LT5 took over a year but they finally did it a month ago.Wasn't the last gen Corvette a pita to tune as well?
I believe Continental is the supplier of PCMs/ECUs/ECMs for many OEMs. The reason it is a pain to tune is to prevent people from modifying the parameters of the emissions equipment on their car and to prevent companies from stealing their intellectual property(i.e. code and design of PCM) and violating copyrights. The software and code that is on the PCM is proprietary and violating it violates the DMCA.What's the reasoning behind making the ECU a PITA to tune, even before cybersecurity became a (reasonable) excuse?
It would be silly for GM to actually have a performance car that you couldn't do anything with. It's not a Ferrari, people buy corvettes to make them fast as hell, and after market companies capitalize on that.
How much do you actually gain with the $3000 "Tune Up"??
Until the car is actually officially unveiled, the vast majority of the info floating around isn’t legit. With that being said, cars a far more “techy” these days, including the software they are running. The OEM’s are becoming far more protective of their IP, especially with the move towards over the air software updates.
Not to mention "Warranty Protection"!!
I think their is already a ZR1 in the 8’s because of what it enabled.