5000tq Mods

["Lawson, Dave" <dlawson@ball.com>]

Randall,

>...
bad.  I think that some of the creidit goes to the computer that was
programmed, yes programmed, to give this response.  I'm pretty sure that
this box, of which there are two or three in existence, are the first to
be actually programmed with new code.  Having driven in the car
basically back to back between the old box and the new box.  There is no
comparison.  When/if the programmer ever decides to offer these to the
general Audi public, no serious "tweeker" would be without one in their
5k.
>

Reprogramming the MAC11/14 ECU is really nothing new, and has been
happening for some time now. Don't underestimate the serious tweekers
on this list. The acronym for this mod is sometimes known as QLCC. I 
have been running a custom reprogrammed PROM for my MAC11 for
coming up on a year. A quick count will find 15-20 listers, probably
more,
who are running these "programmed" boxes. I have authored 1 or 2 
versions of the code, Steve Eiche has done more than a few, as has 
Scott Mockery and Orin Eman. And I hear the R&D labs are busy.

I started playing with it back in 93 when myself, RDH and Dan B. ran 
into each other on this list and the result was the RDH reprogrammed 
version of the MAC02 for the ur-q. And it has been progressing since.

-
Dave Lawson