"Bernd D. Ratsch" <bernd@dodgetrucks.org> wrote:
> The NGC is pretty much the current standard now. PCM and TCM are both
> integrated (with the exception of the NAG transmission vehicles).
> Unfortunately, it's also the "smartest" and most locked down PCM out there.
> It'll insert its own calculated values if a sensor either fails or is
> altered too much outside of the expected ranges (as in resistors on IAT's or
> modified crank/cam signals), it can "tell on you" with some very elaborate
> code data (environmental data) - basically tells us what you were doing when
> the code appeared, and the next generation of NGC's will also include the
> GPEC fail-safe data logging as well (codes and data stay in the PCM until
> cleared via the StarScan - battery disconnect won't work anymore).
Ugh. One step forward, two steps back. :-( How about the "black
box" type stuff which seems to be creating all sorts of privacy
controversy lately - any of that in there?
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