CarChip?
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Melting Slicks
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CarChip?
I just saw this on techTV. Plugs into ODB2, logs data, then plugs into your PC via USB for $180. It can record 4 parameters every 5sec. Check it out here: http://www.davisnet.com/drive/produc....asp?pnum=8220
What do you guys think? 5sec intervals seems a little bit slow to do any real tweaking to me. It's obvious it's not a real-time scanning tool, but what could it be used for other than novelty? I'm basically a newbie when it comes to scanning tools and if what type/frequency of data they collect can be useful.
What do you guys think? 5sec intervals seems a little bit slow to do any real tweaking to me. It's obvious it's not a real-time scanning tool, but what could it be used for other than novelty? I'm basically a newbie when it comes to scanning tools and if what type/frequency of data they collect can be useful.
Thread Starter
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 2,900
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From: Green Cove Springs FL
Re: CarChip? (FroDaddy)
After some searching on the net and the forum, A-Tap scans/logs about 40x a second. It's the best scan tool, requires laptop, yada yada...
The predator can display 4 parameters at a time on-screen and refreshes "very fast"? That's all I could find in the archives. I also found that the Predator doesn't data log.
So is CarChip just novelty or can some tuning be done off of it? Basically I'm confused of what makes a good scan tool. Real-time seems to be the way to go since it can be used on a dyno for performance, but why couldn't something like the CarChip be used effectively even if the scan rate is extremely slow? CarChip isn't a dyno-day scan tool, but with it's data logging and software capabilities; what CAN be done with this data (cutting the martketing crap that's found on their website)?
The predator can display 4 parameters at a time on-screen and refreshes "very fast"? That's all I could find in the archives. I also found that the Predator doesn't data log.
So is CarChip just novelty or can some tuning be done off of it? Basically I'm confused of what makes a good scan tool. Real-time seems to be the way to go since it can be used on a dyno for performance, but why couldn't something like the CarChip be used effectively even if the scan rate is extremely slow? CarChip isn't a dyno-day scan tool, but with it's data logging and software capabilities; what CAN be done with this data (cutting the martketing crap that's found on their website)?
