OBDII reader

[welshy89]

Hi all, as stated in my first post i have an ford falcon xr6 turbo, my tuner uses sct to tune it and has a xcal 3 that retains 3 tunes and is able to read codes from my car and log data. Im just wondering if i would be able to use this xcal 3 to read codes on a fiesta wt lx. As it connects using the same port OBD II.

[Captainmorbid]

Double postie!

[Captainmorbid]

Here's the guy who would be the best to ask, shoot him a pm. http://www.fiestafaction.com/forums/members/blivit.html

I don't know if the xcal is compatible with your Aus Fiesta, but if all you need is a code reader, I'd suggest an ultragauge: UltraGauge Automotive Information Center and OBDII Scan Tool

[kdogg_60]

ultragauge

[dirtyblueshirt]

The weird thing is that newer Australian Fiestas have the PowerShift transmission, so I wouldn't be surprised to see their computers with a similar encryption to ours.

Then again, I've no way of proving this right now.

[welshy89]

Ill find out this arv when i get home and plug it in i guess. To many ppl tune the fiestas? As in play with the fuel maps and ignition tables and what have you? Lol I have an addiction to modding things, i just cant seem to resist it she hadnt had the car more then 12hrs and i was looking at exhausts and cai systems lol. My cousin has hp tuning software has any one played with this sort of thing? Lol

[Captainmorbid]

Nobody in the States or Canada has altered the tuning in a fiesta. There's no programmers or programs that are compatible with our Ecu. But, hopefully SCT or Cobb tuning, or one of the other tuning companies is working on it...

[dirtyblueshirt]

Originally Posted by welshy89

Ill find out this arv when i get home and plug it in i guess. To many ppl tune the fiestas? As in play with the fuel maps and ignition tables and what have you? Lol I have an addiction to modding things, i just cant seem to resist it she hadnt had the car more then 12hrs and i was looking at exhausts and cai systems lol. My cousin has hp tuning software has any one played with this sort of thing? Lol

I think it has a lot to do with insurance in the US and the transmission itself, since it's controlled by the computer differently than a normal automatic transmission (and they simply applied the seams programming to the manuals for ease of programming purposes).

[welshy89]

I cant even fins the obdii port ro plug it in... I had a read of the other threads and looked where they said it was... Any chance with the australian delivered the port is somewhere else?