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[cooky]

I may well me mad but I've been thinking about ripping out the speaker near the gear stick and fitting a nice snug LCD screen, then hooking an old laptop to it with the engine software and running a 240v power inverter to the laptop.

Now when setting up the engine at tick over and resetting the adaptives at say 1100 rpm, what effect will setting up from the passenger seat make at say 3000 half way up the range and under load?

are there any benefits to be gained?

If not I still like the idea being able to see whats happening when on the move?

Has it been done before, and if not can it be done?

[jensena]

Cookie - your bonkers or bleedin Superman, one of the 2 ! I need all my wits about me just to drive mine never - mind drive and concentrate on my ECU readouts on a Lap Top screen !!

[ajp4.2]

I can just see it now. Damp twisty road foot buried into the wilton carpet, lots of opposite lock, big grin, and you still have time to check out the LCD display.
you really are Superman

[headcase]

You can get car adapters for laptops so you wont need a 240v inverter!
Also What he said ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ LMAO

It will look cool! Also you could run an audio out from the laptop to your radio and have all your songs on media player!

[cooky]

jensena said:

Cookie - your bonkers or bleedin Superman, one of the 2 ! I need all my wits about me just to drive mine never - mind drive and concentrate on my ECU readouts on a Lap Top screen !!

Al,
It's sine I had the damn thing on a track, well and truely bitten mate. Smoothness up the rev range and a linear power delivery are the way forward. Although a 4.2 is pretty good, it must be able to be improved.
Thinking outside the box, it's all well having everything set up nice at tickover, but as the revs rise the adaptives can differ, maybe 3k is a bit high, but 2250 and upwards would be interesting reading.
I should have a chat with Joo about it.

Also in realtime mode at 2.25 to 5k the software should give accurate reading of fuelling and efficiency values...maybe?

Even if it doesn't give anything of any use it will look pretty cool

[jensena]

I see where your coming from. To be homnest I've planning on hooking mine up, set it to record, and go for a drive and take a look at the readouts afterwards. Or you could go to a rolling road and try it, at least then you wont have to watch where your driving Trouble is, if it works, you'll go and lock yourself away in the garden shed for 12 months and invent a device to adjust that throttle pots and linkage whilst on the move

[mars]

Does anyone seriously bugger about with the map on the fly? Easier to just log it and run it through the analyser afterwards. It's a PoP with an Emerald. Just install a Wideband Lambda in place of one of the standard Lambdas, then hook it up to one of the two AUX inputs of the Emerald. Laptop on the pax seat and go for a 30 mile blast, logging Speed, Load and the AFR. Afterwards, run the log through a Perl script I can source for you and your changes will be handed to you on a plate. After 5 or 6 similar runs, there will be nothing left to change.

In fact, the latest version of the Emerald self-maps anyway but I'm not sure whether that version of the firmware is applicable for the AJP version of the Emerald (but I'm about to find out).

Edited to add, I like the idea of an in-car PC for logging purposes though, and to act as a (far better) MP3 player (than a bloody iPod). That space in front of the gear lever would be an idea place to install a screen but then what would you use the stereo hole for?

Edited by mars on Wednesday 21st February 23:31

[headcase]

Can we rename this thread to 'Pimp My Cerby'

What do you think about an electrical folding Snooker table in the boot