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LegacyDan

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  1. Quite popular here for many vehicles including Imprezas and BRZ - but I guess with MillTek being a UK company they would be more likely to be available here...

     

    Just checked their website - No Legacy stuff listed, even Litchfield Imports don't seem to list anything for the Legacy anymore :eek: David Hendry cars in Wiltshire still do though... http://dhcars.co.uk/subaru-legacy.php

     

     

    I tired getting the milltek stuff before for mine and it isn't being made anymore. No demand for it i was told. My Milltek DP is impreza fitment, so needed a bit of custom piping to work with the rest of my exhaust setup

  2. i had this working fine on my windows netbook until it died, new charger ordered but i need to do some logs tomorrow. Has anyone got a cheap ebay vagcom cable working with rom raider or learning view on a mac? Only option i have at the minute

     

    I actually got this working on mac using the ebay cable running through virtualbox, i downloaded the cable drivers for mac first, then selected the serial-usb device in virtual box and then installed the windows drivers for it, lowered the baud rate and happy days!

  3. Its a driver issue. It is super glitchy. It might work once. I would hesitate though. If it craps out mid flash, you have a bricked ecu. Do some reading on romraider.com. All the issues are known. I make none of this up. Tactrix owns romraider, LOL. All opensource software is written for Tactrix. It is basically a copy of ECUTech.

     

    Vag-com is for Audi/VW. We found a long time ago that they worked with 05-06 LGT's. Once Tactrix realized what was going on, they had the drivers and software modified to try and stop the Vag-Com from working with their software.

     

    Tactrix is by far an easier solution, with almost no glitches. They work every time and are faster at communicating.

     

    I am not a fan of Vag-Com. I sell them only because tuning customers request them. We do not use Vag-Com at the shop or for tuning. We only use Tactrix. I do not list them, because I keep them for tuning customers only. I sell them for $30 delivered with the software and drivers.

     

    Tactrix will not sell wholesale and does not want vendors. All Tactrix cables must be purchased direct form Tactrix. I pay the same as everyone else. $169 plus shipping.

     

    Thanks for the advice mike I want aware of the problems with them. Local tuner will finish off my map so hopefully no need for me to buy the tactrix cable at the minute

  4. New versions of ECU Flash that you can download do not work with Vag-Com. Must have 1.29e. Last known version to work. Tactrix writes the software folks. They wrote in hooks to stop Vag-Com from working on purpose. Must use the old software to get it to work. We supply the old software with the cables we sell.

     

    i dunno Mike, im pretty sure i downloaded the latest version of EcuFlash 1.42 and it works with my 10 dolla ebay obd2-usb cable, Have flashed my ecu twice yesterday.

     

    Maybe you can get away with it still on the jdm ecu's

  5. yay, finally got the Ecutek crap off my ecu yesterday. managed to read the standard rom off it and send it too my tuner, he just sent me back the first map he wants me to flash, and using these very detailed instructions given here i successfully flashed my ecu for the first time!

     

    Im using the latest version of EcuFlash wih ebay cable and windows 7 on my netbook, sometimes it loads wrong drivers but easily fixed.

     

    Thanks to the OP! im sure i will have a lot of questions now for you guys since im on the open source band wagon!

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