I went and downloaded it... Opened it and... nothing. Just a blank screen with the CATS logo in the middle. WTF ? Most of the menus are greyed out except the File and Help menus. I tried to go Open something and there's no .bin's or anything in the /Tuner directory. How are you supposed to "test-drive" this thing for 30 days if they dont even give you a demo .bin to see how it feels ? Or am I doing something wrong here...!?

p.s. I ordered my pocket programmer 10 minutes ago. I can't wait to start doing my own chips! yay!

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92 Z28 L98 350
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Ported and polished heads, ported stock TPI base, ported plenum, Comp Cams XR270HR-10 cam (lift .495/.502 duration 218/224 lobe separation 110), Edelbrock TES headers, LT4 valve springs, Crane AFPR, Flowmaster catback with LT1 style tips, MSD coil & wires...

"Take that auto, drop it in first, hold the brakes, stomp the gas and grin from ear to ear! :-)

 

Okay chief ... relax

From the PROM burning article you know that you need a calibration file and TC comes with the calibration file for the 747 ECM. Now you just need a bin.

Go to...
ftp://ftp.diy-efi.org/incoming/

and download...
747abhc.bin

Happy test driving!

Tim

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TRAXION's 1990 IROC-Z
Best Time = 12.587 @ 107.97mph (1.710 60ftr) on the long runner setup.
All Natural. No Force. No Drugs. Stock Bottom End. Stock Body Panels. Stock Wheels. No Weight Reduction.
Gunning for NA 11's with the MiniRam II and Hooker LT Headers.
-=ICON Motorsports=-
Moderator: PROM board at thirdgen.org

 

I knew I was doing something wrong. But see... they're stupid! How's the average idiot like me, supposed to just figure out that I have to go download this .bin from somewhere when they say it's included in the package ?! lol

 

Burning EPROMs shouldn't be done by the average idiot. lol

TC assumes that you know what you are doing before you test drive the program.

Tim

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TRAXION's 1990 IROC-Z
Best Time = 12.587 @ 107.97mph (1.710 60ftr) on the long runner setup.
All Natural. No Force. No Drugs. Stock Bottom End. Stock Body Panels. Stock Wheels. No Weight Reduction.
Gunning for NA 11's with the MiniRam II and Hooker LT Headers.
-=ICON Motorsports=-
Moderator: PROM board at thirdgen.org

 

Well they shouldn't. Although I do have a degree in electronics engineerings and several computer certifications, the reason I'm buying TunerCat in the first place is that it's easy to modify what I need to change and I don't have to know every little detail of the chip burning process. As far as I know, I'm supposed to download the "image" from my chip, THEN open it and modify it, not go to some website and download a copy so I can at least see what the program can do.

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92 Z28 L98 350
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Ported and polished heads, ported stock TPI base, ported plenum, Comp Cams XR270HR-10 cam (lift .495/.502 duration 218/224 lobe separation 110), Edelbrock TES headers, LT4 valve springs, Crane AFPR, Flowmaster catback with LT1 style tips, MSD coil & wires...

"Take that auto, drop it in first, hold the brakes, stomp the gas and grin from ear to ear! :-)

 

If it was that easy everyone would be doing it. If you are going to reprogram and IMPROVE your performance there is going to be alot of time spent understanding the how and whys of your particular addresses and raw values.

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Dan
LPE built 383 A/T Package

 

Dan is 'on-the-money'.

Tim

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TRAXION's 1990 IROC-Z
Best Time = 12.587 @ 107.97mph (1.710 60ftr) on the long runner setup.
All Natural. No Force. No Drugs. Stock Bottom End. Stock Body Panels. Stock Wheels. No Weight Reduction.
Gunning for NA 11's with the MiniRam II and Hooker LT Headers.
-=ICON Motorsports=-
Moderator: PROM board at thirdgen.org

 

Now I realize what an idiot I was... LOL I still think they should at least have a "readme" file that explains what you have to do to get started at least.

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92 Z28 L98 350
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Ported and polished heads, ported stock TPI base, ported plenum, Comp Cams XR270HR-10 cam (lift .495/.502 duration 218/224 lobe separation 110), Edelbrock TES headers, LT4 valve springs, Crane AFPR, Flowmaster catback with LT1 style tips, MSD coil & wires...

"Take that auto, drop it in first, hold the brakes, stomp the gas and grin from ear to ear! :-)