Busted Finger (Tactrix 1.3 cable clone) question
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Busted Finger (Tactrix 1.3 cable clone) question
Anyone tried the cable from Busted Finger Motorsports cable on a EVO8? I cant seem to find a Tactrix 1.3 anywhere.
http://www.bustedfingermotorsports.com/bfmflash.html
http://www.bustedfingermotorsports.com/bfmflash.html
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Tactrix 1.3 cables are no longer sold from tactrix but you can buy cables from EVOSCAN website. http://evoscan.com/evoscan-gps-obdii-cables
1.3R and 1.3U cables
1.3R and 1.3U cables
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I wondered how long it would be before other 1.3-based cables started appearing; I'm curious what they did about the serial number.
Note that they're marketing this specifically for Subarus, which don't need our flash connector. The "flash block" that they're referring to in the description is a small standalone plug (2001-2002 and 2003-2005) that enables flashing on their ECUs. For us, sending power to the ECU's flash pin requires special timing, and so is triggered off a pin on the FTDI chip inside the housing itself (the small white connector that connects back to the main cable).
So I suspect you'll probably be able to log with that cable, but flashing anything Mitsubishi isn't going to happen. Rather funny too; with a very small amount of effort (prior to doing a production run of them) and maybe $0.50 in additional parts, they could have made it work.
Note that they're marketing this specifically for Subarus, which don't need our flash connector. The "flash block" that they're referring to in the description is a small standalone plug (2001-2002 and 2003-2005) that enables flashing on their ECUs. For us, sending power to the ECU's flash pin requires special timing, and so is triggered off a pin on the FTDI chip inside the housing itself (the small white connector that connects back to the main cable).
So I suspect you'll probably be able to log with that cable, but flashing anything Mitsubishi isn't going to happen. Rather funny too; with a very small amount of effort (prior to doing a production run of them) and maybe $0.50 in additional parts, they could have made it work.
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