"Works" Flash ECU Questions

I know of 1 guy who has been flashed, he's mainly on 9glancers.com, but he said it's the best investment he's made on his car. He currently has the Injen CAI, and InJen SES headerback, Enkei RPF1's, and I believe he has coilovers too. His forum name is crc22

 

We have flashed a few of these vehicles now wth advanced tuning and are working with a basic flash tune for vehicles with light modifications. They are very easy to work with and make power quite easily.

 

so its not just plug and play?

 

its a mail in flash, ull need to send them ur ECU. then u can just plug it in and go.

 

so it wont work if i have to drive my car every day lol cause i aint got the time to send it off

 

WORKS is the best

 

yeah all the info is on the works website

 

Hey just thought I would throw this out there. There are a few downsides to flashing the ECU. First if you have any problems with your vehicle you will be paying out of pocket as you should know. When you flash the ECU your Warranty gets flashed with it and it will only take the dealer about five minutes to run a diagnostic and show you have modified the vehicles original paramaters. Therefore I recommend using a piggy back with t-taps to hook up wires. With that if you have any electrical problems or a CEL you can remove the Piggy and the cut throats at Mitsu will be none the wiser.

 

Wrong. Works backs any Mitsubishi warranty so if their product causes damage to your car, then they back you up 100%.

 

Works will match the factory warranty, not fight the factory for the warranty...

 

I am hearing what you guys are saying but here is the deal. If you have an alternator go bad then works will not recognise that as a Flash related problem and mitsubishi will not honor the replacement as you have modified the paramaters of the engine. The moral is think about it logically if you want a solid warranty play it smart dont give the dealer ammo. If all your after is performance than take the chance, but as I said before there are other options like RRM's piggy back ECU and I am sure there are others. All I am saying is if you are driving a Lancer as I am you probably dont have all the money in the world and vehicle parts now adays are getting more and more expensive I mean look at it like this if you put an AEM CAI on your car that requires splicing of the MAF sensor wires to extend them once you do that If your MAF fails for any reason you have no coverage on it what so ever and if you hop on autozone.com you will see that a non Mitsubishi MAF is going to cost you $106.99 with a $45.00 core. So what I'm saying is just be considerate in what you do as you may find out the hard way that you have just forfit all of your coverages. Ow and for all the people that are saying Works Will match Mitsu's warranty do you get that in writing or is that just hear say? I mean think about it I could tell you this that and the other, but just cause I say it doesnt make it true. So guys just please think about it from one enthusiast to another there are ways to do it and still be protected.

 

thats with any modifications tho. You take that risk when you cut your MAF wire when you can just use a Injen CAI and not have to cut any wires. You also have to remember, they only touch the performance side of your ecu. not your alternator or anything like that. so if something unperformance related goes wrong then thats just a faulty/old part. plus merrill/evolution x mr had it on his gts til he sold it and had absolutely no problems with it.

 

With the Piggy Back, you will have to cut into wires to install. Dealers will notice that modification long before a reflash.

All modifications to a stock motor will carry over some risk, that is the way modding goes. If you are worried, wait until warranty is up. If you think you can swing it, go for it and enjoy it.

 

from my point of view a few xtra hp isnt worth the loss of warranty. My lancer is fun enough as it is with an intake and catback. If i was to void the engine/tranny warranty it would have to be for an outrageous power and durabilty gain.