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Originally Posted by elhigh
What other vehicles do you have, that you can't hook up a Scangauge or Ultragauge? Or are you just that determined to roll your own?
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Well all of my fun projects/toys are pre-95
1992 Plymouth Laser
1994 Mazda RX-7
1980 Mazda GLC (f2t engine swap underway)
1990 Toyota pickup (355ci swap)
1980 Toyota pickup stock
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Originally Posted by elhigh
I know the older vehicles don't use OBDII, so those over the counter solutions don't work. They have to have the standardized protocols to interface with the cars; MPGuino and possibly other solutions will allow you to talk to the engine computer even if it's using a different protocol.
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I am not aware of any other computer based system for OBD1 cars besides the MPGuino and oem manufacturer systems.
*on a side note is there anyway to wire an OBD2 port into the harness of an OBD1 car to get the values needed for say a "scan gauge" OBD2 tool to work with the prehistoric OBD1?