SCT Xcal > Livewire?

[XtremeAceX]

Im looking to purchase a tuner for my car, and have been doing a bunch of research via svtp search. I was originally looking at the SCT Livewire, but from what i've seen in most of the threads i've read, most people are unhappy with the Livewire, and suggest the Xcal II or 3. Does the livewire just not have properly tuned setups? Also, with the Xcal, does the tuner come with any tune's to start with before I take my car to the local motorsport shop for a custom tune? (from what I understand the Xcal II and 3 are custom tuneable) What is the difference between the Xcal II and 3? I'm not sure which i would want to go with.

 

[XtremeAceX]

Okay, well i've continued with my search, and from what i've gathered, Xcal 2 or 3 is the way i think i'm going to go, but now i need to figure out, do i want 2 or 3? lol, any advice?

 

[RoadRash]

subscribing .. I have the same question. I'm thinking xcal3 but don't know for sure.

 

[RoadRash]

xcal2 has on 16mb memory vs. xcal3 has 128mb (same price) vs. Live wire 128mb $200 more...

 

[XtremeAceX]

Awesome! thanks alot man!! other than the memory, that's basically all the difference?

 

[RoadRash]

I think so .. but I haven't used any of these .. someone should chime in that has this setup and let us know the deal.

 

[Smacked_in_ATL]

I think the difference is that the xcal2 doesn't come with any tunes, as in you must load a custom tune into it, but the xcal3 comes with a few tunes, kind of like can tunes??

Someone plese fact check.

 

[svt2ner]

With the xcal2 to datalog you must have a laptop in your car. With the xcal3 you can datalog on the fly hence more memory... Thats the difference to be noted.

 

[03cobra#694]

With the xcal2 to datalog you must have a laptop in your car. With the xcal3 you can datalog on the fly hence more memory... Thats the difference to be noted.

To datalog correct,you will still want a laptop and livelink(from sct) and a w/b.
You`ll be able to log more parameters!
Justin @ VMP has me set up to log 34 parameters,including a analog input.ie. w/b a/f

 

[RoadRash]

So, I can get the xcal3 and use livelink to datalog to my laptop .. correct?

I know the w/b is something else I like to get ..

 

[03cobra#694]

So, I can get the xcal3 and use livelink to datalog to my laptop .. correct?

I know the w/b is something else I like to get ..

Yes,it works great!I`m using the X3.

 

[XtremeAceX]

Killer, but uhh.. noob question, w/b?

edit: I think it's wideband, but i'm not 100% sure lol.

 

[FlaSeaDude]

Killer, but uhh.. noob question, w/b?

edit: I think it's wideband, but i'm not 100% sure lol.

Yes - a wideband measures your air / fuel ratio with the sensor being mounted in your h-pipe or x-pipe. I have a PLX digital wideband and love it... :beer:

 

[03cobra#694]

Yes - a wideband measures your air / fuel ratio with the sensor being mounted in your h-pipe or x-pipe. I have a PLX digital wideband and love it... :beer:

Yes sir,and the closer u weld in the sensor to the exhaust/header outlet the better.The w/b will respond faster!

 

[XtremeAceX]

Great info guys! Thanks! :beer:

 

[03cobra#694]

Great info guys! Thanks! :beer:

That`s what this site is all about:beer:

 

[c6zhombre]

sct has a new more comprehensive, touch screen unit coming out. looks pretty good, but I haven't seen a price. probably going to be 650+, but it does pack alot of cool stuff in one place

http://www.sctflash.com/PDF/TSX.pdf