As the title implies :
1. How did Paul and Ross come to start EFILive ?
2. Did they work for someone else then spin off to EFILive ?
3. Who was the first to do PCM scanning and tuning software ?
Just something I have wanted to know .
Gil
As the title implies :
1. How did Paul and Ross come to start EFILive ?
2. Did they work for someone else then spin off to EFILive ?
3. Who was the first to do PCM scanning and tuning software ?
Just something I have wanted to know .
Gil
Last edited by joecar; March 12th, 2009 at 06:42 AM. Reason: Title spelling
2005 1500 HD , Custom OS3 SD tune .
2006 Trailblazer
Dinosaurs and Plants gave their lives so that we may drive , long live fossil fuel .
You might need to narrow down #3 some. Are you referring to GM ECM/PCM modules only?
Al
"Trash that carb and get Injected!"
For number 3 , not exactly , because someone had to do the first whether it was GM , Ford , Chrysler to get us to where we are today .
Maybe through the OBD port would be better , because flashing PCM chips was before the port flashing .
2005 1500 HD , Custom OS3 SD tune .
2006 Trailblazer
Dinosaurs and Plants gave their lives so that we may drive , long live fossil fuel .
1 - It started back with the program Car Bytes, Paul wrote that for he's 1996 Holden (ALDL) as there was no scantool for that car. Myself and Paul met on a old school Email list back then called DIY_EFI, probably around 1998 or 1999, I don't recall. That was a great forum, I remember all the guys from all the other tuning companies were on there as well (Edit, HPT, TC).
At that stage he lived about 15mins from me. One day we decided to try to make a tuning program for LS1's, probably sometime in 02/03, he then decided to move to New Zealand . At that stage EFILive was an after hours task, not our full time jobs.
2 - We weren't in the tuning business before this, we were hobbyists too.
3 - Scanning not sure, but for the LS1, LS1Edit was the first PC based tuner, hats off to them, no matter what people say about it, it opened up the LS1 aftermarket world like no other product did.
We both come from the era when 'tuning a chip' meant using a hex editor, no fancy 3D graphs back then, compared to what people used to use back in the 90's, EFILive has certainly made the modern tuners job a lot easier.
Cheers,
Ross
Last edited by GMPX; March 11th, 2009 at 10:53 AM.
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Lucky that changed huh and you don't need to work after hours anymoreOriginally Posted by GMPX
Andrew
EFILive Crew
Of course not, these days it's 2 - 3 hours tops, then it's back to sunning around the pool in a robe Hugh Hefner style
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