I was in my freinds IS300 today and he figured out a way to get information about vehical position, Speed, Revs, ect up on his screen.. is there any was that our computers could read out info like that

 

?? that car probably has that ability...some cars do, but i dont think ours do

 

it's odbII, I don't see why it couldn't be done with a scan tool/program

 

6th gen Maxima with Navi is able to self diag through the NAVI screen. Other than that you can get anything you want out of the cars ECU via Palm pilot, and a obdII scanner software. I have the Auterra version on my Palm M130, I've had mine for over a year now, works excelent.

 

do you get like dyno graphs and EGT, and other info..?

 

ohh.. can i get a BUMP!!!

 

Can you list all types of info you can get by hooking up the Palm Pilot to the car?

My ex gave me a nice palm pilot and I never use it, might as well use it for something.

 

No EGT, it has a crude "dyno" feature built in but it's not accurate for our cars (it needs one that's capable of Fast Sampling for decent accuracy, none of the Nissans I've tried it on worked). I have it and it's a wonderful tool, but somewhat limited utility unless you're a mechanic or do a lot of tuning. It does give you goodies like fuel trim (long-term and short-term), O2 sensor output (probably not too high of a samplerate though), Intake Air Temperature, Engine Coolant Temperature, MAF reading, RPM, vehicle speed, etc.