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by lemmiwinks 1113 days ago
> while testing showed it produced more power and better emissions, people beta testing for me reported it felt 'too smooth

How hard would it be to made that user-selectable? Because I would guess that some would prefer it that way while driving in the city.

Can you send CAN bus commands to the ECU?

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I could have made a lot user selectable, added bluetooth connectivity (or CAN, I suppose), allowed uploaded maps, etc. But I wanted to concentrate on keep it simple plug-and-play for two reasons. First, the majority of people who own these cars don't want to fiddle. Their car died and they want to just swap out the unit and go. Second, I had some trepidation about the Clean Air Act of 1970, which basically says "don't screw with emissions". If I made it too easy for people to "play" with ignition maps, I was worried I'd be in violation of that law.