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Old Jul 13, 2016 | 02:11 PM
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Does "the developer of TTS and the first Race tuner" not suffice? Please don't try to run Steve off-- he is a very valuable asset on the board.
 
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Old Jul 13, 2016 | 03:05 PM
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The question was asked by the Tech Admin. MrWizard.

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Your user group is "Product Expert". For those who do not know you could you give us a brief of your experience as to what qualifies you as an expert to reinforce your post please?


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Some of us would like to hear his answer and if this runs him off I would be very surprised.
 
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Old Jul 13, 2016 | 03:06 PM
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Does "the developer of TTS and the first Race tuner" not suffice? Please don't try to run Steve off-- he is a very valuable asset on the board.
Many know who Mr. Cole is but many more don't. Any "Product Expert" that comes here should be required to give us a brief of their experience. This will not run anyone off I'm sure but be helpful to all that come to the DR.
 
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Old Jul 13, 2016 | 03:09 PM
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I am just a guy doing his job and I'm not into telling everyone things to make me look better, so I really do not know how to answer this without looking like I want to pat my own back.

A little searching on me will allow anyone to find out I've been working with EFI ECM's since the early '80's. I've done work in the auto, marine and motorcycle parts of the business with both Gas and Diesel. A little work with propane along the way as well. I have done work for GM, Ford, US EPA, CARB and HD as suppliers of products and services over the years. We -at TTS- started supplying our products and services to HD in 1995 if I recall properly. That lasted until the end of 2007.

End of quick recap.
 
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Old Jul 13, 2016 | 03:16 PM
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Impressive. Looks like you have been involved with EFI for quite a while. Looking forward to reading your input!
 
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Old Jul 13, 2016 | 05:45 PM
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Curious; who develops or integrates the ECUs for HD now, and develops their tuner and calibrations now?

do we ever get any of them in the forum?
 
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Old Jul 13, 2016 | 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Gordon61
Curious; who develops or integrates the ECUs for HD now, and develops their tuner and calibrations now?

do we ever get any of them in the forum?

Last I heard SPX was doing the tuning portion, and HD has engineers to do the OE stuff. The base is the same.


Only time I have seen anybody from Harley or Delphi is a couple of month ago to correct Dyno Dan from DJ about Steve's involvement in the HD Delphi system.
 
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Old Jul 13, 2016 | 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Gordon61
Curious; who develops or integrates the ECUs for HD now, and develops their tuner and calibrations now?

do we ever get any of them in the forum?
After we left supplying HD, SPX supplied the tuner and all calibrations started being done in house by the OEM group. SPX then was bought out by Bosch who has been supplying the tuner and the factory Digital Tech system for about the last 4 years.
 
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Originally Posted by Steve Cole
I am just a guy doing his job and I'm not into telling everyone things to make me look better, so I really do not know how to answer this without looking like I want to pat my own back.

A little searching on me will allow anyone to find out I've been working with EFI ECM's since the early '80's. I've done work in the auto, marine and motorcycle parts of the business with both Gas and Diesel. A little work with propane along the way as well. I have done work for GM, Ford, US EPA, CARB and HD as suppliers of products and services over the years. We -at TTS- started supplying our products and services to HD in 1995 if I recall properly. That lasted until the end of 2007.

End of quick recap.
new to HD Tuning, old to Automotive drivability troubleshooting and thank you for the intro, I am honoured to read your posts sir.
 
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