I would like to get the software and cable for my laptop. What is the best product for our OBDII f-bodies? What is the versatility of these in terms of using them on other OBDI or OBDII cars?
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'77 K5 rock-crawler project
'79 T/A: WS6, 400 4sp, 40K miles; Completely stock and original
'87 Lifted 3/4 ton Suburban (Big Blue) plow truck
'94 Roadmaster Wagon (The Roadmonster) 200,000 miles and still going
'97 T/A: (SLP 1LE Suspension, SB, & sfc(s), Loudmouth); 4.10s; B&M Ripper; R/A Hood; ZR1s
My daily drivers: '06 Jeep Liberty CRD (wife); '01 Yukon Denali XL (me); '03 Stratus Coupe (me)
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Here's a link to a page I've been putting together on 4th Gen hardware and software scanners. You will find that on the software, it is either OBD-I OR OBD-II. I don't know of any that crosses over.
Some of the "links" in the document are out of date already, but it should get you started:
4th Gen ScannersFred
381ci all-forged stroker - 10.8:1 - CNC LT4 heads/intake - CC solid roller - MoTeC engine management - 8 LS1 coils - 58mm TB - 78# injectors - 300-shot dry nitrous - TH400 - Gear Vendor O/D - Strange 12-bolt - 4.11's - AS&M headers - duals - Corbeau seat - AutoMeter gauges - roll bar - Spohn suspension - QA1 shocks - a few other odds 'n ends. 800HP/800lb-ft at the flywheel, on a 300-shot. 11.5 @ 117MPH straight motor -
On my '96 Z, I'm using EFILiveV5pro. Yes, I know, it's only "supposed" to work on LS1 cars...
The bidirectional controls don't work on the LT1, but no complaints from me missing that little feature.
Now for my '03 Silverado SS with the LQ9 6.0 engine, loosely based on the LS1/LS6 package, using the bidirectional controls to change the IAC, shut-off injectors, change a fuel or timing map, etc. are pretty fun to play with.
EFILiveV5pro can be downloaded for free to try out from the EFILive website. here
A sample file is included, but here's some "real" ones...place them in your C:\Program Files\Starr Performance\EFILive V5 OBD-II\EFI directory and then open them in EFILIve.
Here's a data logger from my Z when I was diagnosing a low rpm stumble problem. EFILive '96 Z28 Data Logger
Here's a 0-60 run recorded from '03 Silverado SS with a Magnacharger RADIX supercharger. 0-60 Blown SIlverado SS <-- note the fun little "torque" parameters - from the data logger you can calculate 0-60 times, plot a torque curve and calculate horsepower. The accuracy compared to a dyno is debatable, but if nothing else, gives you a baseline to check against when doing mods.
***Note the LT1 does not have the engine torque calculation available***LS1 generation only***
This is the stuff that makes computer controlled cars fun!Comment
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