OBD2 "Car Tune" Kickstarter

[BenZOPC]

Took a quick look and loved the idea. This thing just makes sense. No reason it can't be making minor adjustments ongoing and monitoring effects through the other sensors provided via ODB then working out it's own more optimised for your car custom adjustment map. So no, not a cheap ebay resistor device at all.

Yes the monitoring software is as he points out in the kickstarter listing can be any ODB software of which there are many as he says. They used Dash Command in testing.

Well done I say.

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[arharoon]

Yeah definitely very interesting. I'm going to keep an eye on it to see what more information he puts up and how he answers new questions from people.

I think that it should be possible to modify a few main things to improve power while having set parameters for other things so it is still safe. This can allow for a slight 'custom' side to it as every car runs differently depending on fuel, air temp, age etc.

[chris_r]

Where I find this hard to believe is simply in how the system would make adjustments. Anybody who has ever used an OBDII flash tuning tool such as the EDS IPF or Bluefin, etc. will know this one fact: Flashing a new map takes on average between 10-15 mins. This isn't because the programmers themselves are slow, but it's the communication protocol contained within the ECU. I just don't see how you can do any form of live mapping when it would take 10-15 mins each time to flash a new change to the ECU. Even the custom tuners use tools that are bound by these limitations too.

So, yeah I'll remain skeptical on this until they can prove me wrong otherwise. In the meantime, I'm happy with the EDS IPF for my tuning needs. At least there I can rely on the expertise of tuners that have not only developed the mods necessary, but have also spent the time on the dyno to provide safe and effective tunes.

[arharoon]

I don't think it flashes at all. He mentions intercept in one place in the description. The following link has some decent information about what this is. I am thinking that this what he is doing but he is claiming that his programming is more intelligent than any existing product using this. I think this is also why he says that as soon as you unplug the device the ecu is completely normal again.

http://www.autospeed.com/cms/article...rt-12&A=113167

[BenZOPC]

Seems right. If you can remove it and the ecu is normal again it can't have written anything to the ecu. If I hadn't just bought and installed the Bluespark unit I probably would jump on this myself.. That is, if I could bring myself to wait. Patience is not one of my strong points.