chip vs programmer II ! was just way too long
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dually's man... there's a case for every bizarre idea. Even two wheels on one side of an axle.
I had that decision to make just recently and I figured that the handheld makes it SOOOO much easier to get a new tune that it was the only logical choice. Chips have to be pulled from the ECU each time a tune is flashed onto them so they're less than totally convenient.
A handheld tuner replaces the tune on your ECU with a new one entirely. The chip method uses the data port on the ECU to piggyback a new tune over the top of your stock tune which makes the stock tune invisible until the chip is removed. It is not possible to use both in any conventional manner.
I had that decision to make just recently and I figured that the handheld makes it SOOOO much easier to get a new tune that it was the only logical choice. Chips have to be pulled from the ECU each time a tune is flashed onto them so they're less than totally convenient.
A handheld tuner replaces the tune on your ECU with a new one entirely. The chip method uses the data port on the ECU to piggyback a new tune over the top of your stock tune which makes the stock tune invisible until the chip is removed. It is not possible to use both in any conventional manner.
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