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That will be a yes.

Good to know. Guess I'll cross that path in another 6 years if I still have the car. Worst case, I register it to my AZ address to avoid smog like you.

Well I mean as long as the actual check engine light isnt on and you can get all the readiness monitors to set, it shouldnt matter. But at the same time, if you were to drive around on the stock ECU for say 100 miles and then plug the clone back in, do you think it would pop up the same error...

Issue for who? Smog guy?

I actually did my research before posting as this is the route I am going to go.

What I haven't checked yet is if I can get someone to program a factory locked ecu to a specific vin # for less than $300 (difference for the clone process). If you could do that, then you would go through the basic, send one ecu in process, for less.

Yep that sounds right. I plan on doing the same to avoid headaches.

Yes. Yes is the answer haha.

It works exactly the same as if you were cloning an unlocked ecu, prices and all. Difference is the ecu is MUCH cheaper to buy.

You guys could always buy a later model locked ecu for cheap and have it cloned to your factory ecu. Will be a couple hundred more but a lot less worries when it comes to the dealership and smog.

For me it was as soon as it dropped from 3 bars down to 2. Long 80mph right hander

Your original CVN should be the same as all the other 2020s. Maybe someone else can read theirs out who hasnt tuned yet.

I have hit fuel starve in a right hander. It put the car in reduced power mode but still shifted fine. So doubt that is your issue.

True but this bm3 update is going to work fine for the other 90% of people. Ecutek will remain king of tuning programs but again, 90% of people don't need all its options. Honestly I think most people are like me and just wanted the basic flex fuel option.

And just like that, unlocked ecu prices got cut in half and basic fetmo unlock price doubled. - the near future

@Mrblack889 what city are you in? If local to me, I will keep an eye out on craigslist and such for you.

Rebuilding an engine is not hard. Having people follow instructions is hard. I just passed over my 500th engine build so I might be a bit biased....

Technically you can if there is enough material left. But there is really no way to see how much material is left so ya. I would rather not take a chance at something like that.

I think you were the one who told me to pop the caliper off cause it made it easier to get the pads out and that was 100% correct too.

Pulled the caliper completely off the spindle and went through the bottom I believe