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LTSJayce

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Thanks to the wonders of Mr Gates and co.'s www ,I'd like to ask your findings on using the FC-datalogit stuff with Apexi's Power FC.Someone who I consider to be quite adept(read:I reckon he know's a thing or two 'bout Skyline stuff)put me onto FC D.L.'s website,but my tuner,who's only just seen a glimpse of it recently,made a disturbing observation:he mentioned that there didn't appear to be a cursor to indicate "where you are" on,f'rinstance,the injector duty cycle map relative to....exactly what I'm failing to get through in words.It didn't come accross as a good thing,anyway.As stated,he's only fleetingly seen it:what do you lot reckon?Does it do all it says it can?Or were you disappointed?Is it worth the $$$'s they're asking?A brief rundown of my situation:R32 GTR,fairly standard.Will be a "built" engine job-2530's,pistons,rings,sump baffles,cams,gears.fuel system,clutch plus heaps more.Have a Power FC already.Looking to be able to tune and log and load stuff more easily.FC Datalogit looks the goods;fill me in with what you think,good,bad or otherwise!

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Most tuners with a dyno should already have a Datalogit, saves them time, you money and stress on your car!

If you want to change maps quickly (say one map for the track and another for dyno comps) the Datalogit is really the only way.

Sure it's not perfect, but a hell of a lot better than tuning using the handset! Plus it gives you access to a few other functions that you can't access via the handset.

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Does it do all it says it can?Or were you disappointed?Is it worth the $$$'s they're asking?

Yes it does.

It's worth to have it if you want to log some data, if you just want to make some quick changes to the tune, do not bother. Hand controller is a much usable option for most of the time.

It's still not a viable option for the tuners as all the different versions of Power FCs available out there are not integrated into the software yet. It's basically being done as a new version pops from a new user.

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