NinerBikes wrote:
No one with a smart phone, the Torque Pro App and an ELM 327 OBD II bluetooth adapater uses idiot gauges any more. They get real, from the ECM, to the single digit degree numbers real time, digitally, not on an analogue gauge that the ECM dumbs down, because too many people freaked out and complained that the gauge actually moved upwards due to work being performed going up hill.
Torque Pro application for Android
If every one here was forced to ride a mountain bike up hill, up various grades, long grades, you'd think twice about putting your foot deep into the pedal going up hill and going fast, and you'd have much more appreciation for how hard you are working your motor, by doing so. Carry 3 liters of water on your back on a mountain bike, up hill, heck, how about a couple of 6 packs of beer even, and you'll gain an appreciation for work being done, by you, not by your engine and fossil fuel.
I use Dash Command and an OBDII adapter so I know what you mean. I also have an Ultragauge that permanently resides in the Envoy. But it still only works if the engine has the sensors. The only way I can get a real oil pressure reading in my Envoy, for instance, is to install a mechanical gauge or pressure sensor and electronic gauge. There is no oil pressure sensor on the engine, only a switch. The Ultragauge is great for watching voltage, water temp, vacuum (MAP), mpg, and tracking oil change intervals. At least that is my main uses for it.
Every parameter is not available on every vehicle, YMMV.
