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In doing some basic searches I found little information on this device. The advertisement claims it can flash any 96-05 Ford. Has anyone used one of these devices and does it really work? If so, is there any information regarding advise on what changes to make to increase performance? I know that depends on modifications, but I haven't found much written on the subject either. I'm wondering whether it would be best to buy an Xcalibrator and make changes on my own or take it to a shop that has a dyno? I'm kind of leaning towards the dyno for multiple reason.

yup, a few have used it. There are two sources people are buying them from. Brent and www.brenspeed.com and the other is www.hypillauto.com. No dyno results from hypillauto, but Y2KSVT posted a 10 hp gain from his tune from brenspeed. Run a search in the dyno and drag and general for more on this. Actually, theres a thread on the first page in the general regarding this.

I'd go with the first way more than the latter, especially after tour96se's issue....

here we go again, once again the main reason for tour96's problem is that he flashed it with a chip in the pcm. its really not cool to talk crap about someone when you dont know them or have never done buisness with them rtstabler. anyways either way you go definitly get the xcalibrator you will love the outcome man.

I'm not on either sides here but RTStabler is just looking out for CEG'ers... Maybe

Once I see a sour deal like this on CEG, I stay away. For example, how that Dan dude was painting the headlights, and then started screwing people over. I wont ever do business with him now. Or this wayne guy now, it is very unprofessional that he is not returning calls or emails. I dont care what the problem is, you dont just leave your customers hanging like that!!!!

Like I said ryan, I am not pointing fingers and am sure that Wayne is a stand up guy, but I will not do business with him after the bad reputation he gave himself.

If Rtstabler51 can't talk smack about him, can I? He and I are good friends, and he knows about the situation I had with Wayne. Not only does he have a bad reputation with some CEG'ers, but he's yet to prove anything with a dyno. I do recall a promise of some dyno graphs, but I'll throw that into the bucket of promises I received from him that have ALL fell through.

Mark

I'm not talking crap. I am giving one advice. You see people complain all the time on the board because SP didn't have a part in stock and it's X days late, etc. I am merely informing someone, that someone purchased the referenced item from Hypillauto, and has recieved less than acceptable customer service. And that is all. I have not said one thing about tuning abilities, etc. All I am referencing is customer service. Period. If I was talking 'crap,' you would know it.

I guess I don't understand how poor custom service is 'talking crap.'

Anyways, as Jim said, brenspeed is a new alternative that we have here that Mark (Y2KSVT) seems to be happy with, the other 'known' is Arizaon Dyno Chip (ADC). You may also look into the twEECer, however I can't remember if it supports all our EEC codes or not.

Originally posted by RTStabler51:
the other 'known' is Arizaon Dyno Chip (ADC).

oh yeah, how could I forget about ADC!?

I have confidence in ADC that they could get you a burn almost spot on the first time seeing as how many people's mail order SCT chips are almost perfect.

Btw, I believe RTStabler was reffering to Hypnotic Illusions customer service and not the quality of the tune.

Yup, as we've not seen anything about his tunes...

Originally posted by beyondloadedSE:

Btw, I believe RTStabler was reffering to Hypnotic Illusions customer service and not the quality of the tune.

Yes, but in Wayne defense, ADC's customer service was actually WORSE than Wayne's in my endeavor. I called, left voicemails, emails, PM's, etc for Shawn, and he never got back to me. I was ready to give him a credit card # and get the Xcal2 out to me that day, but the sale didn't seem important enough to them. I looked around for an alternate sollution, and remember talking to Brent @ Brenspeed back during Spring Zing 05. He made an awesome offer on Xcal2's, but I just didn't have enough time to round up 15 people for a group buy. So I gave him another call, and he was more than happy to help me out. His tunes speak for themselves, as I've posted dyno graphs of his "through the mail" tunes..

Mark

Originally posted by ryanblacksvt:
here we go again, once again the main reason for tour96's problem is that he flashed it with a chip in the pcm. its really not cool to talk crap about someone when you dont know them or have never done buisness with them rtstabler. anyways either way you go definitly get the xcalibrator you will love the outcome man.

...once AGAIN i did not flash with a chip in the car...its impossible,you cant even read mil codes w/the xcal2 if you have a chip in the car...so tuning is abst out of the question, what i did was unplug it from the computer while i was downloading the datalogging and other programs at work....i did use my chip when the car was xcal2 flashed though, so if anything would have been damaged it would've been my pcm or the chip..anyways back on topic

Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
Yes, but in Wayne defense, ADC's customer service was actually WORSE than Wayne's in my endeavor. I called, left voicemails, emails, PM's, etc for Shawn, and he never got back to me. I was ready to give him a credit card # and get the Xcal2 out to me that day, but the sale didn't seem important enough to them. I looked around for an alternate sollution, and remember talking to Brent @ Brenspeed back during Spring Zing 05. He made an awesome offer on Xcal2's, but I just didn't have enough time to round up 15 people for a group buy. So I gave him another call, and he was more than happy to help me out. His tunes speak for themselves, as I've posted dyno graphs of his "through the mail" tunes..

Mark

Shawn at ADC is great so is Keith. They were both very helpful and answered all my noob question with lots of patience. There was a small delay in shipping cuase his granny got sick and he took a day off. Other places would have told me to wait, but Shawn was such a nice guy and knew I needed the tuner so he overnighted it to me no extra charge. I will admit that they can be a little tough to reach, but if you keep calling back they will defentelytake the time to talk to you and answer your questions.

Originally posted by gasmaster:
In doing some basic searches I found little information on this device. The advertisement claims it can flash any 96-05 Ford. Has anyone used one of these devices and does it really work? If so, is there any information regarding advise on what changes to make to increase performance? I know that depends on modifications, but I haven't found much written on the subject either. I'm wondering whether it would be best to buy an Xcalibrator and make changes on my own or take it to a shop that has a dyno? I'm kind of leaning towards the dyno for multiple reason.

It depends on you personally... If you know what you are doing, you can do a fine job with an Xcal. The advantage of going to a dyno and having them tune it is they can monitor the air:fuel ratio with a good wideband O2 to get the program more accurate.

I personally would love an Xcal, it'd be fun to play around with...

You really can't do your own tuning with just an Xcal. You need to Pro Racer Package to take full effect of every tuning aspect. Even if you download the software from SCTflash.com, you only have the ability to advance/retard timing by 2 degrees, and maybe 10%(if that) on your A/F. That program doesn't even give the capability to change injector sizes.

Mark

Went with Wayne and he gets a thumbs up from me.. Sends tunes within an hour of requesting a new one. Works with you to find the best tune for your car. Tested several different ones and decided on the best one.

Even my gas milage when up on my move from Cleve to Chi. I got 29 mpg on a 95 degree day..

Wayne asnwers emails nice and promptly as well..

Originally posted by djdanyloz:
Went with Wayne and he gets a thumbs up from me.. Sends tunes within an hour of requesting a new one. Works with you to find the best tune for your car. Tested several different ones and decided on the best one.

Even my gas milage when up on my move from Cleve to Chi. I got 29 mpg on a 95 degree day..

Wayne asnwers emails nice and promptly as well..

[Napoleon Dynomite] Lucky!!!! [/Napoleon Dynomite]

Mark

Wayne is a good guy. He did go through some hard times and I had a good talk with him this weekend. I think he has that stuff straightened out and that it should be dropped.

I remember people giving slack to the guy at SP Motorsports despite bigger issues. Also more slack to Marty at MSDS, hell some people swear by SHOShop but I'll never use them fuggs again!!!! (mad thinking about them

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Just my 2 cents on that subject but not pressuring one way or another. Just taking the moral high ground here and saying 'let he who is without sin cast the first stone'

Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
You really can't do your own tuning with just an Xcal. You need to Pro Racer Package to take full effect of every tuning aspect. Even if you download the software from SCTflash.com, you only have the ability to advance/retard timing by 2 degrees, and maybe 10%(if that) on your A/F. That program doesn't even give the capability to change injector sizes.

Mark

I love it! I am tuning away a little bit each night and I can tell you it is awesome.

So Warmonger, do you have the Pro Package w/ XCal2 flasher or just the XCal2?

Nevermind, I found your thread about buying the Pro Package + XCal2 through Brenspeed. Disregard the previous post.

Originally posted by djdanyloz:
Went with Wayne and he gets a thumbs up from me.. Sends tunes within an hour of requesting a new one. Works with you to find the best tune for your car. Tested several different ones and decided on the best one.

Even my gas milage when up on my move from Cleve to Chi. I got 29 mpg on a 95 degree day..

Wayne asnwers emails nice and promptly as well..

I too had a wonderful experience with him... wish I could say the same about the gas mileage, though. Mine actually fell 1-2 mpg.