"Torque" Android app for car stuff

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Eric told me about this app for the Android phones and I had to download it to my GalaxyS3. Thanks Eric. :cool: The application costs $5 and then you just have to buy the Bluetooth OBD2 connector.

Get the connector here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005NLQAHS/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Here are some screenshots of the application:

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So from what I can tell, I can datalog, read codes, test 0-60 and 1/4 mile times, and even test emissions. We'll see how cool it is when my connector gets here tomorrow. I hope to make a video of this application in action on the street.

It's amazing what phones can do these days. I was going to buy my buddy's Scangauge for $80 but this appears to be a cheaper option and has more features! :D
 
I am interested if the 1/4 mile time is accurate on this. If you test that function out, let us know.
 
Trippen Out said:
I have looked at them for a while. I just don't wanna trust it...
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Even if the performance times are not accurate, the code reader part of it is and that alone is worth the $30 invested in my opinion. I may throw on the drag radials to try to test out the 1/4 mile part of the application and if it is close to what my timeslips for this car say, I will consider it accurate. The good thing about the data logging part of it is that you are connected to your computer through bluetooth, so a lot of those parameters I am going to assume are going to be spot on accurate such as AF ratios, rpms, etc. You can't argue with the computer, but I get your point on the performance times measurement because you are trusting the accuracy of a global positioning system.
 
Pair Torque with this;

http://www.amazon.com/BAFX-Products...UTF8&colid=N41N73AUQUY6&coliid=I2QAB7MG32VICG

Wireless, live data on your phone while you drive!

Now if only my Mark was OBD II.

Edit; That's what I get for not opening the link on my phone, same thing as suggested in the topic post. Oh well, there's x2 on that connector. I've known about this thing for a while, I just can't do it because my car isn't compatible.
 
I've done quite a bit of research on these, bluetooth will lag a little but not to bad.
Plx sells a device that is wifi that you can add sensors to the odbII output.
The wifi device would have to be windows or apple as android doesn't accept a adhoc network that uses another device as a host.
I know they were working on a bluetooth piece that you could add to but I haven't checked the site in a while.
 
KStromberg said:
The good thing about the data logging part of it is that you are connected to your computer through bluetooth, so a lot of those parameters I am going to assume are going to be spot on accurate such as AF ratios, rpms, etc. You can't argue with the computer, but I get your point on the performance times measurement because you are trusting the accuracy of a global positioning system.
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The AFR readout will be relatively accurate at idle and part throttle cruising conditions (closed loop), but not under WOT (open loop). You'd need a wideband for that. Other PID's like rpm, coolant temp, intake air temp, spark, etc., will be the same info the EEC sees.
 
I have been using it on my 01 LTC for 3 months mainly to just do troubleshooting. The fact that I can check and clear codes without running to AutoZone, makes it worth it. Haven’t really been able to test the track features because it's a town car with issues and my mark is the last of the OBDI.

The device Kirk is talking about is the one I have, I also have an GS3 and pairing was super easy. The app also tracks trips, gas mileage and can log other info. Plus you can make the ricers jealous because you will have 5 more LED's blinking in your car then they do. :)

Again 100% worth it if you have OBDII and in need of a scanner.

KStromberg said:
Thanks Eric. :cool:
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No Prob :)
 
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KStromberg said:
Even if the performance times are not accurate, the code reader part of it is and that alone is worth the $30 invested in my opinion. I may throw on the drag radials to try to test out the 1/4 mile part of the application and if it is close to what my timeslips for this car say, I will consider it accurate. The good thing about the data logging part of it is that you are connected to your computer through bluetooth, so a lot of those parameters I am going to assume are going to be spot on accurate such as AF ratios, rpms, etc. You can't argue with the computer, but I get your point on the performance times measurement because you are trusting the accuracy of a global positioning system.
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Cool deal. Yea 30 dollars is worth a shot. Let me know how it turns out. I think i can do most of what that app does with my sct hand held and a laptop. I just have never gotten around to trying it out. I think mostly because i dont like the idea of driving with a cable dangling down and what not. If the blue tooth option worths and the app is pretty accurate then share that news sir. Thanks in advance for being the gennie pig.
 
Been thinking about buying one of these and went ahead and pulled the trigger after reading this post, awesome spend of $20.
 
KStromberg said:
Even if the performance times are not accurate, the code reader part of it is and that alone is worth the $30 invested in my opinion. I may throw on the drag radials to try to test out the 1/4 mile part of the application and if it is close to what my timeslips for this car say, I will consider it accurate. The good thing about the data logging part of it is that you are connected to your computer through bluetooth, so a lot of those parameters I am going to assume are going to be spot on accurate such as AF ratios, rpms, etc. You can't argue with the computer, but I get your point on the performance times measurement because you are trusting the accuracy of a global positioning system.
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Hey will that tell you, you just ran a 12 in 1/4? I think you might need that. Zing. Oh no he didn't. :p
 
Right on the Mark said:
Hey will that tell you, you just ran a 12 in 1/4? I think you might need that. Zing. Oh no he didn't. :p
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I don't know what it will tell me but I'm not too interested in that part of the application anyhow. I already have timeslips telling me that my car is far from 12s. I already know my car goes from 0-60 in about 5 seconds and takes 13.6 seconds to go 1320' :)

On a side note, the OBD connector arrived today. I will have some time to fiddle with it, but no WOT shenanigans at all from what the weather is telling me for the next week. We've had a lot of rain lately and it looks like we are just going to be getting more and more.

And I don't know if it was just from the vapor or what, but I went WOT today on the way home from work on the highway and when I looked in the rear view mirror it looked like a jet stream so I don't know what the eff is going on. This thing is either running pig rich or there is something going on with the valve seals/rings. I remember seeing that same thing on the way home from the track at the end of April. Something is amiss.
 
Shouldn't your sct tuner be able to do all this stuff? You can get the sct livewire software for free and datalog all the stuff you could ever want. Plus you can read and clear codes with it just as easy
 
mossbergman said:
Shouldn't your sct tuner be able to do all this stuff? You can get the sct livewire software for free and datalog all the stuff you could ever want. Plus you can read and clear codes with it just as easy
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Yes it does do all that stuff. but it also requires a laptop and not a phone. it also leaves a cable hanging down in the drivers way instead of a bluetooth connection. and for those people that dont have a tuner. 30 bucks is pretty good compared to 300-500 dollars for the tuner.
 
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