whats the cheapest way to do this ?
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At the moment I have a standard ECU in my 93 import wrx
What is the cheapest way to get this set up so that I can hook it up to a laptop ?
Thanks in advance
What is the cheapest way to get this set up so that I can hook it up to a laptop ?
Thanks in advance
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Might help if you told us what you plan on doing with it once you've got it "hooked up".
Do you want to reprogram/remap, or simply read and display/log sensor and performance parameters in real time?
Do you want to reprogram/remap, or simply read and display/log sensor and performance parameters in real time?
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I too would be very interested in this.
I have a spare laptop lying around the house and would love to custom fit it into the car to use as a real time display etc.
Also something similar to this would be very interesting for those that have got a tv screen in their car as what better way of having a readout display parameters on a big screen.![Big Grin](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
Your ideas are welcomed again greesemonkey.
I have a spare laptop lying around the house and would love to custom fit it into the car to use as a real time display etc.
Also something similar to this would be very interesting for those that have got a tv screen in their car as what better way of having a readout display parameters on a big screen.
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Your ideas are welcomed again greesemonkey.
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ok here is the crack
fancy a tv in the car, but dont know how good it would be as in getting a tv channel to stay tuned in.
dvd players are ok, but then your not really in the car driving for a couple of hours to watch a whole film.
hence I cant really justify putting a tv in the car
unless.......
I have seen a touchscreen flush fit monitor and I had the idea of running some sort of pc system in the car. I could run windows on this via the monitor and I thought it would be cool to have this set up with the ecu so you can see whats going on !
To answer your question GM..
I have a standard import wrx it has not been remapped for uk fuel I just use optimax and millers.
I am looking for the cheapest way to get the ecu readable with my car. If I have to get a proper remap then I might but there might be a cheaper way than spending £700+ on a remap ??
Hope you can help ?!?
fancy a tv in the car, but dont know how good it would be as in getting a tv channel to stay tuned in.
dvd players are ok, but then your not really in the car driving for a couple of hours to watch a whole film.
hence I cant really justify putting a tv in the car
unless.......
I have seen a touchscreen flush fit monitor and I had the idea of running some sort of pc system in the car. I could run windows on this via the monitor and I thought it would be cool to have this set up with the ecu so you can see whats going on !
To answer your question GM..
I have a standard import wrx it has not been remapped for uk fuel I just use optimax and millers.
I am looking for the cheapest way to get the ecu readable with my car. If I have to get a proper remap then I might but there might be a cheaper way than spending £700+ on a remap ??
Hope you can help ?!?
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VAL113R,
If your head unti system has a tuner then it should be quite good for getting a tv signal as the aerials will be mounted on the roof of your car.![Wink](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/wink.gif)
However quality or reception will degrade somewhat in built up areas.
Anyway, what happens if you take a car into say TSL motorsports or wherever?
Do they link the ECU port up to a computer to midify data and/or just get a readout on laptop?
I would be very interested in knowing if its possible for someone to connect up a laptop in the same way and get some kind of readout showing up on the screen.
Its probably possible but how complex for an average person to get done i dont know.
If your head unti system has a tuner then it should be quite good for getting a tv signal as the aerials will be mounted on the roof of your car.
![Wink](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/wink.gif)
However quality or reception will degrade somewhat in built up areas.
Anyway, what happens if you take a car into say TSL motorsports or wherever?
Do they link the ECU port up to a computer to midify data and/or just get a readout on laptop?
I would be very interested in knowing if its possible for someone to connect up a laptop in the same way and get some kind of readout showing up on the screen.
Its probably possible but how complex for an average person to get done i dont know.
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Ok ive found out the answer.
ECU-TEK do software and a connection dongle that wil hook up to a laptop and you install the software and you have plenty of on sceen parameters to look at!
NICE!
They are releasing a USB verision in 6-8 weeks that will connect straight up to the USB port and will cost less and im saving my pennies now.![Big Grin](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
More info here:
http://www.ecutek.com/downloads/
ECU-TEK do software and a connection dongle that wil hook up to a laptop and you install the software and you have plenty of on sceen parameters to look at!
![Big Grin](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
They are releasing a USB verision in 6-8 weeks that will connect straight up to the USB port and will cost less and im saving my pennies now.
![Big Grin](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
More info here:
http://www.ecutek.com/downloads/
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I have written some Widows software for reading the older ECUs in the style of deltadash.
I am working on software for aiding remapping too, but I haven't had enough time to get this working yet.
I can't get on Scoobynet in work time, so I may not reply quickly
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I am working on software for aiding remapping too, but I haven't had enough time to get this working yet.
I can't get on Scoobynet in work time, so I may not reply quickly
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