Want to flash to RoW

[releese78]

Good info, thanks a bunch!

It doesn't look like anyone has a "Straight-forward" easy, foolproof way to do it yet though. I, like one of the other posters on Renntech, have several old laptops laying around, and older versions of Windows such as 98 and 3.1 which I could install if necessary. I just don't know exactly where to get the card, cable and software, and how to make them "talk". The other issue is from what I've read, you need a little more than just the basic PST2 software to convert to RoW.

Sounds like it would be easier if I could just find someone remotely in the Florida area to do this for me at a fee. ......anyone, anyone, Bueller? LOL

[Kirk]

Originally Posted by releese78

The other issue is from what I've read, you need a little more than just the basic PST2 software to convert to RoW.

Correct. You would need the actual RoW Boxster flash in addition to the PST2. I don't believe that's built into the PST2 software. The person to ask would be Loren on Renntech.org. Loren owns the site, is a GREAT guy, and he owns a PST2 laptop version. I know I asked him about how to do this before and I believe he had an answer for me, but I can't really recall right now. Loren also will do stuff to your car for you (as he has for me), but he lives in Northern California, nowhere near you. Time for a little road trip dude!!!

Kirk

[tholyoak]

All the maps are in the PST2/PIWIS, it isn't anything that is added on. The ROW configuration doesn't give you any performance advantage, just eliminates a number of OBDII and emissions requirements and stupid things like having to depress the clutch in order to start the car. As Jay states it also gives broader parameters before a CEL is triggered, however misfire(flashing) CEL are still triggered the same as the LEV or OBDII configureation.

-Todd

[blinkwatt]

Todd would I be able to pass smog with a RoW flashed DME?

[tholyoak]

As long as the cats are still in place, it should. It still gives all the OBDII readiness codes as OK even for the components that it ignores.

-Todd