Carputer Advice Needed

[g33k]

Hi mate,

Good work, sounds like you've done your fair bit of wiring in the past.

As for the OBDII side of things, sadly, the V35 is not JUST OBDII, Nissan have also added some variations to the standard which in turn mean that device isn't always compliant with every OBDII device. (As i found out when i purchased a EBD device)

Of the 3-4 cables i've tried the BlaZt is the only i've found to work. Thats not to say the one you have linked won't work, just that i've had no experience and would be hesitant to try it unless you've had some positive feedback from someone.

There is a whole article (search ref OBDII) somewhere on here about which protocols the device needs to support and so on.

Even my HUD as a few minor confusions.

Cheers,

T

Thanks

The screen came with a sliding mount at the back of it. I just reversed it and screwed it in to the cubby hole. There's already a hole on it anyways so i thought what the heck

As for the power, i opened up the eeepc and soldered two thin wires to the power button. If the cables get shorted, the computer turns on. So i just extended the wires and connected it to a $2 Jaycar button on the bottom of my dash.

The laptop is powered by a normal car charger with an 8 amp fuse just in case .

I saw that obd2 somewhere on the net. If i recall, they're selling it for $135 usd. Now i don't mind paying that much, but just curious, will this work? http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT

If it does why the massive price difference?

[g33k]

Oh, and the one you've linked just appears to be a code reader, as opposed to onboard stats, like speed, temps, revs etc.

This would just give you fault codes (if any)