Originally Posted by
pizzaguy
It can be the TB or the throttle position indicator at the pedal. I suppose it could be the sprint booster.
But to have a CEL (which means the ECU has set code(s)) and waste time guessing seems silly to me. Read the code(s) and go from there.
The ECU knows something, now it may be unrelated to the hesitation, might be due to you flooring it. But "flooring it" should not set a code anyway, so let's find out what the ECU knows.
What reader to buy depends on how much of a "gear head" or "tech head" you are. The CP123 series is probably near the top of all of those out there.
My only criteria, is I want live data capability - and my BOSCH1100 does that very well. I admit that, with prices now, I'd go with the CRP123 but four years ago, the BOSCH was 1/2 the price, that is not the case any longer.
Thank you - like you noted, I don't want to guess. I'm quite car/tech capable; I've been building/restoring cars for 40 years, all sorts, engine and body-work alike; where electronics are concerned, I've tackled everything from Jaguar's Lucas and Marelli ignitions to BMW's wonky NiCad battery running dash-board electronics, and GM's OptiSpark madness, among others. Granted, many of the cars I've worked on, engines, transmissions, etc. have been 1980s and early, and mostly 1973 and earlier, so sure, I have not had to dive too deep into ECUs, computers, and OBD-readers except on some later Mustangs and Jaguars.
Yet, reading some of the posts on readers here, I'm puzzled about the best reader to get for the SRT-6 at a reasonable price. It seems many don't read unless you set it for Mercedes SLK170 or such, or gaming it to read another car, so I'm hoping to get the most applicable reader.
Cost-wise, I would be OK spending up to $500 on the best/most applicable reader I can get for that, which will give me the broadest range of codes and work with the SRT-6. (Also want to buy it from a reputable source, as I'm sure many of those being sold on Amazon and Ebay are counterfeits.)
( Also, to clarify it was more of a 'light' flooring it - definitely not slamming it to break a quarter-mile record; I may have given a bad impression due to my word choice. Certainly no abuse going on. )
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