Reloading tunes, reload FICM tunes each time?

[cRaZy8]

I wont be hooking to a trailer for a few months, and I am switching back to my Looney Wild.
I also have IDP's FICM tuner.

The FICM tuner wants you to reset to stock before loading the program.

Do you need to reload the FICM tunes every time you want a new tune from your SCT?

When resetting to stock, loading FICM tunes, and then loading SCT tunes, it takes like 15min. Kinda of a pain.

I wish we had a push button tune loader that you could switch on the fly.

[Dave]

No you don't need to re load you ficm tune every time


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[portcity_gt]

I don't think my php tuner even says to put the ECM to stock when tuning the ficm.....it does say to pull the relay about 500 times lol.

[ZMANN]

I don't think my php tuner even says to put the ECM to stock when tuning the ficm

He's saying the FICM tuner wants u to put the FICM to stock before changing ECM Tunes ?

The FICM tuner wants you to reset to stock before loading the program.

[cRaZy8]

Sorry, I should have been a litte more clear.

The FICM tuner instructions want the ECM set to stock, before loading the FICM tunes.

Which was leading me to believe if I load a new ECM tune, it would some how reset the FICM tunes???

And yes port-city, I have to remove the relay a few times as well.

[Lilpooh]

Now you have me wondering.

I wonder how much of the SCT tunes change the FICM. Hypothetically if you load a FICM tune first when ECM is stock tuned, then load a SCT tune, how much of the FICM tune has been changed with the SCT tune.

Same goes for the other way. Say you tune the ECM first with a SCT, then tune the FICM. How much is the FICM tune overwriting the SCT portion of the FICM controls that the SCT wrote in.


I have noticed that when I first got my PHP FICM tuner, I left the SCT tune in, and loaded the FICM tune. I was able to produce more smoke. Since then, my FICM tune has stayed in, but changed SCT tunes several times, but noticed less smoke. This isn't about smoke, just observing that tuning one programmer before the other shows a increase/decrease in fuel being dumped at take off.


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[portcity_gt]

I thought I remember reading the sct only tunes ECM/PCM, not the ficm

[Lilpooh]

Originally Posted by portcity_gt

I thought I remember reading the sct only tunes ECM/PCM, not the ficm

I'll see if I can find the post that I read. Give me some time.


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[Lilpooh]

Originally Posted by portcity_gt

I thought I remember reading the sct only tunes ECM/PCM, not the ficm

Can't find what I'm looking for, so here goes.

If the SCT tunes the ECM and changes the PW, and the FICM tune also changes the PW. Will one type of tune overwrite or manipulate the other, and cause PW to change in whichever tune was loaded in first?


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[g2shuck]

I can tell you that if I installed my ficm tune then my ecm tune the truck ran like crap and had no power but if I installed my ecm tune then my ficm tune truck ran awesome... i tested it three times and had the same result all three times