So i was going to send my ecu in to be tuned on my mercury 150 four stroke. I had been messaging him and was ready to send it in.
Now he is no longer tuning mercury engines. And all the posts he had on here are gone. Anyone know what happened?
and is there an alternative for my engine tuning? I really want to tune it and this has messed up my plans.
they in california. probably shut down re covi19
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Possibly has something to do with Service Bulletin 19-08.
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Originally Posted by EuropeanAM
what bulletin is that?
That's the "don't F with the engine control unit or you're on you're own" Service Bulletin...
2020 BassCat Eyra w/Merc v8 Pro XS (2b685615)
2008 Triton TR196 w/Merc200 (1B505505)
2024 Havoc Alum Duck boat w/ Mod Mercury 3-cyl 2-stroke
0T899507 w/1B728726 powerhead (sleeved/ported/welded chambers, mod carbs/tuner &light flywheel)
Previously owned:
2018 Eyra w/Merc250 (2b525704)
2015 PII w/Merc200 (2b115304)
Brooks tunnel w/Merc 200 carb & CLE l/u motor (A913415)
Mike
2019 Phoenix 721 pro xp
Mercury 250 pro xs
2B575862
possible
I would guess more a matter of a legal issue like intellectual property rights or emissions tampering. You don't just quit a cash cow like that for no reason.
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Pretty soon they'll lock these ecu's down like GM has.
What I don't understand is if someone is willing to wave their rights to warranty and run the software then what's the issues?
this is my thoughts exactly. I never care about warranty... my $65k truck was less than a year old when i tuned it voiding the warranty....
i wish i had a way to tune it myself, but I’m lacking the skills and equipment lol.
looks like Whipple has removed the verado tunes from thier website also
Sounds like Mercury probably sent out cease and desist letters to all these tuners.
Probably EPA. Similar to what is happening in the diesel tuning market.
It is a slippery slope because where is the line drawn on modifications? Should it be illegal to put bigger tires on your truck? Bigger tires makes your truck use more fuel. What if you want to do a tune up your self and you put in non factory spark plugs or oil? Does that mean you broke the law. Does that mean you can only buy parts from the dealership?
Several of them, actually. From the end-user's standpoint, they're only thinking about their engine, when in reality, there's a whole lot more involved (just a brief list):
-EPA Regulations and potentially Significant Fines for modifying the emissions or HP footprint from it's original configuration
-Proprietary AND Copyrighted Engine Calibrations
-Emissions Warranty Requirements on the Manufacturer
-Safety Concerns and legal ramifications of possibly over-powering a boat
Dual Mercury Master Technician- for Mercury Outboards, Mercruiser and Mercury Racing at European Marine in Greenville, SC.
Still consider myself a "Marine Apprentice" after 47 years (learn something new every day).
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Been down this road many times. I've turbo'ed cars before that got better mpg had more power and ran cleaner. But wouldn't pass a VISUAL smog lol.
Like my ram 2500 that if tuned will get 20 mpg and gets 13 now with smog crap. So I'm burning 7 mpg more how is that cleaner?
It's a slippery slope.
Yawn....
I thought we live in the usa...but oh well.
This thread has gone off track bad. Really interested in the pxs 4s tuning...
Waiting on a alternative too for a pro xs v8
Denali 1500 baby duramax
2023 ranger 620 pro xs
Me and the wife just got through talking about trading in our current boat. I really want an Allison with a mercury, but if mercury is going to stop everyone from tuning them i guess I’ll have to look at Yamaha.... I’ve been a mercury guy for 15+years, but I really am rethinking it now
