z28yourstang

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Hi I am interested in being able to tune my cars computer myself.....it is fairly stock now so the learning curve shouldn't be as difficult but what I was wondering is if I should get the apu1 from moates or the ebl flash from dynamic efi.....I'm a complete newb so which do you think is more newb friendly?any reply is appreciated and other suggestions welcome

Six_Shooter

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Both have their benefits and drawbacks.

The EBL will require you to re-pin the ECM, assuming that this is for the 1986 Z28 that you have listed under your name. It has plenty of support and many options that will aloow for changes down the road, fairly easily, depending on whether a hardware change is need or not to add the new functionality.
If there is a hardware problem ( I haven't heard of one in an EBL installation, but these are electronics, and the base ECM used is still decades old), you will have some time with a soldering iron to swap the daughter boards.

The APU1 will be able to work with your current ECM, but will require a MEMCAL adapter. You can change from the $32 code that you have now to $6E, that was used in 1989 and more support for tuning information. If there is a hardware failure here, you simply swap the ECM, and MEMCAL(adapter) to the replacement ECM.

There is the option of the P4 EBL, but that will also require re-pinning the ECM connectors and changing out the MAF for a MAP and IAT/MAT sensors.

z28yourstang

iTrader: (1)

Yes I have a 165 ECM and am using a $6e code chip with a custom tune by pcmforless......but I feel I am leaving a lot on the table.....I have been reading on this site but I don't think I will fully grasp the info without being in those steps

Six_Shooter

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Yes, a lot makes sense once you actually start tuning.

1991sleeper

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I would suggest the EBL .. Reprinting aint all that difficult and I'm sure RBOB would be more than happy to guide u through any problems