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    very cool gadget!

    i just discovered this last night and ordered one this morning, its a code reader for your car that hooks up via bluetooth to your smartphone and displays all your car's sensor data on the screen.

    product . .
    http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Mini-ELM327-V...item35cf4fcc1e

    app . . .

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...l.torque&hl=en

    it does 1/4 mile times 0-60 etc, plus torque and hp, coolant temp, throttle positon etc etc etc.

    not sure how it would know torque and hp but i can't wait to try it out.

    seems like a good buy compared to the $200 code reader from canadian tire (on sale now for $100)
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    It works well. I have had it for a few years. Most of the calculations are however estimations. The only way it can get a real measurment is if there is a specific sensor for that value.
    Nathan
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      I got one that plugs into laptop, looks like those geeks in 2Fast 2Furious, lol

      and for $40 that I payed for it on Amazon, payed for itself many times over...
      Nick

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        Nate, do you have THAT one (or at least similar size) or is yours bigger?

        http://www.amazon.com/BAFX-Products-...dp/B005NLQAHS/

        I was looking into these a while ago, and this was the one I found to be most highly recommended. Supposedly the smaller size one is more limited or something. I prefer the smaller size of the blue one since it can be left plugged in and not stick out quite as much.

        Also, supposedly a lot of these devices are clones and use an old version of the OBD interpreter code, before ELM started putting copy protection on their chips. That makes me a little less enthused about buying a clone, but I'm not so pretentious that I would not buy one of them.

        http://www.elmelectronics.com/obdic.html

        My newest vehicle is 1999, so I have a feeling that the old version of the code will be just fine for me.
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          Mine is like the amazon link you have there. I have left mine plugged in without issue, it was a little in the way on my wife's manual trans Hyundai Elantra but not so much that I worried I would snap it off.
          Nathan
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          1978 XS1100E
          K&N Filter
          #45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
          OEM Exhaust
          ATK Fork Brace
          LED Dash lights
          Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters
          Green Monster Coils
          SS Brake Lines
          Vision 550 Auto Tensioner

          In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

          Theodore Roosevelt

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          • #6
            Cool, I just might have to get one and give it a try on my S10.
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