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post Jul 23, 2005 - 5:05 PM
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I'm pricing up various things for my car and an engine management system is one on the list. I have no idea which would be a better idea though: should I get a stand alone product or should I buy software to use on my laptop? I was thinking use the laptop for tuning purposes so I don't have a unit in my car all the time, but I don't know what would be a good software choice.


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post Jul 23, 2005 - 10:29 PM
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It depends on if you want a piggyback or a standalone system. The laptop has nothing to do with it. A piggyback modifies the stock ECU's signals, and the standalone totally replaces it. The piggyback is cheaper and easier to set up and tune, but the standalone is far more powerful.

It really depends on what you're doing with your engine.

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post Jul 23, 2005 - 10:36 PM
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QUOTE(Dr_Tweak @ Jul 23, 2005 - 10:29 PM)
It depends on if you want a piggyback or a standalone system. The laptop has nothing to do with it. A piggyback modifies the stock ECU's signals, and the standalone totally replaces it. The piggyback is cheaper and easier to set up and tune, but the standalone is far more powerful.

It really depends on what you're doing with your engine.

-Doc
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A piggyback would be more of what I'm looking for. The thing about the laptop is I've seen people use laptops with a cable to the diagnostic to program, and others with a palm pilot and all that. Are there better software options etc that I could use? I was just thinking that "hey, I've got this laptop with a serial port sitting here, already sold 2 other laptops to guys doin this, maybe I should too"


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