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Originally Posted by Boss330
Does ESS offer a ECU reflash for the Fxx cars for under 1K?
Huge difference in a piggyback which is the same hardware for any car, but with different settings depending which car it's used on. Doing a full ECU flash on the Fxx currently involves paying a supplier (like BR Performance in Belgium) for the solution to break encryption and then R&D in rewriting the software to tune the car.
But, of course over time cost usually comes down, especially if these costs can be divided on a large number of sales. Like on the ESS E-Tronic tuner, which is the exact same hardware for all of the cars they offer it for. Many might even have the same software settings. And anyway, there are only very few parametres that can be adjusted on such a product so the R&D time/cost is just a fraction of doing a ECU flash...
IMO, a piggyback is like the dollar menu at McDonalds when a ECU flash is like having a 8 course meal at a fancy restaurant  |
I never argued which one is better, a tune or piggyback.
I was mistaken, the M tax doesnt exist. The R&D on the M5 is more expensive therefore the ECU flash is ridiculously expensive.