A lot of the questions we get either via email or on the support line boil down to, “how do I program a chip?”
You asked, we deliver! This tutorial is going to picture the BURN2 but it applies eq...
We probably get 10 emails a week of the form:
“Dear Moates,
My name is ________ and I have a _________ Ford. Can I use your products to tune my car/truck/van/etc. ?”
Identifying J3 Port ECMs
Our ...
“I have a Ford. What do I need to tune my car?” is an email we frequently receive. Hopefully this page will provide some answers.
We also often get asked, “Can I use your product to let me put _...
Basics
When we talk about “OBD1” GM vehicles, we mean vehicles made from (approximately) 1986 to 1995. These cars used several different types of engine controller – some have one injector for ea...
94 and 95 were also kind of odd years for GM computers as they transitioned toward OBD2.
There are several groups of ECMs.
94-95 LT1,LT4,LTx: These can be tuned via TunerCATS ( link ) with the $EE...
Lately, we have been getting a lot of questions from people with 96-97 GM vehicles looking for a tuning solution. Unfortunately, these are transitional years where the electronics are incompatibl...
The main product that we make for 98+ GM vehicles is the RoadRunner emulator that allows realtime changes to be made to a LS1 ECM.
The RoadRunner is designed to be used with either EFI Live or Tun...
Honda ECUs have a Diagnostic Generation, Model and a Board Revision.
The diagnostic generations are OBD 0, OBD I, and OBD II.
Examples of the model are P28, P72, etc.
The board revisions are 198...
Only certain Hondas can be tuned using our hardware. In short, these are any vehicles that run a B, D, H, or F (Accord) series engine with a distributor and can run an OBD I ECU. Whether they acce...
We are a small technically-oriented outfit that focuses on product development not fancy packaging, phone support, and marketing. We bring you high-quality, value-priced products aimed at self-st...
Many Nissans can use our tools to reprogram their factory ECUs.
Types of Nissan Computer
Trivially chippable Nissans fall into several categories:
28 Pin EPROM (VG30DETT 300ZX Twin turbo, KA24E 24...
This is intended to provide a brief overview of the steps required to get up and running tuning an OBD1 GM vehicle. It is deliberately vague. Instead of providing an exhaustive guide here, there...
This article is being written to answer the most basic questions about what to shoot for when tuning an engine. This is not intended to be absolutely what you must do – it’s intended to be a sta...
A substantial portion of the folks that contact us these days aren’t totally new to tuning. The vast majority have worked with other tools before. HP Tuners, EFI Live, Diablosport, SCT, Sniper, ...
What Hardware Do I Need to Get Started?
This is one of the most frequent questions we see in our Moates.net support inbox. The answer, of course, depends highly on a few factors:
What make, model,...
