i noticed that alot of people can burn there own chips and set up there own ecu i was wondering what i need to do this myself can i buy a program/cd rom thing or what? thanks

 

did a google search for ECU Chip burner

it's a canadian link...but looks like a PCI card and you'll probably need software.
http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread/t-171791.html

 

http://www.moates.net/ They have some products you may need. Just depends on what type of vehicle you are working with.

 

I think you're looking for ECU tuning software also. The tuning software makes the changes to a stock ECU program, and generates a file which can then be burned to a chip. This is what Hondata, Crome, Neptune, etc., are for Honda tuning.

The hardware (programmer) to burn a chip is universal, and has nothing specifically to do with ECUs, so it doesn't come with any tuning software. The hardware will come with it's own software to make the computer communicate with the programmer, etc.

Is what you are asking?

 

yeah sounds like it i mean i guess i would need the burner and software

 

Yes, you'll need both. The alternative to buying a programmer (if you have a Honda) is to get something like the Hondata S300, which replaces the chip with a circuit board that uses a USB connection, meaning you don't need a programmer. Realistically though, you could buy a pretty nice programmer with the price difference between the S300 and most of the other solutions out there (like the S100).

 

I bought my tuner package from Xenocron.com.

http://www.xenocron.com/catalog/dyno...age-p-237.html

However, it isn't the simplest thing. You have to be capable of actually chipping an ECU. Anybody can write basemaps all day long, since the software already has basemaps for P28's,all b-series and you can download .bin files from xenocrons site (don't really recommend it though)

You'd be paying a lot of money, however it is a fun thing to learn. I've enjoyed it.