Hi
you have 3 different disciplines there
cloning
flashing
tuning and modding
so you will need to take 3 different approaches - there is some overlap but not enough for one solution
to answer your kess/ktag question
kess is obd and ktag is bench read with a dismantled ecu However kess will not read the ecu's ktag will and visa versa
again there is a cross over of ecu's both will do
you need to identify the ecu's you will work with most and buy a tool that will do those ecus
anything you dont have coverage for send away to another shop until you have sent 10 away and then buy a tool for it
for cloning the best option is on the bench with is stripped out, good quality bench power supply and a multi eeprom programmer such as the vvdi prog will get you some way into it, sometimes it is easier to swap the chip to clone rather than reprogram.
for flashing then a dealer tool will do, you can buy the clone vocom and scania and get software from here
for mapping find a supplier of maps and buy his slave tool then all you need to do is read, upload download and program a 30-45 min process and your dealer has the trouble of making a good map
you have 3 different disciplines there
cloning
flashing
tuning and modding
so you will need to take 3 different approaches - there is some overlap but not enough for one solution
to answer your kess/ktag question
kess is obd and ktag is bench read with a dismantled ecu However kess will not read the ecu's ktag will and visa versa
again there is a cross over of ecu's both will do
you need to identify the ecu's you will work with most and buy a tool that will do those ecus
anything you dont have coverage for send away to another shop until you have sent 10 away and then buy a tool for it
for cloning the best option is on the bench with is stripped out, good quality bench power supply and a multi eeprom programmer such as the vvdi prog will get you some way into it, sometimes it is easier to swap the chip to clone rather than reprogram.
for flashing then a dealer tool will do, you can buy the clone vocom and scania and get software from here
for mapping find a supplier of maps and buy his slave tool then all you need to do is read, upload download and program a 30-45 min process and your dealer has the trouble of making a good map
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