Say I had the whoosh hybrid and took the car back to the dealer for some warranty work or some such and I flashed back to stock tune. I'm aware that they can see if the ECU has been flashed if they look for it, but if they didn't, would the car behave like stock? Or would the additional flow trigger CEL's?
A hybrid turbo on a stock tune...what would happen?
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Could potentially blow through a piston at wot or partial wot due to lack of fuel caused by overheated pistons or improper afr. Car would compensate quick enough with a tune but without it car wouldn't know wtf was going on and would probably pull timing, hopefully quick enough but if not you'd detonate your engine.
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WHY I am holding off on any turbo (or even any major/noticeable under hood mods at all) until AFTER the power train warranty is up (and it's fully paid off), yes, despite the whole "life's too short" adage. ![[wink]](/images/smilies/wink.gif "Wink [wink]")
(And I am much closer to that 'short end' than most on here! LOL)
(And I am much closer to that 'short end' than most on here! LOL)
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WHY I am holding off on any turbo (or even any major/noticeable under hood mods at all) until AFTER the power train warranty is up (and it's fully paid off), yes, despite the whole "life's too short" adage.
(And I am much closer to that 'short end' than most on here! LOL)
(And I am much closer to that 'short end' than most on here! LOL)
I am technically voiding my warranty oh well. I am already two years in with only 12k at this rate the warranty by the year will be up before the mileage is might as well have fun. Ya I have a second car and ya I can afford one. So its like ya fun times . Its not that I don’t drive this car its just between having two cars and rona its not like I am driving all over the place.
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Obviously, if you have a GT350R sitting in the garage, and a backup car (Fusion) as well, you can FULLY afford to be, and not be totally inconvenienced to be long term rebuilding/replacing the power/drive train of the FiST, if necessary.
Not so much the case with me, being an only car, and on somewhat of a fixed low income (well, VERY fixed compared to most on here LOL). ![[:(]](/images/smilies/frown.png "Frown [:(]")
Not so much the case with me, being an only car, and on somewhat of a fixed low income (well, VERY fixed compared to most on here LOL).
one half way option is to ask your tuner for a file that's safe and runs stock boost levels. take it to the dealer with that. dealers who really care can tell if you've flashed your car even if you take it back to stock tune. most won't check for this until there is a good suspicion or reason. It's morally fine since modding your car doesn't void a warranty until the part specifically causes it. not that I would offer a dealer more information that needed. I say this as somebody who's gotten modded cars warrantied a few times over the last 20 years.
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Reply to an old thread, but I couldn’t help but mention an old trick from the DSM community used for break-in on a new motor/turbo or if you have to use the a stock ecu for some reason.
Get under the car, disconnect the wastegate flapper from the actuator, and secure the actuator rod so it can still move but won’t flop around. Without the wastegate spring or boost control, the turbo won’t be able to make boost, and you’ll be able to drive around safely in closed loop until you can get a proper tune
In a newer car, there’s a chance if you go WOT it will cause the ECU to throw a code because it’s expecting boost, but it will allow you to drive around safely without risk of grenading your engine.
Get under the car, disconnect the wastegate flapper from the actuator, and secure the actuator rod so it can still move but won’t flop around. Without the wastegate spring or boost control, the turbo won’t be able to make boost, and you’ll be able to drive around safely in closed loop until you can get a proper tune
In a newer car, there’s a chance if you go WOT it will cause the ECU to throw a code because it’s expecting boost, but it will allow you to drive around safely without risk of grenading your engine.
WHY I am holding off on any turbo (or even any major/noticeable under hood mods at all) until AFTER the power train warranty is up (and it's fully paid off), yes, despite the whole "life's too short" adage.
(And I am much closer to that 'short end' than most on here! LOL)
(And I am much closer to that 'short end' than most on here! LOL)
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