Just thought to post some screenshots of the Torque App I've been using on my Android phone. It's also available on iPhones. So if you didn't know about it, it's a very inexpensive way to have all you ECM info on the screen of your phone to monitor the performance of various entities. You can chose which things you want to monitor and place the widget where ever you want on your screen. You can also chose between graphs, dials (tacho's) and displays (digital readings). Have a look at all the useful info of my 5.7 HEMI (the car wasn't warm enough though when I took the screenshots, just started it and drove down the road). If you notice there are also 2 readouts for speed, one GPS and the other ECM, that way you could easier compare and calibrate the tyres with SC or similar tuner:
Obviously, you can change the colours. I kept the default ones as above. To interface the software with the ECM, you'll need a bluetooth OBD2 donge, which you can purchase cheap off eBay, as per following photo:
They have v1.3, v1.4, v1.5. Obviously get the latest one and the more modern looking design (like the one above), they go for around $20 delivered. Here's a search link:
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_n....c0.m270.l1313 or I'd just put
v1.5 OBD2 Bluetooth Diagnostic and it'll spit 'em all out.
The Torque App with the above screenshots are from my free (lite) version but there's also a paid (pro) version, just under $5 and that also gives you a chance, besides the additional features, to download the Torque Plug-in for free, which gives you a quick display of all sensors, even the EGR. Besides that, other main differences are:
Free/Lite Version - has a lot of important features, besides the stuff we already have: speedometer, tacho, temp gauge, fuel gauge, avg consumption, etc. it also gives you separate engine temp, intake temp, coolant temp in exact degrees, fuel pressures, instant consumption, battery voltage and other detailed useful info.
I missed the instant fuel consumption feature and battery gauge I had on my previous WG. Now I can get those readouts as well.
Paid/Pro Version - has more features like: horsepower, torque, 1/4 tests, dyno, extra dial/display types, better ABS and knock sensor support, transmission temp support, diesel engines support, turbo boost, etc.
Also, you can check your fault codes and clear them, can change the background, has alarms and warnings (e.g. if the coolant temperature goes above 120C), etc.
Basically, it does everything except tunes. It's way better in reading the ECM info than my SuperChips because of the touchscreen and widgets and additional info, but yeah, SC can programme tunes, change parameters, etc. but doesn't have a wide selection of info to monitor as this little thing does. The other thing is, SC can only monitor 4 things at a time where as this app can do as many widgets as you can cram on the screen and on top of that, all the additional wiidgets on other screens. So basically, monitors everything at the same time. Considering that one only needs to spend around $25 for this, it's really cheap and it gives you all the info that you can't otherwise read without expensive instruments or tuners.
Here are the links to Android apps and a bit more info on them:
Lite:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/torque-l...owl.torquefree
Pro:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/torque-p...g.prowl.torque
I'm still learning it and getting used to the readouts in different temperatures and altitudes, so when they go out of whack, I'll be able to tell before an issue arises.
Perhaps we can start a discussion on the features...
Torque App for Android and iPhone
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