After getting the PCM upgraded, I have been slowing ticking off item by item, things I was unaware of in transitioning to a ground-up tune for a hybrid vehicle.
My combination seems to be crazy. I talked to a tuner in Florida who says they don't touch them ... had a vehicle sit for months and it was a "disaster" ... in his words. Others will take it ...and take your money ... but, well ... you know ...
Any-hoo ... progress is being made. I don't like to leave unresolved threads, so I won't abandon this thread. But, I don't want a meandering blow-by-blow either. I will write a detailed update on what had to be done ...and the pitfalls I encountered, when completed. BIG thanks to
joecar, who has texted back and forth with me
(even a couple phone conversations), given me advice and schooled me on things I did not know.
Huge thanks to another tuner who provided some great theory to me and some cool history about PCM editing. I'm not sure If he wants his name out there; I'll see. But, he clued me in on some basics (
but may as well be advanced to someone like me who just didn't know) that were instrumental in getting me past some road blocks.
Let me just say ... though the PCM was wired fine
(after I corrected two of four consecutive grey wires I had pinned incorrectly), initially the car would not even run.
joecar advice got me past that point. Then "mystery tuner" AND joecar gave me some nuggets that got me over the hump where where I was having the issue that the Custom OS Calibration would not run.
Now that I can drive to the gas station and back ... LOL! ... I am trying to do further tuning.
What a journey!