Welcome HP Tuners and thank you for all of your work on making a program for us.

 

What are the credits actually used for? Software updates?

 

I believe it has to do with tuning of the vehicle. It takes so many credits per vehicle VIN so if you want to tune more than 1 vehicle it takes more credits. I don't know what the exact numbers are but that is my best rough estimate.

 

credits are used to license vehicles you wish to tune. We have various licensing levels designed for home enthusiasts, small tunershops and large tunershops. Various license options cost different amounts of credits.

eg. to license a single vehicle (VIN) might be 2 credits, to get an unlimited tuning license (we call these year/model licenses) for the 2005 Cobalt SS (tune any 2005 Cobalt SS) might be 6 credits.

A credit costs $49.99 and there are discounts for bulk purchases.

There is also a migration scheme (called upgrade credits) that counts 75% of your investment in VIN licenses towards the applicable year/model license so smaller tunershops or weekend warriors can have a low risk, pay-as-you-grow entry into our software.

There is a FAQ here: http://www.hptuners.com/credit_faq.html

Software updates are FREE!

Cheers,

Chris...

 

Do you have to use credits to upload a bin. or hpt. file from another user so that you can use it?

 

You can open/view any file we support. This means you can easily copy/paste the main changes you might want to make like the spark tables etc.

However, to save changes or write to a PCM you must be licensed for both the PCM and the file you are writing to it (if the file did not come from the PCM then you need two licenses or the year/model license). At the moment you must have the year/model license for your PCM to write a compatible file from another vehicle to it unless you have access to the vehicle you want to license (you can't just license a file as yet). In a future release we will allow you to license individual files without having access to the vehicle.

Chris...

 

Thanks a bunch, do you know how many credit a single VIN LSJ is going to be?

 

is this program gonna b like tune on the go? where u have the laptop hooked up in ur car logging while your drivin and if u want to make a change just do it as you come across things? like you have it hooked up for drivin a trip and u set it up to save gas and when u get there you set it back to drive normal? or you get to the track and upload a saved program for the track and make ajustments from race to race? Sorry so many questions im very interested in this program

 

2 credits for single vehicle, 6 for year/model. So your base package (comes with 8 credits) will be good for 4 single vehicles or 1 single vehicle and 1 year/model without any further purchase.

 

Awesome...I like how you guys are acitve and answering all of our questions right away. I have the money saved and the laptop is ready to play!!!!

 

to reflash the stock PCM, the engine must not be running. So its not real time tuning, however the scanner offers histogram capability that makes many tuning tasks a simple copy/paste/reflash procedure.

 

ok yes i'm an idiot!!!!

BUT! how does this all work? over a lap top? how do u know what your changeing??

I'm lovein the fact that we can finaly do it but i have no idea whats goin on or how to do it

 

A biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig welcome to HPTuners !!!! ) Any precise day / date for the V2.1.10 release ? Thanks !

 

needs to be a pc of some sort im guessing. Is this available NOW?

 

Does it have the ability to save the stock ECU configurations, so you can re-flash it back into the ECU for dealership work?

Can I basically, turn the car off select the stock tune file, flash the ECU, and BAM i'm back to stock? Then later can I select my dyno tuned file, with the car off again, flash the ECU and BAM I'm running like a rapped ape again? If this is true, I will be buying one once it's released.

 

ok thank you for answering my question so quickly. do u know if u will be coming out with a real time tuning and logging ne time soon?

 

Yes sir, you can do exactly that. Save you stock file and flash it back to stock if need be.

 

Ok,

A friend and I are each going to purchase the HPTuners. We both have RED 2005 Ion Redlines. He has the GM reflash. Will he be able to offload that file, send it to me using his software, then send it to me and I will flash my computer with it wth my software. Will this work? If not...how will I make it work?

Thanks,

Dan

 

dam i feel sorry for the guys at HP....there the first to crack the ecu and now were all like little kids in a candy store with all these questions!

THANKS IN ADVANCE HP!!!

keep answerin them questions you guys are top notch!

 

Welcome HP Tuners! Glad to have you hear. Moderators, we need a tuning section.
Chris, when can I order HP Tuners for my 2006 LSJ? My injectors are maxed, and I can't put bigger ones in untill I can tune. Please say "now".

 

Just to give you HPTuner newbies some idea, on my 04 ImpalaSS, i went from 12.8@106 to 12.26@112 just be optimizing my tuning using HPTuners software. NO engine changes at all !!!!!!!!! That was on an already custom tuned PCM from a competitor!!!!!

 

We the package include a generic, better then stock tune?

For tuning newbs...

Thanks,
Rich

 

That's been answered...reread the thread.

 

here it is

 

welcome, but whats the rumor that you will be leaving us 2.2L guys in the dark?