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I'm thinking about getting either EASE or EFILive. Which is better and
why? Which has more features and/or parameters? Is one less buggy
than the other?
I'll be scanning my '99 C5, but if either program will also work on my
'02 Silverado (5.3L), that might help me decide.
I really like EASE a lot, USB support Win XP support does on the fly averaging. user friendly, makes seperate folders for each of my vehicles. JMHO :cheers:
Don, do you use the bidirectional controls in EASE? I have not tried the ones in EFILive, but they look interesting.
One thing different between EASE and EFI is I could never get EASE to output any IAC info (the EASE tech people said it is not an output on 2002 and up PCM's). I have it indirectly with the DESIAC parameter in EFILive.
I am not sure EASE supports bi-directional controls, if I am not mistaking the bi-directional controls you speak of are temporary commands you send to the PCM. My buddy Les has EFI Live and is very happy with it also, I don't use that paramater "IAC" in my logging.
Apparently whatever you are doing you are doing well, since I see you are a member of the 11 sec club! Very cool! :thumbs:
The only reason I mentioned Ease's bidirectional controls is one day I had to reload EASE on the laptop and lo and behold, a "blue" icon appeared on the left that said BiDirectional. I selected it and up came a screen with some buttons, etc. I did not know what it was at the time and paid no attention to it.
As far as IAC, I need it now to set the idle so the cam I have will not produce the cruise control effect. I almost have it cured but it needs a little more tweaking.
As soon as some cool air arrives in Dallas (in about 4 months!) we will hit the track again and try for a deep 11 sec. run. We recently ran 12.01 @ 115 in 3500 ft. DA weather. The heat and low barometer really kill the times, but it does to everyone else also, so I do not feel so bad. Also, with the setup I have now, gears are a big factor. I want 3.42’s but really need 3.73’s. They are extremely expensive so I may just settle for the 3.42’s since they are stock, where as the 3.73’s are not.