Something CHEAP and useful!
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November 15, 2011 07:04 pm UTC
November 15, 2011 07:04 pm UTC
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Kobie Mercury-Clarke
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In case some of you have an Android phone (I know a few of you do at least) here is an app I got from the market. It's called Torque, it can monitor a ton of stuff from the ECU(with a Bluetooth OBDII adapter) in real time. You can also use it to read and clear the CEL. There's a plugin as well that allows video recording while overlaying the gauges you have set up on the screen with real time monitoring. It's useful for checking out engine performance, and finding out exactly what the CEL is on for without having to use a palm pilot or a laptop. Anyways, to give you an idea of what it's like, here's a vid I took once I got my $25 ELM Bluetooth adapter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyf3SaOWUlg
1993 Talon Esi - Sold, and missed dearly 2004 Saab 9-3 Hirsch Tuned etc
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Re: Something CHEAP and useful!
[Re: Kobie Mercury-Clarke]
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November 15, 2011 08:55 pm UTC
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Bryan Lawrence
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I thought this was very cool but do they have it for OBD1?
"Old Blue" 91 Talon TSi AWD "Super Enthusiast" 91 Talon TSi AWD Checkout DSMFAQ.com!
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Re: Something CHEAP and useful!
[Re: Michael Lee]
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November 15, 2011 10:00 pm UTC
November 15, 2011 10:00 pm UTC
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Kobie Mercury-Clarke
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Nice! I downloaded the trial, but never got to use it at all of course.
That's really good stuff.
What else does it do? -View live OBD engine data on your Android phone - Connect to your vehicle ECU -Fully customisable dashboard screens - Design your own layouts and custom dials, use your own themes -Retrieve Fault Codes (DTCs) and clear Check Engine lights - View fault descriptions using the built-in databases -Upload live OBD2 data to your webserver or the torque web viewer in realtime -Check the performance of your vehicle with BHP / Torque / 0-60 & Quarter Mile widgets
1993 Talon Esi - Sold, and missed dearly 2004 Saab 9-3 Hirsch Tuned etc
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Re: Something CHEAP and useful!
[Re: Kobie Mercury-Clarke]
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November 16, 2011 12:27 pm UTC
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Bryan Lawrence
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"Old Blue" 91 Talon TSi AWD "Super Enthusiast" 91 Talon TSi AWD Checkout DSMFAQ.com!
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Re: Something CHEAP and useful!
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November 16, 2011 10:55 pm UTC
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Rob Cauduro
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Guy at work has this with his turbo Mini Cooper. Pretty neat, little pricey, super accurate though. http://www.ot-2.com/The app is free on iTunes, I downloaded it, just to check it out, snazzy.
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Re: Something CHEAP and useful!
[Re: Rob Strelecki]
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November 17, 2011 12:29 am UTC
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Rob Cauduro
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That thing is pretty cool! Bring on that 2G ECU in a 1G V-FAQ I did it, right before I sold my last DSM. Made the harness and everything. Car started, I was happy, then next week after that I sold the car. lol Im gonna look in my storage locker, I think I still have the harness! I'll give it away for a pack of smokes
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Re: Something CHEAP and useful!
[Re: Kobie Mercury-Clarke]
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November 17, 2011 03:16 am UTC
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Rob Cauduro
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Reason I liked the 2g ecu in a 1g was for all the extra inputs for DSM link or ECM link as its called now.
gm map sensor, wide band input, egt, etc.....
I made two harnesses, one looked like the Amazon, the other was nice and clean. The clean one I sold or gave away, cant remember, but the Amazon version is for sure in a box of car parts in storage.
Any 1g guy who drools over all the 2g options Link offers (or at least did offer at the time) should do it, its pretty straight forward. Planning the wiring is the hard part. Making it look nice and clean, is the challenge. The job itself is gravy.
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Re: Something CHEAP and useful!
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November 17, 2011 02:10 pm UTC
November 17, 2011 02:10 pm UTC
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Reza Mirza
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Any 1g guy who drools over all the 2g options Link offers (or at least did offer at the time) should do it, No need to anymore as ecmlink is offered for 1g's I'm running 1g V3 with full speed density with the ecmlink speed density cable. You just plug their cable into your existing MAF connector and the other ends go into your map sensor and IAT. It's TOO simple now. IAT runs off the existing iat wire in the MAF connector, and the baro is used to connect the MAP sensor. Wideband is accurately logged though the egr input. The existing iat and baro readings going to the ecu are locked in speed density mode, and instead you run off a fully customizable load/boost/afr/timing map I'm accurately logging a 4 bar map sensor, IAT, and wideband. You can free up the 02 sensor input as well by getting the wideband to simulate it through ecmlink. Ecmlink is awesome and very user friendly IMO. Equivalent to standalone now IMO.
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