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#1 christhegasman

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Posted 04 December 2013 - 07:41 PM

Just has this delivered seems to work fine a I think it does everything the genuine one does and at £40 thought I would give it a go
http://bit.ly/1f01eBR

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Posted 04 December 2013 - 07:56 PM

It looks ok for the price chris.....hope it's not in Chinese though!

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Posted 04 December 2013 - 07:58 PM

That looks fantastic for 40 quid  thumbsup

 

Keep us updated on how it performs.



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Posted 04 December 2013 - 08:10 PM

What's the USB for?

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Posted 04 December 2013 - 08:22 PM

What's the USB for?

Downloading any software updates Well that's what the instruction book says And they have sent a disc but to be honest I Havnt bothered with it

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Posted 04 December 2013 - 08:24 PM

It looks ok for the price chris.....hope it's not in Chinese though!

All seems fine in English as well. Bonus a ?

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Posted 04 December 2013 - 08:27 PM

That looks fantastic for 40 quid  thumbsup   Keep us updated on how it performs.

I am running rpm. Air in map and battery volts at the mo an seem fine I also have unplugged an exhaust sensor to get an eml thrown up and it has found it and cleared it fine but no generic code book with it ( these are on google anyway )

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Posted 04 December 2013 - 08:34 PM

Does look good for the money. I take it you can't do performance runs on yours?

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Posted 04 December 2013 - 08:40 PM

Does look good for the money. I take it you can't do performance runs on yours?

What ya mean mate ? It will do fuel usage trip time etc

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Posted 04 December 2013 - 08:41 PM

Does look good for the money. I take it you can't do performance runs on yours?

What ya mean mate ? It will do fuel usage trip time etc
My scangauge will show 0 to 60 times , 0 to 100 etc.

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Posted 04 December 2013 - 08:48 PM

Forget what I said....mine is the scan gauge 11. Don't think that function is on yours?

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Posted 04 December 2013 - 08:49 PM

Forget what I said....mine is the scan gauge 11. Don't think that function is on yours?

Ahh didn't know that function was on the 2 😀

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Posted 04 December 2013 - 08:51 PM

Forget what I said....mine is the scan gauge 11. Don't think that function is on yours?

Ahh didn't know that function was on the 2 😀
It's dangerous though and addictive as I use it quite often when the roads are quiet....

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Posted 04 December 2013 - 09:04 PM

Wonder how accurate they are? I've not tried it out on the scanagauge

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Posted 04 December 2013 - 09:17 PM

Forget what I said....mine is the scan gauge 11. Don't think that function is on yours?

Ahh didn't know that function was on the 2 😀
It's dangerous though and addictive as I use it quite often when the roads are quiet....
I just use the I phone stopwatch 😃

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Posted 04 December 2013 - 10:05 PM

Wonder how accurate they are? I've not tried it out on the scanagauge

Tried it on the scangauge mostly on 0 to 60 and can't get it below 4.0 secs dead. I reckon it's pretty accurate.

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Posted 05 December 2013 - 09:08 AM

it will also tell you bhp

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Posted 05 December 2013 - 09:46 AM

I don't have much faith in the 0-60 and bhp from the scangauge

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Posted 05 December 2013 - 09:49 AM

why not, its using accurate data from the MAF , probably more accurate than a rolling road

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Posted 05 December 2013 - 04:28 PM

why not, its using accurate data from the MAF , probably more accurate than a rolling road

Very true.




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