Mike0105.

Does the GT4 ECU have a counter that can track how many times the car was flashed?
Mike

usctrojanGT3

Did you do the stage 2 flash?

Bob Z.

All vehicles do these days. If Porsche wants to find out, they can.

Mike0105.

That’ll likely make me wait to flash, would love for my PSE button to fully open the valves though
mike

BGB Motorsports

No, they cannot. HOWEVER, while not tell them if they're actually a cool dealership? We don't ever suggest "deny deny deny" approach.

Bob Z.

They can find out. I know you are selling a product but practice what you preach and be honest with people that ask.

jmartpr

Yes.....93 octane but want to try out the 100 octane once I get the cable.

BGB Motorsports

Oh Bob Z....your bedside manner never ceases to amaze me! I thought we were beyond this. Since however you have doubts about my honesty, noodle over this. From 2017 through 2021 we professionally campaigned both a 981 GT4 Clubsport and a 718 GT4 Clubsport. There were cars in the field programmed with Cobb Accessports to not change the original programming dates AND not manipulate the write counters. This made it impossible for anyone to know the cars had been flashed. The only way to prove anything would have been to send the DME back to Continental in the U.K. and have them open it and at that point you could make a claim that the mapping was both leaner and had more IGN timing in it but you could NOT tell it had been flashed. Come to my shop. You can plug into the DME on my 718 GT4. You will not be able to see anything via the same way that the Porsche dealership can. Guess what though? Let's be clear...I DON'T EVER WANT TO SELL A TUNE TO ANYONE THAT'S GOING TO LIE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A WARRANTY CLAIM. If your service advisor asks you, give her my phone number and have her call me!

If you still think i am lying, i can tell you that the people that were instrumental at Cobb for doing that left and started their own company. And that's what you were considering. However, you have confirmed my fears that we may not actually be able to work together. So...i don't know at this point if i am a resource for you my friend! That's a shame because you have a gorgeous Spyder and you live up the street but first impressions are everything! You should be nicer, people like me will be more open to helping you! I was hesitant about trying to work with you but i told myself "life is too short." And it is...so cheers my friend! As i told you, i can't touch the pricing that Softronic is willing to give you. Even though youy said you were still interested, i stand by my original suggestion that you go with Scott at Softronic. He's a good dude. He won't steer you wrong!

Bob Z.

Sorry, I stand by my comments, and that applies to all tuners, not just you. A dealer may not be able to, and they may not even care, but if one has a drivetrain problem and PCNA requests more information from the dealer performing the warranty work, they will be able to find out it was flashed. And I am not going to argue with anyone nor post again so I will only say that if someone is interested in tuning their car be sure you do your research in order to make an educated decision.

BGB Motorsports

Bob, no need to apologize my good friend! Stand by what you said because I don't think anyone should be trying to lie about a warranty claim!

I was just trying to correct for being wrong about my honesty and the inability of the dealership to tell that a car has been flashed if the write counters and program dates have been unchanged.

You are a huge resource for this thread and Rennlist and I want to make sure all the people that read your comments have the backstory as to why you're questioning integrities!! People listen to you!!!

lovetoturn

Always great service for me from John and the BGB team. He knows his stuff as good or better than anybody else on this forum. Knowledge, integrity, and honesty will always help a business do well and let its owner sleep well at night.

"When E. F. Hutton talks, people listen"

Bob Z.

And the same goes for you since I have yet to hear anything negative about BGB here or elsewhere, and I do recommend that people who are interested in your services contact you for more information. In regards to the question though we'll leave it at that.

M Engineering

Happy Monday RL family! We certainly don't condone nefarious warranty claims due to failures and issues caused by negligence. When you uninstall M-Tuner and revert your car back to stock, the flash counter issue is addressed for those being concerned with being flagged

-M

Bob Z.

Glad to hear it and good to know.

Bob Z.

I sent you a PM John...hope we can work something out!