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Ability to connect a laptop PC to the cars ECU?
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:36 am
by pete69zx
Whats needed & were can i get it from, to connect my laptop to various ECU's for VW's?
Also, what software is usefull to do this with?
I can be contacted at
[email protected]
Cheers.
Pete
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 10:17 am
by Josh_PoloGTi
A company in USA called Ross Tech make a product called VAG-COM which is about the best you can get.
http://www.ross-tech.com/
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 12:50 pm
by pete69zx
Excellent. Ouch @ the price!!
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:26 pm
by Tahrey1043
You could always ebay for one.... though im guessing there's probably a snowball's chance in birmingham that it'll connect to a Polo, especially if you have an SPi
edit: but that link has hooked me back up with a LONG hunted "shiftpoint analysis" spreadsheet that i lost because of a dodgy backup about 18 months ago........... cheers
To anyone who's been on the rollers: plug your data into this little baby and find out where to change each gear
http://forums.audiworld.com/vag/msgs/861.phtml
(edit 2: ok its not quite the one i thought, but a decent enough replacement
edit 3: and an article on air/fuel ratios that shows why running at full throttle is actually a bit less efficient - lambda 1.0 is most efficient for cruising... 0.85 to 0.95 (ie slightly rich) for greatest power)
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:25 pm
by madmatt
and if you go to the stealers u can get hold of the obd11 adapter which adapts the d shaped plug to the old 2 plugs as found on the mk 3 polo but only ideal for check for faults but realy thats it
but on the d shape sockets they do mostly everthing that vag 1551 and 1552 do
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 10:13 pm
by hayesey
and if you go to the stealers u can get hold of the obd11 adapter which adapts the d shaped plug to the old 2 plugs as found on the mk 3 polo
wow! I didnt know a vw dealer would sell those! I'll have to ask about that, I've got an ODB cable & a laptop with vag-com on it already.