Torque app vs gauges
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Torque app vs gauges I’m running EFI LIVE with an aftermarket PnP harness for my car (Nissan). Right now my rpm,temp,speedo,fuel level gauges work great with factory cluster. So I will not be getting rid of the stock main cluster.
however, I have 2 wideband, fuel pressure, oil pressure and a boost gauge. Right now I didn’t spend any money on clusters for my car. It’ll cost about $350 for nice ones I want to look good.
I have been reading about just getting a tablet with torque app but there is mixed reviews about lag (don’t mind buying a solid wire and not Bluetooth) and I still don’t think I can get any of my gauges with stock ecu. Maybe using map sensor it’ll read like boost gauge on app? Is there anyway to get fuel pressure or oil pressure , widebands to input onto EFIlive? Then the app would load them I bet. With the app I could also view my IATs. So this is preferred.
EDIT: funny part is , $300 for gauges, $350 clusters, $300 wiring harness, $100 boost controller... would’ve paid for majority aftermarket computer system with everything built into it.
however, I have 2 wideband, fuel pressure, oil pressure and a boost gauge. Right now I didn’t spend any money on clusters for my car. It’ll cost about $350 for nice ones I want to look good.
I have been reading about just getting a tablet with torque app but there is mixed reviews about lag (don’t mind buying a solid wire and not Bluetooth) and I still don’t think I can get any of my gauges with stock ecu. Maybe using map sensor it’ll read like boost gauge on app? Is there anyway to get fuel pressure or oil pressure , widebands to input onto EFIlive? Then the app would load them I bet. With the app I could also view my IATs. So this is preferred.
EDIT: funny part is , $300 for gauges, $350 clusters, $300 wiring harness, $100 boost controller... would’ve paid for majority aftermarket computer system with everything built into it.
Last edited by Z32_5.3; Dec 28, 2019 at 05:39 PM.
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You need a dash setup with spare inputs to accept the likes of the widebands
There really are dozens of dash options these days though, but I doubt a basic OBD app like Torque will do it.
For an app/tablet type, you could maybe enquire with Realdash, but not sure what they offer in terms of getting other analogue signals in there. Presumably they have something for it. ( looks like they do, Dashbox )
There really are dozens of dash options these days though, but I doubt a basic OBD app like Torque will do it.
For an app/tablet type, you could maybe enquire with Realdash, but not sure what they offer in terms of getting other analogue signals in there. Presumably they have something for it. ( looks like they do, Dashbox )
Last edited by stevieturbo; Dec 29, 2019 at 07:18 AM.
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Yeah, most of those things you can't see in torque or over OBD. Oil pressure, I think some guys have made work via custom OBD params, MAP/boost gauge should work as long as you don't go above ~22psi (obd limit). Bottom line, for the most part, Torque can only see generic PIDs which is kinda neat but usually isn't enough.
On my C5 I run 2 x Aeroforce interceptor gauges. It's an OBD gauge, so it has all the basic OBD stuff but also many extended PIDs such as knock. It also has 2 analog inputs. I run fuel pressure to one, and wideband to the other. For me this was a good solution to bring in all my analog inputs as well as have OBD data for knock, fuel trims, MAP, IAT etc.
On my C5 I run 2 x Aeroforce interceptor gauges. It's an OBD gauge, so it has all the basic OBD stuff but also many extended PIDs such as knock. It also has 2 analog inputs. I run fuel pressure to one, and wideband to the other. For me this was a good solution to bring in all my analog inputs as well as have OBD data for knock, fuel trims, MAP, IAT etc.
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I have done some programming before and a couple raspberry pi projects. Starting to think if I can get conversions of sensor voltages, should be able to make gauges on a Graphical app. So wideband Bosch sensors conversion, generic fuel pressure sensor, oil pressure etc.
essentially you take Make an app that is similar to the torque app. Obd2 reader to usb, make gauge to display the available data from ecu. This would prob be easy to copy, I’m sure many app already made that do this with open source code. The usb plugs into RPI and then you can use inputs from RPI to take readings from all the other sensors that are not common. Wideband etc. just need make a display and find the conversion of voltages.
this seems to be exactly what dash program already is, I would get it but there’s not a lot of information I could find.
essentially you take Make an app that is similar to the torque app. Obd2 reader to usb, make gauge to display the available data from ecu. This would prob be easy to copy, I’m sure many app already made that do this with open source code. The usb plugs into RPI and then you can use inputs from RPI to take readings from all the other sensors that are not common. Wideband etc. just need make a display and find the conversion of voltages.
this seems to be exactly what dash program already is, I would get it but there’s not a lot of information I could find.
