Is EASE the cheapest way to scan my 165 ?

 

I would think WinALDL is the cheapest... :lurk:

 

Moates (free), Datamaster


(edited by Marcho Polo because of unwanted content) :D


[Modified by Marcho Polo, 10:54 PM 3/1/2004]

 

Uh, Bluevette85, just an FYI. There was a fellow who got bounced off the Forum not too long ago for advocating sortware piracy. The forum sponsors generally take a dim view of people stealing things and then bragging about it. You might want to edit the post above. If you do, I'll delete this one before any of the mods notice. Up to you.

 

Thanks for your concern :rolleyes:

I'm not advocating anyone pirate software. Just pointing out that there is a way to extend the trial period of software that can be downloaded for free so you can decide if you want to license it.

 

Cool, I want a program that will work in Windows,

but do anyone of them work in Windows XP?

 

No kidding . . . I WILL buy the software and indeed want to but I can't get them to help me figure out my problem!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad

 

I've had success with datamaster so far, but not the moates software nor winaldl.

 

Thanks, I will pick up the Datamaster & their cable

 

You might want to check out the Autoprom. You can program in real time then burn a final chip. The software, Tunerpro, does the programming and aldl monitoring all in one. Here are the links:

www.moates.net

tunerpro.markmansur.com

This is what I'm using and soon they will have an adapter to log a wideband (or any 3, 0-5 volt inputs sensors)

 

Does anyonme make/sell a Diacom cable?

 

The setup mentioned by bluevette, might be a more practical expense for you Larry. I know you will need quite a bit of tuning to go with that 406, and the autoprom lets you program in real-time as well as run diagnostics. I'm seriously considering it myself, rather than spend the ~200 for a programmer and eraser, I could just install the autoprom and be done with it. Just something to consider.

In regards to the diacom cable. I'm not positive on this, but I believe it is just a MAX-232 based cable, so if you can get the software without the cable, you'd just need a MAX-232 cable to go with it, or you could purchase the package.

If you were actually talking about datamaster, check out Steve Ruse's website http://www.wotelectronics.com/cables.html He sells the MAX-232 cables for a reasonable price, and he's great to deal with. I had bought one of his cables from another forum member and was having problems getting it to connect to my ECM. Even though I didn't purchase from him directly, he still took the time out to email me and discuss the problems I was having. Tell him I sent you to the site. :cheers:

I'll tell you one thing. Running the diagnostics on these cars is quite involved. There is a very steep learning curve associated with it, but it's kinda fun too. Figuring out all the information and what it means will take some devotion.

 

Many thanks John, Ol RJ had been tuning my car and I just couldnt burden him for another full summer like last year. We spent weekend after weekend trying to zero in on the tuning beore I finall gave up and pulled the engine.

I will check with some of these web sites today.

 

From everything I've heard over the years, the Miniram is a real pickle to tune. A speed density Superram is challenging enough.

 

I agree, but I have used up all of my bad luck, so it should get easier from here on out :lolg:

 

just to clear this up a bit.. it was vettek50.. whom got punted. i believe he should not have.. Don't think he was implying stealing any software nor bragging about it.. any ways do u think the general minds if the ecm's are decoded? i think, it is a beaurcacy when doing either.what do you think?