k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,123 Member For: 16y 8m 29d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 05/12/17 07:11 AM Share Posted 05/12/17 07:11 AM yes, but some of the parameters don't translate directly across from sct to hpt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masda74 To Loud Gold Donating Members 4,112 Member For: 13y 1m 9d Gender: Male Location: WA, Perth Posted 05/12/17 07:12 AM Share Posted 05/12/17 07:12 AM (edited) if the car is flashed with an X4 cal with a locked tune, you can't read the tune. To test if it is locked, download a free copy of forscan and then try and connect your laptop to your car via obd and see what forscan says. If it says it can't connect, then your x4 cal tune is locked. Edited 05/12/17 07:15 AM by masda74 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Trust me bro... Gold Donating Members 16,043 Member For: 9y 11m 10d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 05/12/17 07:16 AM Share Posted 05/12/17 07:16 AM This is something that has been discussed here and there and without going into the why of it, I'd recommend to someone in your situation to drive to a tuner that can flash it back to stock with ids and then let them tune it from scratch with hpt. If it were me though, I'd just see if hpt reads the tune ok and then tune from there if it does. Your tuner can decide what option they prefer. Fwiw I was writing a tune one day and the laptop died and it just rewrote when I fired the lappy up again. No bricks were had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,123 Member For: 16y 8m 29d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 05/12/17 07:18 AM Share Posted 05/12/17 07:18 AM #anecdotesarenotevidence haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Trust me bro... Gold Donating Members 16,043 Member For: 9y 11m 10d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 05/12/17 07:20 AM Share Posted 05/12/17 07:20 AM 11 minutes ago, k31th said: yes, but some of the parameters don't translate directly across from sct to hpt. That's my reference in the first paragraph. 4 minutes ago, k31th said: #anecdotesarenotevidence haha My arse. Everything is evidence. Proof is another matter entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,123 Member For: 16y 8m 29d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 05/12/17 07:23 AM Share Posted 05/12/17 07:23 AM #brickboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Trust me bro... Gold Donating Members 16,043 Member For: 9y 11m 10d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 05/12/17 07:24 AM Share Posted 05/12/17 07:24 AM Lemme go ahead and tag @JETURBO as this is something that he would have more experience than most with. Also op if you haven't already, head over to the hp tuner forums and have a look. Some of the guys from here have posted some quality stuff there over the years. Just like here it will take some digging though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fischer89 New Member 21 Member For: 7y 3m 28d Posted 05/12/17 07:36 AM Author Share Posted 05/12/17 07:36 AM Thanks I've been reading alot on the hpt forums.. From what I've read there only seems to be a problem with hpt writing over efi-live tunes but that could have since been fixed with the new update.. Doesn't seem to be a problem with the US guys writing directly over SCT tunes but still very hard to get a 100% answer about the aus fords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masda74 To Loud Gold Donating Members 4,112 Member For: 13y 1m 9d Gender: Male Location: WA, Perth Posted 05/12/17 07:37 AM Share Posted 05/12/17 07:37 AM I have a spare FG Auto ECU. I can't use it for my manual as I had planned(or should I say I don't want to risk it). you know how to find me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fischer89 New Member 21 Member For: 7y 3m 28d Posted 05/12/17 07:39 AM Author Share Posted 05/12/17 07:39 AM Mines manual also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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