Eric,

I'm sorry I have been unresponsive. This whole ATR thing caught all the Protuners by surprise and everyone is scrambling to figure out their position on the matter. Cobb gave us no notice that this was being released and certainly did not consult with us about any concerns we might have. Based on the discussions in the Protuner forums, I doubt you'll find a Protuner who will be willing to convert their tuned map into ATR format and hand it over.

I will not be giving out ATR versions of my tunes. I do completely support and urge customers to perform data logging, but giving out my maps in a format that can easily be edited, copied, and handed out, makes no sense at all for my business. We all spent countless hours developing our maps and our methods and expecting us to all of a sudden hand out our hard work is unrealistic. Both in terms of intellectual property as well as liability. It seems like all the good tuners out there share this sentiment, so I hope the public can understand our position.

If someone would like to tune their car themselves using ATR, Cobb provides some decent maps as starting points. I urge people to use these instead of asking their tuners. Even better, start with a stock map like many of us did and spend the necessary time to learn and figure out how the ECU works and what you need to do to make it run well. Tuning is by no means rocket science, but its also not as simple as plugging in a few numbers. Having to start from scratch may give people more of an appreciation for what we do and the time we've invested into our work.

FYI, I have been trying to get Cobb to release a standalone logger for quite some time now, but it doesn't look like there is a real timeline for it yet. I believe this would have been a much better move on their part. In the meantime, there are several free logging options available.

Thanks