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GReddy Informeter Touch

Postby JaCe » Tue May 04, 2010 10:34 pm

Just thought I'd get the ball rolling with the thread on the GReddy Informeter Touch which I plan to put in my Evo X. I haven't installed it yet but have received the box and taken a few photos of the unboxing process in case anyone was wondering what actually comes with it.

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Mine was ordered from eBay and cost approx $450aud delivered from Japan to Sydney Australia (April 2010) and it's version 1.05. Only thing is that whilst the device is bilingual, all the beautiful colour pictures and thick colour brochure/instructions is in Japanese :(

Once it's installed I'll take a video of it :)

So far there's been a lot of threads on various other forums about the issues involved with installing due to voltages etc... and hence they recommend installing the power source of either the cig lighter socket or by tapping into the 12v power (rather than relying on the Mitsu CANBUS). We'll keep this thread updated!

Sample of what the screen looks like (per GReddy website)
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Postby Hecky » Tue May 04, 2010 11:46 pm

Sweeeeet....I want one, no, I NEED one of these units in my car.....let us know how you go installing etc as I was looking at getting one as well ($450 delivered is pretty cheap!)....:D
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Postby bye2u » Tue May 04, 2010 11:57 pm

should goto superlap .. i reckon they'd have this on sale :)

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Postby JaCe » Wed May 05, 2010 7:46 pm

Got it installed thanks to my mate Tim ej20i from JDM Factory. I was too impatient :) Looks epic!! Will upload photos/videos soon.
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Postby JaCe » Sun May 09, 2010 1:09 am

Here's a couple of pictures.


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Note: Ignore the red tape in the first couple- they were just there to help ensure the double sided tape/adhesives on the stand were held in place.

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Postby JaCe » Tue May 11, 2010 7:51 pm

Thought I'd add a video for the interest of other ClubCJ members considering one of these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-5c6HlbeIg

On another note, if I had a video of a hypothetical person where the Informeter showed a speedo reading of 100km/h-102km/h on a highway which could be recognised as 90km/h (but very clearly identifying who the driver was), would that be a bit too incriminating?
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Postby Zereul » Tue May 11, 2010 8:33 pm

Must be going blind.

What's that piece you've got under the headunit?

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Postby JaCe » Tue May 11, 2010 8:37 pm

The red LCD? That's a Pivot 3Drive Thin; an electronic throttle controller.
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Postby PYLee » Tue May 11, 2010 10:43 pm

it only shows up to 1.5 bar or you can change to 2 bar ?
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Postby Zereul » Tue May 11, 2010 10:47 pm

JaCe wrote:The red LCD? That's a Pivot 3Drive Thin; an electronic throttle controller.


Yep.. definitely went blind :oops:

Any reason why you didn't get the evoscan instead?

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Postby JaCe » Tue May 11, 2010 10:56 pm

whitemonster wrote:it only shows up to 1.5 bar or you can change to 2 bar ?


Yep you can set the scale for the displays.

Zereul wrote:
JaCe wrote:The red LCD? That's a Pivot 3Drive Thin; an electronic throttle controller.


Yep.. definitely went blind :oops:

Any reason why you didn't get the evoscan instead?


I liked the plug and play aspect of the Informeter Touch and the general interface.
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Postby Dire » Wed May 12, 2010 1:01 am

Alright I've never had a turbo car or anything so I'll just go ahead and ask my noob questions:

What is the point of this stuff? :P
Why do you need to see the figures?
What does the ETC really achieve and how?

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Postby PYLee » Wed May 12, 2010 1:18 am

i'm not sure what other things that the informeter will show , but for a turbo car , gauges are really important if your going for more power

monitoring boost and air fuel ratio will be the two most important because if the boost or a/f ratio goes out of control , it'll lead to detonation and knock = boom engine = $$$$ down the drain
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Postby Dire » Wed May 12, 2010 2:06 am

So... You spend money to save money? :P

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Postby JaCe » Wed May 12, 2010 11:39 am

Haha but it's also interesting to know how your car is performing and it impacts the way you drive it. If you know the air coming into the intake is really hot for example such as in my case, then you know that your engine won't be performing at it's peak. It could also be indicative of other problems!
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