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Discussion in '456/550/575' started by arkferrari, Jun 28, 2019.

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  1. arkferrari

    arkferrari Karting BANNED

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    arkferrari, Jun 28, 2019
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  2. dodici

    dodici Karting

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    I have had toooo much experience with that one. It claims to be able to have a Ferrari 550 mode. After many updates of software, I can currently confirm, it DOES NOT WORK on my 550 with it in Ferrari mode. It does work in standard OBD mode though. Maybe some of it's other Ferrari software is OK, I don't know.
     
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  3. greg246

    greg246 Two Time F1 World Champ Owner Silver Subscribed

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    I bought it based on their claims. DOES NOT WORK. Aftersales support is non existent with email replies in Chinese English

    I ended up buying an a 2nd hand Autel unit which does have some functionality. Can access engine ecu, airbag ecu, gearbox ecu and a few other things that escape me at the moment. Can read codes and switch warning lights off. I needed to do this for my 575, airbag light went off when I was putting dash back together after sorting sticky switches
     
    greg246, Jun 29, 2019
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  4. Red575

    Red575 Karting Silver Subscribed

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    The Fowell 510 does not work as claimed. I was unable to reset airbag light. No after sales support a useless product. It will go in the bin along with my Harry Potter magic wand which also claimed to have the same powers as the Fowell 510.
     
    Red575, Jul 2, 2019
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  5. timeckart

    timeckart Formula Junior

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  6. Gizzi

    Gizzi F1 Veteran Owner

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    The Texa is a very good diagnostic scanner. It’s a step below the Leonardo, but unless you are a large independent with a lot of supercar work, you wouldn’t need it. The Texa. Or only does all the Supercars, it also does the standard vehicles, and has the ability to do trucks, bikes and boats. I use it almost daily. It’s a gem.


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    Gizzi, Jul 15, 2019
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  7. tazandjan

    tazandjan Three Time F1 World Champ Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    Auto Enginuity and Texa are roughly equivalent and the AE system is what I bought for my techs. They have been very happy with the system. Cost was about $3500.
     
    tazandjan, Jul 15, 2019
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  8. Clyde Romero

    Clyde Romero Formula Junior

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    You need the Foxwell NT 530
    It has everything and works fine on my 575
    Checks clutch usage
    ABS
    The works
    Well worth it
     
    Clyde Romero, Oct 11, 2019
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  9. tazandjan

    tazandjan Three Time F1 World Champ Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    Clyde- Can it actually do anything like resetting lamps, changing PIS, or running self tests on the F1 system or ABS?
     
    tazandjan, Oct 11, 2019
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