really don't know a whole lot about this but am doing the research & willing to give it a go...........

Any help would be appreciated.......

[Doc]

yes I dare say this would be possible.. however im not sure if you reall want to go down that road.. unless we are only talking about the exact same very basic modle like the same SRI or exhaust..


is it possible.. i dare say so.. so long as they have not locked the tune with a password (some tuners do this)
would I reccomend it.. mmm no
Doc