So we have many proponents of the "TM40" over the A9L. That's fine and there are a lot of good reasons, like the speed of the processor and such..but to me, the puter appears to be much harder or dam near impossible for some folks to tune consistently depending on their combo. COULD it be the stupid adaptive strategy? Does anyone know?
Why are they such a pain? I have had my car to 3 tuners including usage of tweecer, sct and PMS and it still isnt quite right..mainly the buck/pop@2000-2500RPM that doesn't start until I've been driving the car for 3 days...adaptive?
For reference, you see many folks posting stuff like this (this was my experience too):
"A9L in a 95 GT
.."wondering if the A9L or the A9T would work in a 95 mustang with an after market tuner?"
"I would rather stick with the T4MO but for some reason my brain box will not except tuner chips. I've tried Tweecer RT, and after a couple times tryin to tune it, i figured out that it wasn't doin anything as far as the ecu reading the chip. So i went to a Sniper chip it ran fine about about a month, and this is doin the same thing, so i figured if i got an A9L that i would better results as far as the tuner ACTUALLY working. "
Then u see responses like this:
"Find the problem and solve it, don't solve it with another problem. Take it to a reputable tuner, ..blah..blah.. the usual"
Then "well, to me that sounds like the 94-95 cpu is being a little picky or hard to tune wouldnt u say? oh, and btw, i never said the 94-95 cpu was bad,A9L us just easier to tune. so much easier that companies have made retro-fit kits. and this isnt something i think, its something i know"
or ...
"The 94-95 have a really ****ty stock tune...ongoing argument is the 94-95 computer is garbage, after some debate its not the computer that sucks, its the program. they are really ticky and have to be adjusted perfectly or it will not run as it should....my 95 is no different."
or ..
"whats the deal with changing 94-95 mustangs to the 89-93 computers. Some peolpe say dont do it because the 95 computer is faster and better then the earlier mustang computer. but i dont see how because i know if u put a cam in a 94-95 u will have tuning problems. i had a 91 mustang i put every up grade u could do to it and never had one problem running stock computer with no tune. i now have a 95 because i like the body stlye better. but every upgrade i do i have ide sruge problems and i know the car isnt running the best it could. i tuned many mustangs and i know everything i can set manually is right "
or
"i have had mine tuned about 5 times and he can seem to get it right. it sucks. "
Why are they such a pain? I have had my car to 3 tuners including usage of tweecer, sct and PMS and it still isnt quite right..mainly the buck/pop@2000-2500RPM that doesn't start until I've been driving the car for 3 days...adaptive?
For reference, you see many folks posting stuff like this (this was my experience too):
"A9L in a 95 GT
.."wondering if the A9L or the A9T would work in a 95 mustang with an after market tuner?"
"I would rather stick with the T4MO but for some reason my brain box will not except tuner chips. I've tried Tweecer RT, and after a couple times tryin to tune it, i figured out that it wasn't doin anything as far as the ecu reading the chip. So i went to a Sniper chip it ran fine about about a month, and this is doin the same thing, so i figured if i got an A9L that i would better results as far as the tuner ACTUALLY working. "
Then u see responses like this:
"Find the problem and solve it, don't solve it with another problem. Take it to a reputable tuner, ..blah..blah.. the usual"
Then "well, to me that sounds like the 94-95 cpu is being a little picky or hard to tune wouldnt u say? oh, and btw, i never said the 94-95 cpu was bad,A9L us just easier to tune. so much easier that companies have made retro-fit kits. and this isnt something i think, its something i know"
or ...
"The 94-95 have a really ****ty stock tune...ongoing argument is the 94-95 computer is garbage, after some debate its not the computer that sucks, its the program. they are really ticky and have to be adjusted perfectly or it will not run as it should....my 95 is no different."
or ..
"whats the deal with changing 94-95 mustangs to the 89-93 computers. Some peolpe say dont do it because the 95 computer is faster and better then the earlier mustang computer. but i dont see how because i know if u put a cam in a 94-95 u will have tuning problems. i had a 91 mustang i put every up grade u could do to it and never had one problem running stock computer with no tune. i now have a 95 because i like the body stlye better. but every upgrade i do i have ide sruge problems and i know the car isnt running the best it could. i tuned many mustangs and i know everything i can set manually is right "
or
"i have had mine tuned about 5 times and he can seem to get it right. it sucks. "