Topic: CarChip E/X
in Forum: General Non-Vette Discussion
-OBD II Scan Tool-
A "must-have" for parents with teen drivers! Also great for fleet managers, do-it-yourselfers, professional mechanics, cost-conscious and time-pressured consumers and environmentally aware drivers.
On-board diagnostics (OBD) data was once available only to professional mechanics. With CarChip, this same data is now in your hands. CarChip plugs instantly into the OBDII connector in your car, where it continuously collects and stores data from the car's computer control system.
The CarChipE/X Model #8220 includes all the features of Basic CarChip, plus four times the data storage,up to 300 hours of driving data. (The actual number of hours will vary, depending on how frequently you log data.)
As with the Basic Car Chip, you'll get complete trip details including:
Time and date for each trip
Distance traveled
Speed (recorded every 5 seconds)
Hard brakings and quick accelerations
You can view all of this graphically on your computer screen, giving you a moment-by-moment picture of how you -- or perhaps your employees or the teenagers in your household -- are driving.
If the vehicle's check engine light (also known as a malfunction indicator light or MIL) comes on, you'll be able to:
Read the dignostic trouble code (or DTC).
Get the "freeze-frame" sensor readings telling you the status of various engine parameters at the time.
Reset the light.
With CarChipE/X, you'll also be able to monitor any four out of 23 user-selectable engine parameters, including:
RPM
Throttle position
Engine load
Fuel pressure
Fuel system status
Short- and long-term-fuel trim
Battery voltage
Timing advance
Coolant temperature
Air flow rate
Intake air temperature
Intake manifold pressure
Oxygen sensor voltage
-Plus, if you're unfortunate enough to be involved in an accident, CarChipE/X will automatically generate an accident log showing the last critical 20 seconds of speed. -
-I wish I could've been able to have this in the '77 Corvette, when I got plastered head-on!
Jon,-Majestic Glass Corvette Club-....Red #72,blk.interior,1979 C3 Corvette-TH350,Weiand,Holley,glass tops,Pioneer,3.55's,K&N,Dynomax,Flowmaster 40's,Energy Suspension,Spicer,VB&P(pics soon); 1978 Olds Cutlass Supreme 350/350,Dk. Blue 2-door Coupe-Hotchkis,PST,K&N,XM...'99 Mitsubishi Galant GTZ V6,black/grey leather,intake,strut bars,tint... |IMG|http://www.msnusers.com/cutlasscorvetteworkinprogress/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=63|/IMG|
I want one. 
[/QUOTE] Yeah,I wish I could use it on my C3,where I really want it! I watch that HGTV gadget show once in awhile called "I Want That!". After, I checked out Ebay for one. I got the winning bid at alittle over $70,with software & cables. I think if you buy it direct,its around $179 to $199 Jon,-Majestic Glass Corvette Club-....Red #72,blk.interior,1979 C3 Corvette-TH350,Weiand,Holley,glass tops,Pioneer,3.55's,K&N,Dynomax,Flowmaster 40's,Energy Suspension,Spicer,VB&P(pics soon); 1978 Olds Cutlass Supreme 350/350,Dk. Blue 2-door Coupe-Hotchkis,PST,K&N,XM...'99 Mitsubishi Galant GTZ V6,black/grey leather,intake,strut bars,tint... |IMG|http://www.msnusers.com/cutlasscorvetteworkinprogress/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=63|/IMG|
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The newest software we just got, will record up to 400 frames of data before a code/accident, and up to 100 frames after. George Orwell, at his best!!!
Joel Adams
C3VR Lifetime Member #56 
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"Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comforting to cry in a CORVETTE than in a Kia"
Is this the one or like it on ebay?? 
Jon,-Majestic Glass Corvette Club-....Red #72,blk.interior,1979 C3 Corvette-TH350,Weiand,Holley,glass tops,Pioneer,3.55's,K&N,Dynomax,Flowmaster 40's,Energy Suspension,Spicer,VB&P(pics soon); 1978 Olds Cutlass Supreme 350/350,Dk. Blue 2-door Coupe-Hotchkis,PST,K&N,XM...'99 Mitsubishi Galant GTZ V6,black/grey leather,intake,strut bars,tint... |IMG|http://www.msnusers.com/cutlasscorvetteworkinprogress/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=63|/IMG|