Informeter

[scotty nm35]

Andy asked me to do a quick review of my Greddy intelligent informeter. (non touch)

It displays some of the info available through the OBD2 port under the drivers side kick panel and remains plugged into it. I mounted mine in the cubby hole in the pov pack "couldnt afford a tv".

It can display pie graphs, needle and numerical data of various types, of course most or the timing and injector data isn't accurate on my car as the emanage is changing it after this.

I would recommend this for logging all aspects of the car, but it is discontinued now,(replaced by the touch version) hence the cheap $290 price I paid for a new one. Touch has a lot more options too, so ive read, like resetting cel's etc. as well as a larger screen.

[andy65b]

That looks good scottie.

I will have to watch out for one.

Cheers

Andy

[iamhe77]

Do you know if the touch can display error codes/descriptions (I am presuming that one cannot)?

Edited February 25, 2010 by iamhe77

[atomaly]

that was on my "to get" list.. but a powerFC is above it atm.

[pixel8r]

Does it display more stats than whats in the pics?

[scotty nm35]

I think it displays about 15 different things like injector duty and cool crap like that. Different cars show different data. This one displays the dtc but doesnt reset it like the touch apparently does.

[M I K E]

Does it display more stats than whats in the pics?

google

[scotty nm35]

Its a pity, couldn't get the auto trans fluid temp to display, that would have been great.

[Houdini]

I'm thinking of going the whole 9 yards and fitting a carputer. I'd love it to be able to display this kind of stuff on an info screen. Wonder if there's a way to hack these so they'll send an output to another device..

[scotty nm35]

Not this one but the touch has some sort of communication as it can talk to emanage i'm pretty sure. Worth looking into as not many other units talk to our oem ecu at all.

[Cephas]

They do look pretty handy.

Take a lot of guess work out of finding problems.

[scotty nm35]

Thats exactly why I bought it. Ive pushed the motor a bit and I want info on how its handling it before I crank it further. Dont want to find the limit of these engines just yet as I havent got the funds for the 3.5 block yet. Hopefully cooling the engine helps with oil and piston temps.

Dyno day at RE customs on Saturday if I can make it, same dyno I usually run on so it should give me a good indication which way im heading with the tune.

[reiseva]

Is it similar to ecutalk(not as good looking)? if so then ecu talk has the ability to plug into a computer. plus a little bit cheaper.

[andy65b]

Is it similar to ecutalk(not as good looking)? if so then ecu talk has the ability to plug into a computer. plus a little bit cheaper.

but it does not work on the M35.....

[lachlanw]

http://www.blazt.biz/products/obdii.php ??

[andy65b]

http://www.blazt.biz/products/obdii.php ??

Tested on a my car and it does not work on the M35.

It works on the V35.

[_Ryan_]

Do you know if the touch can display error codes/descriptions (I am presuming that one cannot)?

They both can.

that was on my "to get" list.. but a powerFC is above it atm.

Won't work with PFC, only stock ECU(or variants). PFC hand controller does a similar job.

I have one too. A touch might be crap to use when mounted behind the wheel due to lack of tacticle feel when flicking through screens?

[southern_tango]

Here are the istallation instructions..had them in my pc ,don't know why i downloaded it...

infometer_instructions.pdf

[Cephas]

I'm now waiting for a non-touch version to show up from ImportMonster...

For $240 shipped the nerd within couldn't say no.

[Jetwreck]

I'm now waiting for a non-touch version to show up from ImportMonster...

For $240 shipped the nerd within couldn't say no.

the later Itouch outputs a signal......if you have a screen in your car you would be able to hook it up.