" From: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx " " " -------------- Original message ---------------------- " From: Todd Tomason <jayscore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> " > On Wednesday 19 November 2008 12:08, Tom Jennings wrote: " > > I went back and looked more carefully at the tables in the originla " > > Howell EPROM, and they're not that good. There's funny peaks here and " > > there that to me, now, look like mistakes. " > " > That sure makes you wonder, though. Could the peaks be intentional, to " > compensate for something? Maybe shift points or something like that? " " I doubt they would be intentional. " If they placed them in the wrong rpm range it would create more issues, such as stumbles and surges, then it would fix. " It would be almost impossible to guess what trans shift point an end user would have. could it be an intellectual property antitheft device? map publishers put bogus features - towns, etc - in to guard their copyrights. if they show up on anyone else's maps... " They may make good money off of rewrites so they send out a unit that runs the car with no frills. " Then custom burn later? that could be it - 'encourage' the customer to buy the value-added service. " -- " Mark Price ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list