brian_dnfr Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Since 1996 all cars have that standard connector down by your right leg. Anybody have any interesting insight on cool things to do with that dongal :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vector Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 thats called an ODB II port and its mainly used for running diagnostic checks on your car other than that its not much use, they do make nice little gps adapters that you can plug in to the odb so you can see where you/or someone else went how fast they drove how hard they slammed the brakes etc, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swathe Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 I have a cable and diagnostic software for my ute. It's pretty damn good except my cars computer isn't bi-directional so I can't change settings with flashing the memcal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcninja Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 I have a cable and diagnostic software for my ute. It's pretty damn good except my cars computer isn't bi-directional so I can't change settings with flashing the memcal. must...resist....bi...joke... seriously though, ya if you wanna track somebody you can use it, but unless your car breaks down, leave it be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian_dnfr Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 So the answer is NO :-) Didn't think nerds would like the greasy auto stuff ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarchyPizza Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 well it's not that they don't know it. It's just really hard to hack anything, because the ports are so limited. But I have heard of people adjusting their shift points(in an automatic) and things like that to save fuel. But I am not sure if it can be done with your '96, I doubt it. But it is kind of pointless because one wrong move and you have a verryyy expensive paper weight unless you tow it to a specialist, or just know how to back up the data and flash i t back on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swathe Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Shift point adjustments can have a good effect on fuel economy or performance, if you know what you are doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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