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mtollin
Jun 03, 2010Explorer
They were confused too, and sent me one one of their "Red" ECM's pre programmed. I swapped it out, and first thing that happened was one of the pins wasn't perfectly straight and got bent internally when I attached the connector and caused a short. The cables to the ECM are real short and you have to reach back and do them pretty much by feel. From there I ended up with a tow to Workhorse for repairs. I put back in the stock ECM, they sent me a programmer box (I paid for it) and we tried everything for about 9 months. I had a lot of time off for about a year and did a lot of driving. I'm not saying it won't work, simply didn't for me. They tried and stood behind it. In the end though I couldn't get it to do what was advertised and what I had read from other users. I would never say it couldn't work for someone else, I just thing people alter their driving behavior after doing it and see a difference. When I bought my Prius at first I was so focused on mpg I was getting almost 50 mpg. 2 years later back to normal driving behavior I get 45, right where the car is rated. I could get 50 again without modifications. I'm now a believer of the Emporer's New Clothes theory and if it's too good to be true....ah heck, let's all just try Hydrogen Boosters. Everyone on the Internet says they swear by them. I saw some you can make from strawberry jars!
When Camping World runs their next free install on Banks Systems, I'm going to be real tempted. That system seems to make sense. Doesn't promise mpg UNLESS you change driving habits, but will give more HP. With more HP you CAN change driving habits. This I've done to my motorcycles in the past, and raising HP can give better mpg, IF you don't get on the gas and enjoy it!
When Camping World runs their next free install on Banks Systems, I'm going to be real tempted. That system seems to make sense. Doesn't promise mpg UNLESS you change driving habits, but will give more HP. With more HP you CAN change driving habits. This I've done to my motorcycles in the past, and raising HP can give better mpg, IF you don't get on the gas and enjoy it!
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