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Postby SIR-VRX » Tue Jan 26, 2010 4:35 pm

napkins1 wrote:Ebay has some kits for 60 bux but i dont know how good they are


As I've said previously, they work fine for reading data that is on the OBD protocol. Reading/Writing of the ECU can not be done with them, so far only the Tactrix can do that. Oh and Mitsubishi's $8000 MUT-III tool

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Postby JaCe » Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:39 pm

Has anyone tried those OBD Keys with Wifi/bluetooth/etc? http://www.obdkey.com/wifi/

I'm interested in that Devtoaster Rev gauge software for the iPhone/iTouch (http://www.devtoaster.com/products/rev/). I remember seeing a thread somewhere for this but even with searching can't seem to find it :S
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Postby SIR-VRX » Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:45 pm

There isn't that much information available over the OBD protocol... Pretty basic really.

If you really want to monitor your Evo, get EvoScan and a Tactrix Cable

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Postby JaCe » Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:36 pm

Whilst I'd be happy with revs/speed, I was under the impression it could also monitor boost and so on... :(
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Postby SIR-VRX » Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:41 pm

With just OBD you can monitor at least the following:

Engine speed
Intake Air Temp
Intake pressure (not all cars though)
Coolant Temp
Oxygen Sensor Voltage
Throttle Position
VVT (not all cars)

But with EvoScan you can log soooo much since you have an Evo. See Here

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Postby bd-850 » Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:45 pm

if you down load the free app onto you ipod/iphone you can see the features it has. i have and it looks pretty sweet, Dreavon is getting the system.

it does:
Speed
RPM
Torque
WHP
Acceleration
Throttle position
Boost
Intake Manifold pressure
Intake Temp
Barometric pressure
MAF Rate
Fuel Pressure
Fuel consumption
Fuel Level
Engine Load
Timing Advance
Coolant Temp
EVAP Pressure

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Postby SIR-VRX » Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:47 pm

Not everything is there to read from the Evo over OBD though. That's what I'm saying

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Postby bd-850 » Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:50 pm

i was busy typing that when you posted it lol.

My brother has a ScanGauge and it does, power, intake temp, coolant temp, revs, etc.

dont think it does boost, but thats what your saying

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Postby SIR-VRX » Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:54 pm

They do most on most cars, but our cars are pretty complex computer wise so a lot can't be read, just the very basics.

So that is why for the Evo I recommend EvoScan, as it has been programmed to actually get all the data it can, either via OBD, MUT or CAN-BUS et al

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Postby bd-850 » Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:57 pm

will wait to see how Dreavon goes when he gets his

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Postby SIR-VRX » Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:59 pm

It's a different basket of fish...

EvoScan works well for Evos.... Not so well for normal Lancers, or even the RA.

The generic OBD tools work good for basic data on normal Lancers, and nothing else for the Evos

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Postby bd-850 » Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:08 pm

fair enough i mean you are the Tech cheif so you must know what your talking about (and no its not sarcasm)

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Postby SIR-VRX » Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:13 pm

And I've got a Tactrix and a generic OBD cable ;)

The Tactric with EvoScan can't do much for me except read the ECU ROM

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Postby JaCe » Sat Jun 05, 2010 4:09 pm

bd-850 wrote:if you down load the free app onto you ipod/iphone you can see the features it has. i have and it looks pretty sweet, Dreavon is getting the system.

it does:
Speed
RPM
Torque
WHP
Acceleration
Throttle position
Boost
Intake Manifold pressure
Intake Temp
Barometric pressure
MAF Rate
Fuel Pressure
Fuel consumption
Fuel Level
Engine Load
Timing Advance
Coolant Temp
EVAP Pressure


Thought I'd add another way you could verify which ones are available- the GReddy Informeter Touch has a list of vehicles and what data it can read from the OBDII port. I'm not saying that if it appears in this list it'll definitely work, but it's a good indicator: http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&sourc ... aRWL_LnXQQ

I'm inclined to think that a lot of the items listed above are present; but not all.
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Postby jaysewah » Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:20 pm

Hey all, has anyone bought a generic ebay OBDII reader yet, and if so did it work and which one did you buy? Want to see if these basic ones work just to reset engine light (caused by just CAT sensor on high flow install) and reading any basic codes/errors etc. Cheers

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/CAN-BUS-OBD-2-OB ... 2c5535f612


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