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Noob here on the tuning front getting ready to make the plunge into HP Tuners for my 2004 Cadillac CTS-V.

Quick question, would this SCANXL Professional software with the GM Enhanced Add-on be beneficial at all to purchase along with HP Tuners?

I guess the real question is would it provide more information that could be helpful outside of what HP tuners Scanner Utility Offers?

http://www.scantool.net/software/

Here is a list of the advanced parameter list it offers: http://www.palmerperformance.com/sup...m_enhanced.php

Ideally I would take the plunge for a Tech II scanner, but I'm wondering if maybe this would be a good helpful step.

Thanks in advance for any feedback!

sreve

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The only leg up it has on HPT is it will do LT1s and connect
serial wideband. ScanXl does fine on eng. trans. but no bi-directional
control I have yet to hook it to a car and read any brake or body data.
It just reads codes C, B, U, but HPT does also.

mterveen

iTrader: (2)

i used it on my 01 camaro to monitor the abs system which hptuners cannot do. for the money it was worth it for me. a little persnickity but it worked and MUCH cheaper than even a used tech2. e.g. i was able to watch the speed on all 4 abs sensors at the same time. as sreve mentioned it does not do the bi-directional stuff. you may also want to check on autoenginuity. i was given feedback by a user that it also worked on the fbody abs as well as supporting bi-directional. however, i cannot confirm that.

also, forum feedback/activity is limited but tech support did respond fairly quickly to any questions i had.