Supra Software?

[scruffboy]

I've seen a lot of these young kids (what do they call them, tuners?) with their Honda Civics (which to me sound like angry mosquitoes) and I often see them with a laptop computer hooked up to the car. Is there any way for us Supra owners to get some use out of this, or are our cars too old? With all the sensors on the engine, you think someone would be able to come up with some software that would let you pinpoint problem areas. Just thinking out loud here, as I know absoulutely nothing about this sort of thing.

Scruff

[Supra2NR]

The aem ems is mostly the standard choice
I think its universal
And its the program that most shops know how to use and like you said "tune"

The hardware is about 2000 dollars tho
Software. Probly about 50
Free if you find a free download or use sumbody elses
And 700 for a laptop
So you should be all set

[scruffboy]

$2000 for hardware? I think I'll stick with pokin a paper clip in my diagnositc and getting flash codes, lol.

Scruff

[Supra2NR]

The 2 grand is for the whole engine management system
That is where you see those "tuners"
Stickin their laptop into

It is not jus for lookin up codes

[scruffboy]

I figured you got a little more for your money, I was just being sarcastic.

[Bill UK]

Found this lot whilst searching for DBX II codes for a completely different application. Haven’t had chance to go through them in detail but they may be of some interest. Just type in DBX codes in Google and you will find lots more. Anyone would have thought I typed in paper clip.

http://www.gendan.co.uk/product_ENGPRO.html
http://autorepair.about.com/cs/generalinfo/l/bl_dtcs_main.htm
http://autorepair.about.com/library/ts/obd-i/bl-dtcs-90.htm
http://www.obdtools.co.uk
http://www.gendan.co.uk/category_1.html
http://www.digimoto.com

[Bill UK]

Originally Posted by scruffboy

I've seen a lot of these young kids (what do they call them, tuners?) with their Honda Civics (which to me sound like angry mosquitoes) and I often see them with a laptop computer hooked up to the car. Is there any way for us Supra owners to get some use out of this, or are our cars too old? With all the sensors on the engine, you think someone would be able to come up with some software that would let you pinpoint problem areas. Just thinking out loud here, as I know absoulutely nothing about this sort of thing.
Scruff

I posted the information in response to your initial question. Quote “ I often see them with a laptop computer hooked up to the car” Some of the shops in the links offer software that converts the diagnostic codes into a text,graphic images or graphs, Just saves counting flashes from the ecu and writing them down. Unfortunately the Supra ecu only outputs OBD 1 codes not OBD II so I doubt if we could get any more information than we do with our paper clips. As I said I thought It would be of interest.
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[scruffboy]

If you had one of these newer cars, could you plug your laptop directly into it without the $2,000 EMS Hardware? Could you just use some software to make the codes easier to read, and possibly more accurate?

Scruffboy

[Supra2NR]

If you have sumthing that can jus plug to the obd in your
I still think you need the program for your computer for it to work
And most likely it'll jus be reading codes
And not really for tuning anything
Wouldn't be worth the money if that's all it can do

Like u said,
Ill stick with the paperclip too