OBD-II in civic
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OBD-II in civic
Is anybody runing the OBD-II program on a laptop or something in thier car. I am thinking of doing this and wondering how well it works.
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Rep Power: 0 either or. any kind of software really. i wann know if it is worth it. like in the fast and the furious how he has the laptop hooked up to the eclipse.
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Rep Power: 0 of course its worth it, if its in the F&tF its gotta be worth it and good for 50+ HP to the wheels. seriouslly, i would like to get it, but im saving up for other stuff now.
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Rep Power: 0 OMG....r u guys kidding me? do you even have any idea wut you're talkin about? im thinkin the only reason you bought a civic is because you saw that movie...? first of all, a fuel management system will always be beneficial, but probably not how you want. lets just say that you do buy a fuel management system, such as the AEM plug-n-play EMS. so you got you lil LAPTOP sittin on your passenger seat all hooked up... wut do u do? lmao.... you would need to know WHY in the first place you bought this thing! these systems allow you to manually control your fuel system, allowing you to manipulate better gas mileage out of your car, and mainly in the goal of getting power gains. but with a 7thgencivic... its most likely that all you have is the basic INTAKE/HEADER/EXHAUST...if that. this will prolly lead you to get gains up to 10hp, IF THAT. so basically you just spent about $140/pony....not to mention the other $1500 on a laptop, just to sit in your car and collect dust cuz its pretty much pointless unless your running an engine with some ACTUAL INTERNAL MODS, or possibly even the CUSTOM TURBO that everyone is talkin about these days on this site.
and to shed some light on the thread title, umm, hello.... OBD-II is the type of ECU. not an aftermarket fuel management system.
this has been another segment brought to you from NOOBS-R-US... until next time... g'nite!
and to shed some light on the thread title, umm, hello.... OBD-II is the type of ECU. not an aftermarket fuel management system.
this has been another segment brought to you from NOOBS-R-US... until next time... g'nite!
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Rep Power: 0 its time for another installment of senior members should research before they speak. ODB-II is not the type of ECU, its a standard for ecu's
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Rep Power: 0 ok first of all i said nothin about purchasing a fuel management system, i am not even thinking of doing that, second, there is also an OBD-II program that u use on a computer or laptop linked to your ecu that lets you tune certain aspects of your engines performance. What aspects im not sure cause i didnt read that much about it when i got the program. I know the program is customizable to your cars features though. And third the only reason i have a civic is because my grades werent good enough to get anything better. so i got stuck with the nest best thing to a low cost sporty car like an eclipse, celica, rsx, wrx etc...
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Rep Power: 0 Hey help me out here. OBD II means that It has o2 sensors and other stuff right? Since we here in the Philippines don't have an O2 sensor what type of ECU are we running?
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Rep Power: 0 OBD is onboard diagnostics, the II means ist like a second generation of OBD almost all vehicles 96' and higher have OBD-II. i really dont know if it has anything to do with the o2 sensor. sorrty cant help ya there. maybe one of these super members and up that know everything can help with that question.
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Rep Power: 0 check out this website. it should tell you everything you want to know about the program.
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Rep Power: 0 Dude OBD-II is so hard to moddify, if your serious about this you need to convert to OBD-I, then it is so much easier to mod your P-Rom and crap.
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Rep Power: 0 There are available OBD II computers that are tunable in the market right? I've heard of the power-FC from apex. Though I think it's for the B16 and RX-7 only. but maybe they'll make one... well they are bound to make one again for the K20 or K series engine right?
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