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went to a dyno tuning place today and using the apexi power fc hand controller not all the settings could be altered (for some reason certain display screens you couldn't change. we think it may be because the car is not running a stock air flow sensor it is actually running 2 and this options is not avavilable on the controller to set it up properly. it would let us change the fuel on low revs but nothing with turbo's active). so we need to get the software to hook up the laptop to it. do u guys know where you can get the appropriate software? once i get that i'll be set.

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yes its been tuned by croydon by the previous owner. some of the menus u bring up should be filled with readings etc are all 0's.

Have you had your Power FC tuned by someone else in the past? It sounds like they may have locked it
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the cost of buying the software and link box would be far more than the cost of geting croydon to tune it.

If you plan on using the software and link box a fair bit then the investment would be worth it.

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http://www.fc-datalogit.co.nz

are you still located in NSW? if for any chance your in melb i will happily unlock it for you $0

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link box and software cost just a lil over 400 i have got it and omg this is tha best investment i have made so much easyier to tune havr got the place where you can get itif you pm me

i posted it up just above yours www.fc-datalogit.co.nz is the manufacturer and turn around is very quick.

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Sydneykid Grand Master

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Workshops will sometimes lock it if you ask for warranty on their tune. Otherwise you could change the settings, blow up the engine as a result, then change the settings back and claim warranty. It is simply protection for them when they give warranty.

:P cheers :whistling:

T04GTR Grand Master

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yeah. i dunno. but if i was say a large workshop that does lots of skylines and silvias and most had the same mods. ie gtr pfc 1 bar. etc etc id probably load up the same map from the car i just tuned. and simply fine tune it.

and charge the 4hrs for "tuning" not the 1.5 hours max. so yeah tuners lock it so you cant fiddle with them and its another way to make the customer come back.

and its that last point that shits me.

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yeah only thing is i don't leave near croydon... so i'll have to work something out. might have to drive up there kind of annoying but. doesn't seem to be tuned properly anyway but yet i'll be taking it there to get unlocked :D any of you guys from wollongong?

yeah. i dunno. but if i was say a large workshop that does lots of skylines and silvias and most had the same mods. ie gtr pfc 1 bar. etc etc id probably load up the same map from the car i just tuned. and simply fine tune it.

and charge the 4hrs for "tuning" not the 1.5 hours max. so yeah tuners lock it so you cant fiddle with them and its another way to make the customer come back.

and its that last point that shits me.

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actually another question would be.... once locked do u need the specific software to hook it up on a laptop to unlock it or can you unlock it using the hand controller. ?????????????????????

So does anyone know how to unlock a powerfc getting mine installed tomorrow and tuned damn will be spewing if its locked can I reinitialise it maybe to reset it to stock with no lock? anyone know?
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You can unlock it from the laptop software, no password is needed as far as i know, its just a lock/unlock button. You can't unlock it from the hand controller at all. If your map is showing all 0's then its locked.

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there is a bug as part of the unlock with datalogit

if the injector screen is locked, when you unlock it the values are lost

that is you can't unlock them and keep the values, they get reset to defaults

i am fairly certain the AFM ramp is the same, if unlocked the previous values are lost.

i am unsure if its the FC hiding them and resetting or if its a datalogit bug

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