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Hi Guys,

My son has just bought a 2k R34 gt-t sedan and I have bought his Silvia and I was planning on buying the PLMS interface cable and Nissan datascan software to use on both cars.

Has anyone used these products and how user friendly are they?

I have been building NA engines on my early cars for years but am a newbie when it comes to FI and Turbo cars so will I be able to use this setup.

I'm mainly concerned with basic maintenance such as reading and re-setting fault codes but no doubt once familiar with the system will be doing tweaking as well.

Any advise or suggestions from those familiar with this software will be much appreciated.

Mark.

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yep its fine, u shouldnt have any problems (unless he has a ca18 silvia which wont work as it doesnt support consult). if you want to save $50, a combination of the free consult software alternatives (ecutalk, calumsult and tecu, dl locations here) will do all that datascan does, especially if you dont plan to use it for more than diagnostics, but datascan is the best software out if you can afford it

though the cost all up at around $170 for cable + datascan is almost as much as a standalone ecutalk consult lcd display (link) which was $200 last time it was sold, and should be a new version in a couple of months for similar price. no need for a laptop etc (though should have consult interface mode so u can use it like a normal cable)

whichever way you go, you wont be disappointed

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