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Old Sep 4, 2013 | 08:59 PM
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Looking for the best deal on a Scan Tool for an 89 Corvette. I live in Ottawa Ontario Canada.
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What do you want to do?
Pull the codes or monitor engine operation ?
A $60 USB cable lets you monitor and record for playback real time on any laptop
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What do you want to do?
Pull the codes or monitor engine operation ?
A $60 USB cable lets you monitor and record for playback real time on any laptop
I can read the codes. I want to be able to monitor engine operation. Tell me more about the USB cable and I presume there is proprietary software suitable for a 89 TPI engine?
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Originally Posted by 89ragtop
Tell me more about the USB cable and I presume there is proprietary software suitable for a 89 TPI engine?
http://www.aldlcable.com/

The links at the bottom of that page detail various dataloging programs

Datamaster is most user friendly ,especially for playback of logs recorded ,is free to download and gives 20
free datalogs before you have to buy.
Download and install this
http://www.ttspowersystems.com/softw...M-32-setup.exe

TunerPro RT is the program of choice for TPI tuners; does dataloging and allows reprogramming of the tune
in the ECM ( with other hardware like a chip burner.)

Need to download the TP program itself
http://www.tunerpro.net/download/Set..._v500_8200.exe

and the two files relevant to your MAF engine from the $6E list ( 89 F/Y ) here
http://www.tunerpro.net/downloadBinDefs.htm

Will probably need some help from here on setting up the correct Comms ports on your laptop in order for them to communicate correctly with the ECM
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