ColinT Donating Members 372 Member For: 20y 2m 26d Posted 19/03/08 10:28 AM Share Posted 19/03/08 10:28 AM (edited) Just out of curiosity I searched for Capa on ebay.Of course there were a few units for sale and obviously some people have no idea of the restricitions on selling them such as;Vehicle has to be returned to factory tune,Unit had to be reset for another VIN vehicle.One seller said he has only used 1 tune so it still has 2 left that the purchaser can use before it needs to be reset.Enough to put you of a second hand unit Edited 19/03/08 10:30 AM by ColinT Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/43731-ebay-curiosity-flash-tuners-for-sale/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinT Donating Members 372 Member For: 20y 2m 26d Posted 19/03/08 08:27 PM Author Share Posted 19/03/08 08:27 PM (edited) Recieved an answer back from a seller.He says he is keeping the go fast tune flashed to his car and selling the box as is.Guess he thought you can just pass it from car to car for nothing.I have advised him it can't be used by others and to do some checking himself. Edited 19/03/08 08:30 PM by ColinT Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/43731-ebay-curiosity-flash-tuners-for-sale/#findComment-647931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 11m 1d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 19/03/08 09:01 PM Share Posted 19/03/08 09:01 PM if that's the case, the box will be useless to the next owner Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/43731-ebay-curiosity-flash-tuners-for-sale/#findComment-647937 Share on other sites More sharing options...
berzerker Donating Members 767 Member For: 17y 4m 7d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 21/03/08 08:02 AM Share Posted 21/03/08 08:02 AM Yeah ive been keeping an eye on the ebay capa boxes as well, most dont really have a clue about putting them on a new vehicle Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/43731-ebay-curiosity-flash-tuners-for-sale/#findComment-648684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPV TRANNY Im the one and only Donating Members 3,557 Member For: 20y 3m 21d Gender: Male Location: In my house Posted 21/03/08 08:15 AM Share Posted 21/03/08 08:15 AM Just buy a new one dude.There cheap enough!!! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/43731-ebay-curiosity-flash-tuners-for-sale/#findComment-648691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
castro7 rob327 Member 227 Member For: 17y 1m 14d Gender: Male Location: Sydney NSW and Bribie Island QLD Posted 31/03/08 09:43 AM Share Posted 31/03/08 09:43 AM I watched them on ebay for a while too.. then came to the conclusion I didnt want to get stooged, and also that I'd probably never use any tune other than the obvious one...Other consideration is the extra cost to get custom tunes (if you were to buy a new one and plan to upgrade anything down the track), that $700 plus a retune plus the cost of whatever parts you buy, like injectors, is likely to cost more than APS phase1, for roughly the same power result...only downside is the non-flashy part.. but as I said.. how often would you shifts between the tunes it has...?what do they add? about 40kw (fw or rw?).. is that right?http://capa.com.au/pics/dyno_ford_ba_xr6_turbo_big.gif40kw for $700 new.... or about $350 if you buy one from ebay... (plus the fee to reset it?)compare the price to some other ways to tune your car and see what works best... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/43731-ebay-curiosity-flash-tuners-for-sale/#findComment-652778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
castro7 rob327 Member 227 Member For: 17y 1m 14d Gender: Male Location: Sydney NSW and Bribie Island QLD Posted 31/03/08 12:50 PM Share Posted 31/03/08 12:50 PM ignore my seeming APS bias.... just look out 4 ebay.... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/43731-ebay-curiosity-flash-tuners-for-sale/#findComment-652886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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