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A consult box is a device that lets your laptop talk to the ecu. See the thread about the new version of CalumSult on why this is useful. For rom tuning the biggest asset is it lets you monitor and record every sensor and some of the calculated values (really really useful), but you can also extract the rom from the ecu (not useful in your case), perform various tests on the ecu (like put it into timing mode with the click of a mouse, very cool) and some other stuff. If you've ever read an FSM you've seens sections on the Nissan CONSULT too. Its the little "scanner" that dealerships have to "test" your car. Basically we're using our PCs to emulate its functions, and more.
Uh, there are various sources that sell them on the web, mostly in aus or NZ. I build and sold these for a while too, but it was too labor intensive vs the profit for me, but I've still been building a stead stream for people on the side. There has been DIY kits sold in the US, but the supply of those seems to have dried up so I went ahead and designed a board for this purpose. They came in today, I hope to have them tested and ready to sell about the end of next week.
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