benny paul whitelaw Member 2 Member For: 15y 3m 16d Posted 14/07/11 08:15 AM Posted 14/07/11 08:15 AM I recently brought a capa flash tuner-flash 1 for my ba xr6t and was wondering if anyone knew were to get it programmed in melbournecheers
xr6t_ute Legacy Donating Member 2,281 Member For: 19y 3m 17d Gender: Male Location: south east suburbs Posted 14/07/11 08:16 AM Posted 14/07/11 08:16 AM Its pretty much a paperweight , they have obsoleted it, no tuner can custom tune it to your car.You got stitched real good.
Pazzo Legacy Donating Member 11,132 Member For: 15y 11m 20d Gender: Male Posted 14/07/11 08:18 AM Posted 14/07/11 08:18 AM capa 1 xcal box is useless, they cannot be reprogramed no matter what people say. you have to upgrade to xcal3, and stay away from genric tunes.whoever sold it to you GO AND BASH THEM and get your money back.
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 20y 4m 15d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 14/07/11 08:24 AM Posted 14/07/11 08:24 AM as posted already, no tuner can communicate with these boxes anymore and it has been that way for quite a while now, several members here including myself have contacted ebay sellers selling them and told them what is going on, only to get abused by the seller, basically they did not care if they were ripping somebody off.Just a word of warning, if you are considering purchasing a 2nd hand X3 flash box, you need to make sure the original car has been returned to stock, if it hasn't, the box will be vin locked to that car and that box would also be useless to you.
xr6t_ute Legacy Donating Member 2,281 Member For: 19y 3m 17d Gender: Male Location: south east suburbs Posted 14/07/11 08:26 AM Posted 14/07/11 08:26 AM Did not know that about the x3 box. Thanx.
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 20y 4m 15d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 14/07/11 08:30 AM Posted 14/07/11 08:30 AM your welcome, any of the SCT flash boxes once used on a car will be vin locked to that car, early ones needed the car to be returned to stock and then a tuner to unlock them, the X3's just need to return the car back to stock and then the correct tunes flashed into it
benny paul whitelaw Member 2 Member For: 15y 3m 16d Posted 20/07/11 08:29 PM Author Posted 20/07/11 08:29 PM oh serious that sucks, thanks for the info guys, what about the capa tunes because they apparently do them but I havnt heard great thing about them?
jasfg Legacy Donating Member 61 Member For: 15y 5m 3d Gender: Male Location: frankston Posted 20/07/11 09:12 PM Posted 20/07/11 09:12 PM any generic tune isnt advisable , a custom tune is by far the better option . a custom tune might cost more then a generic , but atleast its suited to your car and not just your model of car [ like the generics are]
CBXRT Banned 643 Member For: 15y 10m 19d Gender: Male Posted 21/07/11 03:48 AM Posted 21/07/11 03:48 AM The lowest generic tune would give a little more power and still be pretty safe I would think - its only 8psi from memory - I know plenty of guys who ran this for ages (to save for custom tune etc) with no issues - but with smaller improvement over stock of course....... Its more when you start to get up to 10psi and beyond when generic does not get the job done - just my 2 cents as I think he can still get some use out of it
Pazzo Legacy Donating Member 11,132 Member For: 15y 11m 20d Gender: Male Posted 21/07/11 07:04 AM Posted 21/07/11 07:04 AM I don't think any generic tune is safe because every car is different. Just save the money from the generic for the custom tune.
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