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Old Nov 27, 2013 | 08:21 PM
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I have recently purchased one. It seems to be a great tool and I have a lot to learn the actual capacity.

My ? is, can the AE be used to tune or adjust perameters??
 
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Old Nov 28, 2013 | 05:24 AM
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The only thing you can adjust with AE is the speedometer on some trucks. Not sure about the 05 and up trucks. I can on my 04.
 
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Old Nov 28, 2013 | 06:01 AM
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There are tuners and scanners and monitors, while they share some functionality the are each designed to do a different job.

Monitors just read data but can not alter it.
Scanners have the added functioality of being able to run certain self tests but don,t change any actual programming.
Tuners are designed to change actual programming.
 
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Old Nov 28, 2013 | 10:45 AM
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I ma curious about AE, can the same AE program be used on the 6.0 AND 7.3 trucks?
 
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Old Nov 28, 2013 | 10:53 AM
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Yes. Once you buy AE you can buy add on bundles for most vehicles. The Ford bundle for example will have the Ford specific stuff. Check their website for info and prices.
 
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Old Nov 28, 2013 | 05:23 PM
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I ma curious about AE, can the same AE program be used on the 6.0 AND 7.3 trucks?
Yes. You will need the Enhanced Ford bundle.
 
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Old Nov 28, 2013 | 10:12 PM
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What all can this thing do. Is it the same as the ford ids. Can it do the contribution balance test. If so how much does this system run. I have a sticking injector or two and would like to find out which one it is so I can replace. I think ford wants 100+$ to run the test and tell you which ones are messing up.
 
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Is this like the ford ids?
 
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Old Nov 28, 2013 | 10:15 PM
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Is this like the ford ids for the most part. Just a generic.
 
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Yes. I think IDS will do a relative compression where AE will not. AE will also not update the PCM in the truck. It is well worth the money.
 
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Sorry about the repeats. Phone was saying it didn't post.
 
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I check on the web and it only support up to window 7, there are window 8 now. What happen when you buy new laptop, they only have window 8 from now on?
 
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From the web site.

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Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / Windows 7 or 8 operating system
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Old Nov 29, 2013 | 09:07 AM
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I think AE may be my birthday/christmas present this year.
 
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I think AE may be my birthday/christmas present this year.
I am thinking like you.. i ordered a usb to bluetooth adaptor to test my laptop with forscan.org sw just to get a feel for it.. another thread reported it is pretty good..

Sent from my Sprint PC36100 using IB AutoGroup
 
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