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Hows it going guys?

i want to get a info Meter for my car to read Boost,and etc, so i have worked out that the Liberty has a OBD posrt and NOT a OBD2 port so its a 9 pin instead of a 16 pin. so my question is what does the OBD port Read? im asuming less pins means less Sensors to monitor.

and before everyone jumps in and says just get a gauge, they are fully sik blah blah etc etc, i DONT want Pod Gauges

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without obd2 the outputs you're going to get are basic. units like the Sard Attack Meter and Apexi RSM will display rpm, speed & volt meter. on the monitor you'll also get lap timer (with splits), peak warning for rpm (shift indicator) and work as a speed cut defender (if used on a jdm car). imo most of the older data meters are only useful as a shift light and maybe a bit of in cabin bling.

is there anything your specifically wanting to monitor??

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mostly boost, but would like intake Temp, oil temp, oil Pressure (i know you need other sensors)

i just dont like have Gauge pods, not my style.

ive ordered a OBD to OBD2 adapter coz i have a PLX Wifi device for my iPhone

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it costs a bit more than other monitors on the market but ECUdatascan makes an ODB compatible data monitor that works very well: http://www.ecudatascan.com/

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Cheers for that, just shot off a email to them.

emailed then 5 minutes later got a reply

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plx wifi is great but you have to buy the extra programs which cost $50 od dollars each and the fuzzy car one is cheap but does nothing, and then there is a fair bit of setting up to do with the dashcomand and rev

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I bought a PLX bluetooth to use with an 02 STi and it can't read anything other than fault codes. It could be because the ECU is a JDM, but if you're going to convert OBD to OBDII and then use a PLX, I doubt you'll get much info out of it.

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Luke did you set your plx up or just using it as is?

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It was pretty much useless so I put it in the glove box, and there it stays. I use a tactrix 2 now, and it works fine.

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yeah i got a Tactrix 1. something...but plx was use less untill you set it to the car.....

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I can't see any way of doing that Jovi, all it's got is an on and off switch, and no provided software to drive it...

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Luke i bought all the extra software for the ipod/ipad etc dashcommand rev and fuzzyCar. fuzzycar is useless only reads fuel battery voltage. rev is great for skidpad and trackdays, gauges with the rev are foward Acc lat acc and stuff like that....Dashcommand you have to enter the tank size, rims size, volumetric efficiency maf or map lamda final drive ratios, wheel circumference and the list goes on to get the damn thing to work properly..

But the programs are like $50+ only the fuzzycar is cheap at $5.... I still havent got mine all setup

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I don't think that's the case for the Kiwi Bluetooth device mate, they don't actually make any software for it, it's designed for using with phone apps like Torque.

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i have the kiwi wifi

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