I havent done much resurch on this so ya forgive me if some dosne tmake since or im wrong but I have a completly performance stock civic. is their a way i can plug in a laptop into my ecu or something and moniter air/fuel, rpm's, oil temp or whatever the ecu reads... or whatever reads this crap on the laptop?

pretty much is their anything i can buy that I can moniter stuff like that on a laptop in my car? i dont know what it would have to plug into or need or if this is even possible so any info would be helpful. i dont want to adjust just watch that kind of stuff. but adjusting would be cool even though if i could i wouldent most likely as i would kill my car. but ya i just want to moniter that stuff for the heck of it if its even possible.

thanks!!!

 

NO

 

if your car is stock then why do you want it?


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yes there is for tuning purposes. its called datalogging...i use it...reasearch bout it

 

You could log everything but i believe oil temp with a stock ecu. If you run something like EMS or Motec then i believe you could log everything. But these toys are not worth getting for stock cars.

 

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couldlnt have said it better

 

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yes there is for tuning purposes. its called datalogging...i use it...reasearch bout it</TD></TR></TABLE>

because i was just givin a nice 1 year old laptop from my brother and dont have anything to do with it so i thought if i could do something like this i might as well...

 

best thing to do with it is download music and go on honda-tech...

 

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so i can or cant "log" everything with my stock ECU? I pretty much just want to do it for fun. but if i have to buy some major things then i wont. i figured if its a few cables and a program why not?

 

your gay

 

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thanks so are you

 

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when idiots post that it makes me not want to... so i need to find other things too.

 

You could log the following with a chipped ecu and right connector for logging along with some datalog program:

Water Temp
IAT
TPS
MAP
Injector Duty
o2 (provided you have a wideband)
Speed
What gear your in
ignition
knock
RPM

theres some other little things here and there but thats all i remember right now.

 

does it have to be chipped? mine is completly stock and dont want to screw with it to much.

what i want to know is... 100% STOCK 98 civic ex. stock ecu. is it possible to hook up my laptop to it without modifing the ecu?. if so what do i need? or what would i need to do to the STOCK ECU to make it work?

 

I log these too, with a nokia data cable and an OBDI ecu, it doesn't matter...

 

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what i want to know is... 100% STOCK 98 civic ex. stock ecu. is it possible to hook up my laptop to it without modifing the ecu?. if so what do i need? or what would i need to do to the STOCK ECU to make it work?</TD></TR></TABLE>

First off you cant log with obd2 (unless you get the LM1 wideband then the datalogger that you could buy with it (give or take 500 - 700 dollars)) cheaper way is buying a chipped ecu and converting to obd1.

 

alright. its going to be to much work to be worth doing it on a stock civic. i figured if i could do it with a special cable and program and thats all then i would.

 

thanks for all the help guys!!!