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Title: OBD and torque app??
Post by: yasiryassin on May 17, 2012, 10:23:22 PM

hi,

was just wondering if anyone has any experience with these. plenty of videos on youtube. just wondering if something similar is possible with the FC?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAqe_3hAVYk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0cBKtqyxiE&feature=related
cheers,
yas

Title: OBD and torque app??
Post by: Prof on May 17, 2012, 10:55:40 PM

The FC ECU doesn\'t output anything useful in terms of real time diagnostics. If you run an aftermarket ECU like Apexi or Megasquirt, then you can run gauges on a PC.

It would theoretically be possible to take the output from these ECU\'s and convert it to OBDII format. You could also transplant a Renesis engine and the ECU into an FC - then you\'d get your OBDII straight off :)

Title: OBD and torque app??
Post by: yasiryassin on May 18, 2012, 08:49:52 AM

ah ok, thanks for the info prof. think running manual gauges would be alot easier and cheaper lol.

Title: OBD and torque app??
Post by: m1tch on May 18, 2012, 05:07:26 PM

It would work out ok if the car had been designed for the newer ports, but the car was designed in the 80s :)

Title: OBD and torque app??
Post by: yasiryassin on May 18, 2012, 07:31:15 PM

haha yea, too retro. Would have been nice to have something like this, so you wouldnt need lots of gauges and could keep standard/sleeper look :(

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