SCT Programmer - repogrammable?

v8stang22 · 08-26-2007, 05:52 AM

My friend just got a new mach 1 and it came with a sct tuner with the tunes i'm assuming.. now he said I could use it for my car if I promised to return it.

Will the mach1's tune(car has new exhaust slp) be any different from my gt(has new intake and exhaust).

Do I have to send it back to get a tune for my car or can I just use the mach1s tune?

*Lances03SVT* · 08-26-2007, 07:09 AM

No you can not use it.It is matched to the Mach 1 and will only work with it.Also the tune for the Mach would mess up your GT bad if it would work.

You would have to return the Mach to the stock tune and then send it in to be programed for your GT,which would make it so it could'nt be used on the Mach.

mpt_1962 · 08-26-2007, 07:50 AM

arent they locked to the VIN of the vehicle that you first plug it into?

spike_africa · 08-26-2007, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by mpt_1962

arent they locked to the VIN of the vehicle that you first plug it into?

Only when you upload the tune off of it. Once you return the vehicle back to the stock tune its unlocked again.

mpt_1962 · 08-26-2007, 08:39 PM

oh ok i thought the VIN got stored on the actual programmer...thanks for that info

MattJ · 08-26-2007, 09:23 PM

Its programmed to the PCM code. 3 letters, one number. Yours wont match.

R3dFire02 · 08-27-2007, 01:17 AM

so let me see if I got this right, I buy a SCT programmer, use it to tune my car, then total my car at a track day in a month. With my car totaled, I cant retune it to stock, so now i cant use the same programmer on the Stang that I replace my old one with? Assuming it is the same type Stang (99-04gt, yadda yadda yadda....)

*Lances03SVT* · 08-27-2007, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by R3dFire02

so let me see if I got this right, I buy a SCT programmer, use it to tune my car, then total my car at a track day in a month. With my car totaled, I cant retune it to stock, so now i cant use the same programmer on the Stang that I replace my old one with? Assuming it is the same type Stang (99-04gt, yadda yadda yadda....)

If that happened,you could send it in and have it unlocked.

08-26-2007, 05:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
v8stang22 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New York(Long Island) Posts: 100	SCT Programmer - repogrammable? My friend just got a new mach 1 and it came with a sct tuner with the tunes i'm assuming.. now he said I could use it for my car if I promised to return it. Will the mach1's tune(car has new exhaust slp) be any different from my gt(has new intake and exhaust). Do I have to send it back to get a tune for my car or can I just use the mach1s tune? __________________ Black 2004 GT 5 speed K&N Cold Air Intake MagnaPack Cat-Back

08-26-2007, 07:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
Lances03SVT Super Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: Carthage, Missouri Posts: 9,213	No you can not use it.It is matched to the Mach 1 and will only work with it.Also the tune for the Mach would mess up your GT bad if it would work. You would have to return the Mach to the stock tune and then send it in to be programed for your GT,which would make it so it could'nt be used on the Mach. __________________ _______________________ 2003 Cobra SOLD

08-26-2007, 09:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
MattJ Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Racine, WI Posts: 10,243	Its programmed to the PCM code. 3 letters, one number. Yours wont match. __________________ 2001 Mustang GT Premium - Mineral Grey

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08-26-2007, 07:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
mpt_1962 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Twentynine Palms, CA Posts: 816	arent they locked to the VIN of the vehicle that you first plug it into?

08-26-2007, 08:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
mpt_1962 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Twentynine Palms, CA Posts: 816	oh ok i thought the VIN got stored on the actual programmer...thanks for that info

08-27-2007, 01:17 AM	#7 (permalink)
R3dFire02 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 5	so let me see if I got this right, I buy a SCT programmer, use it to tune my car, then total my car at a track day in a month. With my car totaled, I cant retune it to stock, so now i cant use the same programmer on the Stang that I replace my old one with? Assuming it is the same type Stang (99-04gt, yadda yadda yadda....)