Anybody sporting the ScanGuage II?

[msjwild3]

Originally Posted by truflip

I don't see how it could measure whp without actually getting a 'feel' for the tires
Anyway, I'm getting bored of mine *yawn*

Well i could just take it off your hands if your getting bored lol.

[trickyazn]

i know a place where you can buy one 150 dollars shipped.

[jrotax101]

Originally Posted by mugenhonda25

are the Hp figures accurate? it showed me at 212 hp, and i got all the bolt-on's on my Si. Accurate to real whp or no?

I dont think so, i followed the instructions and it says 286 hp. So unless it can predict the future when my blower arrives, either i did something wrong or it can't be accurate. You need a dyno to find out the exact WHP anyway..

[mugenhonda25]

Originally Posted by jrotax101

I dont think so, i followed the instructions and it says 286 hp. So unless it can predict the future when my blower arrives, either i did something wrong or it can't be accurate. You need a dyno to find out the exact WHP anyway..

yeah i figured that, whats your IAT temperature..mines like 72 degrees moving and at a traffic light it climbs to 80 or so. this is when the temp is like 60 degrees outside

[jrotax101]

at the moment in GA its been like highs of 32 during the day, so my IAT is about 48 moving, has been 31 when the temp was 17 outside lol.
Normally about 60 stopped. The temp has got to bed about 65 outside for the next few days so i'll get back to you on the readings then :)

[mugenhonda25]

somebody with a SRI or CAI should read the IAT temp, i'm curious

[rickhilbert]

Originally Posted by mugenhonda25

somebody with a SRI or CAI should read the IAT temp, i'm curious

I have a Fujita SRI and the IAT reads about 15-20 degrees higher than the outside temp (while moving). At a stop it will go REAL high

[GreySi07]

yeah the IA temp is usually 20 degrees higher but after i did the hood spacer mod it has dropped down to between 10-15 degrees higher depending on the wind.

[Tastycakes]

Hood Spacer mod aye?

[GreySi07]

yep hood spacers!

[whtdvl]

^what is a hood spacer? where do you put it?

[07_civic]

I stand corrected. The R18 DOES cut off fuel completely under certain conditions to improve gas mileage. Here's why the old SGII never showed 9999 MPG, and the one flashed with XGage does. This is the complete response from Tech Support at ScanGauge:

Modern fuel injected engines use a neat trick to save fuel. If the vehicle is in gear and coasting (foot off the throttle) under certain conditions it will turn off the injectors. When this happens, the MPG goes to 9999 (the largest number the ScanGaugeII can display) for MPG and the GPH goes to 0.00.

On some vehicles, the older program could not detect when this happened. The fuel injection would keep computing the fuel it would be injecting if it were not in fuel cutoff and report it to the ScanGaugeII. Starting with version 3.10, we added more checking for this condition. This is why you didn't see it before the upgrade.

I have found on my 01 F150 that I have to turn off the overdrive when coasting downhill to get it into this mode, but then if I turn the overdrive back on, it will stay in fuel cutoff until I step on the throttle or drop below around 40 MPH. This is a neat trick to save fuel. This is why you can actually use less fuel in a modern engine leaving the engine in gear than if you put it in neutral when coasting.

Ron

[truflip]

I can't get the Fillup to work.
Last night, I put in 10liters, Scangauge showed 15.8l in the fillup screen
Is that how much it thought I used or how much it thought I put in?

I think either way, it got it wrong because I used up a full tank, so thats at least 43 liters but it thinks I used 15liters.

Anyway, I keep having to reload defaults now cause I can't get it to figure it out.

[mrbill]

Originally Posted by mrbill

It might be as simple as triggering on open loop, but I doubt it.

The conditions that would show fuel cutoff are one or more of:

MAP low
TPS low
LOD low
Loop Open

I suspect that ScanGauge uses more than just Loop Open to watch for DFCO.

-mr. bill

Confirmed from another forum, the source is Ron from Linear Logic. The ScanGauge II uses TPS low *AND* open loop for fuel cutoff.

-mr. bill

[Firestrife]

Originally Posted by whtdvl

^what is a hood spacer? where do you put it?

hood spacers go on at the hinges where the hinge connects to the hood. It basically raises the back of your hood up so air can escape, by about an inch.

[blueroadster]

Originally Posted by Firestrife

hood spacers go on at the hinges where the hinge connects to the hood. It basically raises the back of your hood up so air can escape, by about an inch.

Why not just remove the rubber gasket that goes along the back edge of the hood? It would do the same and then you wouldn't have the edges of the hood sticking above the fenders.

[whtdvl]

Originally Posted by Firestrife

hood spacers go on at the hinges where the hinge connects to the hood. It basically raises the back of your hood up so air can escape, by about an inch.

thanks for clearing that up..i had no clue..

not directed at you Firestrife...

i think the hood spacers would decrease Fuel Economy...you want the motor to be as warm as possible..some people even go so far as to block all openings on the front of the car to lock in the heat the motor creates

[wing_gundam]

I finally bought one! woot~

[whtdvl]

^have you plugged and played with it yet?

it makes you realize what makes FE better and what makes it worse..


while driving to and from work these past couple times i've been experimenting with drafting..the only way i could see it's effectiveness is with the SGII

NOTE-I DO NOT SUGGEST DRAFTING..IT COULD BE FATAL..I HAVE JUST TRIED IT FOR MY OWN PURPOSES AND CURIOUSITY..
ATTEMPT AT YOUR OWN RISK

[truflip]

Isn't that called "Following too closely" and you could get a ticket for it?