As luck would have it, APR came through and worked towards making this right with me. They received the ECU back on Thursday, flashed it, and it arrived Friday evening.
Arin asked that I contacted him directly before doing anything. It seemed like hours that I starred at that APR box, but within a few mins, Arin emailed back and told me what he would like.
I went out to the garage, I reconnected the leads on the ecu, made sure everything was connected and cleaned up, and reconnected the battery....
Turned the key over...
Autoscan.....
CODES CLEARED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOHHOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Sorry, you really have no idea how excited I was. I was cheering in the garage like it was the world cup.
Soccer, btw....
Anyways, I fired the car and she roared to life. No more machine guns at idle. Just purred..
So I shut it down, patched up the few items that I needed to, and took her for a run. I'm still breaking in the clutch, so I couldn't really beat it, but she begged for it. I gave her a little, and wow. She is fast.
I have to do some logging for Arin in the next few days, so that everything is verified to be okay. I am not sure what they did, but they made the flash work, so now I can drive my car.
The biggest hurdle that I found was trying to convey to them that you are not totally incompetent. It felt like I was talking to my cable company about a network problem or something. The questions that they ask you, after sending copious amounts of information to them made me laugh. A few times I felt like they were fucking with me. Punked style. Just to see what I would do or something.
I'm happy with the tune right now. Mind you, I am running LT 3, LT 2, LT 1, and Prod 91. On Prod 91, of course. I still have to go get it flashed back to my fully loaded ecu, but that will be after I've done the rest of my testing and logging.
Issam and INA, what can I say. He's gone out of his way to help me. Through retarded delivery companies, more retarded flashing policies, and several bum flashes, he's been helping through thick and thin. Answered emails any time of day, and was always ready to help with whatever he could. Now that the car is running, maybe a road trip to Ottawa may be in order?
And John @ Roc-Euro. Awesome guy, awesome service. He helped me out a bunch over the months, and he was always there for me whenever I needed him. Whenever I called him, he made time to talk with me. Even offered to come north of the border to re-flash my car!!
The battle is still not over yet though.
Not even close.