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01-17-2020, 03:08 PM
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EcoModder is TWELVE! 12th birthday prize contest! (ScanGauges, etc.)
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Well done winners. The links for 2nd and 3rd...
Well done winners.
The links for 2nd and 3rd are wrong ;)
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Success Stories
01-09-2020, 04:23 AM
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2000 miles with infinite MPG
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Wow, so what kind of aero mods did you do ? ...
Wow, so what kind of aero mods did you do ?
Did you add an underbody cover to eliminate drag?
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General Efficiency Discussion
02-17-2017, 03:31 PM
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Fast warm up ideas: Oil to coolant heat exchanger
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The obvious is that the jacket (you know, the...
The obvious is that the jacket (you know, the bit around the cylinders that coolant flows past to cool the oil and cylinders) is already a heat exchanger.
Insulate the oil pan which will reduce...
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Aerodynamics
01-17-2017, 06:11 AM
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Automatically actuated grill block - Mk3
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I question this! If it were me, the...
I question this!
If it were me, the thermostat being fully open at 197, I'd open it before this - say 190.. if the thermostat opens, the radiator will provide cooling providing the airflow isn't...
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Aerodynamics
12-19-2016, 03:19 PM
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Automatically actuated grill block - Mk3
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Saw it in the newsletter but was following the...
Saw it in the newsletter but was following the previous renditions of it years ago.
The coolant temp can be metered as if it were a voltage signal, you won't be able to put a voltage divider...
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The Unicorn Corral
12-08-2014, 01:50 AM
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Fuel Shark. What?!?
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I bought a 3 x 5 port cigarette lighter adapters...
I bought a 3 x 5 port cigarette lighter adapters and 10 fuel sharks to go into the cigarette lighter sockets, and I filled up the tank.
That was 2 years ago. 30,000ks since and I still don't need...
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Off-Topic Tech
10-27-2014, 07:44 AM
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Electricians - Electrical Install Question
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Water and electricity here would be an absolute...
Water and electricity here would be an absolute no.
Bury 600mm in orange conduit for the full run of cable. Safety first.
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EcoModding Central
06-15-2013, 05:04 AM
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Mythbusters Episode Fuel Saving Tips Jun 12 @ 9EST
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They didn't do a quality job on the test either,...
They didn't do a quality job on the test either, they certainly could have anticipated the lights better, and techniques such as removing engine braking by switching to neutral would have helped.
Of...
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Success Stories
05-12-2013, 02:55 AM
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Going the wrong way
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The voltage is 'at the time of the read'- ODBII...
The voltage is 'at the time of the read'- ODBII is 10400bps.
I'm not sure you'll see the voltage cycle like it should over ODBII.
It continuously goes up to 0.8, and down to 0.2, repeatedly...
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Success Stories
05-10-2013, 06:19 PM
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Going the wrong way
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Rather than replacing a possibly good O2 sensor,...
Rather than replacing a possibly good O2 sensor, put one of these bad boys together.
DIY Air / Fuel Ratio Meter (http://www.scirocco.org/tech/misc/afgauge/af.html)
Get it in closed loop (i.e. >...
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OpenGauge / MPGuino FE computer
02-09-2012, 12:49 AM
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Adding ALDL scanner support to MPGuino
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I ended up building something similar to this...
I ended up building something similar to this circuit to get communicating:
http://mmcdlogger.sourceforge.net/ecu-rs232.jpg
Then in Arduino, the program was similar to:
Serial.begin(1920);
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OpenGauge / MPGuino FE computer
07-28-2011, 08:20 AM
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Arduino + OBDuino32K
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I didn't realise it was possible on diesel (but I...
I didn't realise it was possible on diesel (but I don't know a lot about diesel's).
The source code you linked to is indeed the right source code (here's a cleaner link...
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OpenGauge / MPGuino FE computer
07-27-2011, 05:57 AM
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Is Arduino Nano compatible?
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Atmega328 is the chip on board, there are 13...
Atmega328 is the chip on board, there are 13 digital IO and 6 Analog.
It's definitely able to run the OBDuino & MPGuino code without doubt, the board has 'pins' on it (instead of the header...
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