Engine information
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depends on what you want to do.
efilive will display pretty much ALL trans and engine information you can think of including weird stuff like,
EOILT [1] Estimated Engine Oil Temperature (°C)
FLS [1] Fuel Level Sensor (V)
BBVPS [1] Brake Booster Vacuum Pressure Sensor (V)
DESTQ [1] Desired Torque From ABS/Traction Control (%)
EOPS [1] Engine Oil Pressure Sensor Voltage (V)
MRESCNT [1] Medium Res Pulse Count (Count)
CAMCNT [1] Cam Sensor Pulse Count (Count)
MRESSYNC [1] Medium Res Re-Sync Count (Count)
ECT1ST [1] Engine Coolant Temperature At Startup (°C)
EGRCMD [1] EGR Commanded Opening (%)
TRACTRQ [1] Actual Torque Sent to ABS/Traction Control (%)
FPUMPDC [1] Fuel Pump Duty Cycle (%)
MFCATPASS [2] Catalyst Misfire Damage Passes (Count)
MFCATFAIL [2] Catalyst Misfire Damage Failures (Count)
ENGLOAD [1] Engine Load (%)
does hundreds of parameters.
Or you could get a generic obdII scanner, though some wont show GM specific stuff, just the basic SAE mandatory things like road speed, intake temp, engine temp etc.
efilive will display pretty much ALL trans and engine information you can think of including weird stuff like,
EOILT [1] Estimated Engine Oil Temperature (°C)
FLS [1] Fuel Level Sensor (V)
BBVPS [1] Brake Booster Vacuum Pressure Sensor (V)
DESTQ [1] Desired Torque From ABS/Traction Control (%)
EOPS [1] Engine Oil Pressure Sensor Voltage (V)
MRESCNT [1] Medium Res Pulse Count (Count)
CAMCNT [1] Cam Sensor Pulse Count (Count)
MRESSYNC [1] Medium Res Re-Sync Count (Count)
ECT1ST [1] Engine Coolant Temperature At Startup (°C)
EGRCMD [1] EGR Commanded Opening (%)
TRACTRQ [1] Actual Torque Sent to ABS/Traction Control (%)
FPUMPDC [1] Fuel Pump Duty Cycle (%)
MFCATPASS [2] Catalyst Misfire Damage Passes (Count)
MFCATFAIL [2] Catalyst Misfire Damage Failures (Count)
ENGLOAD [1] Engine Load (%)
does hundreds of parameters.
Or you could get a generic obdII scanner, though some wont show GM specific stuff, just the basic SAE mandatory things like road speed, intake temp, engine temp etc.
I use a car chip that you plug into the OBD II port and then you drive.
When you want to check the data stored in it, just plug it into a laptop and read the data. Also you can reset and read the ECU's fault codes.
Also good for finding out how fast the Mrs drives or me
lol
Here is one of my plots from the other week.
You can get one from www.davisnet.com/drive/products/carchip.asp
These are just the parameters i wanted it to capture.
It work on any car with a OBDII port which is every car from about 1998 onwards
When you want to check the data stored in it, just plug it into a laptop and read the data. Also you can reset and read the ECU's fault codes.
Also good for finding out how fast the Mrs drives or me
lol Here is one of my plots from the other week.
You can get one from www.davisnet.com/drive/products/carchip.asp
These are just the parameters i wanted it to capture.
It work on any car with a OBDII port which is every car from about 1998 onwards
essexhsv said:
I use a car chip that you plug into the OBD II port and then you drive.
When you want to check the data stored in it, just plug it into a laptop and read the data. Also you can reset and read the ECU's fault codes.
Also good for finding out how fast the Mrs drives or me lol
Here is one of my plots from the other week.
You can get one from www.davisnet.com/drive/products/carchip.asp
These are just the parameters i wanted it to capture.
It work on any car with a OBDII port which is every car from about 1998 onwards
mate which model/series would u recommend
When you want to check the data stored in it, just plug it into a laptop and read the data. Also you can reset and read the ECU's fault codes.
Also good for finding out how fast the Mrs drives or me
lol Here is one of my plots from the other week.
You can get one from www.davisnet.com/drive/products/carchip.asp
These are just the parameters i wanted it to capture.
It work on any car with a OBDII port which is every car from about 1998 onwards
mate which model/series would u recommend
Ferb said:
Can you take the car chip out and plug into your home PC, I d'not have a lap top? This would be great look at after doing a trackday
If you want to log stuff Ferb , have a look at Efilive, it's what I use. You can use black box logging on the handset and then download to the PC later.Here is a couple of the efilive displays.
The efilive handset is quite large and is more designed around tuning and workshop use. But the scantool is pretty affordable (same unit just different license).
It can show around 20 different bits of data while you are driving, like Gareth says you can record them all to SDCard and play them all back at home, or manipulate the data to give you averages, peak, minimum or any mathematical combination of data you like, for example average manifold pressure at 50% throttle etc.
If you want a nice dash dial Ive seen a few makers or them. I think PLX devices do one.
http://www.plxdevices.com/products/dm100obd/
The efilive handset is quite large and is more designed around tuning and workshop use. But the scantool is pretty affordable (same unit just different license).
It can show around 20 different bits of data while you are driving, like Gareth says you can record them all to SDCard and play them all back at home, or manipulate the data to give you averages, peak, minimum or any mathematical combination of data you like, for example average manifold pressure at 50% throttle etc.
If you want a nice dash dial Ive seen a few makers or them. I think PLX devices do one.
http://www.plxdevices.com/products/dm100obd/
Edited by ringram on Monday 2nd February 22:57
I dont have the handheld version but I do have proper licenced copy of efilive on my laptop, if you fancy a play with the software you can download a demo version from the interweb. think ideally I'd like a car pc with it hooked up permanently recording and maybe displayed on a 7" touch screen in the space for the stereo. do fancy a pair of scanguages and if those ones on ebay dont sell before my next payday I might be forced to bid on them.
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