Thread: Android Torque app

I've just picked up the new phone last week, a htc mini and one of the first apps to be loaded was Torque (free). I've got one of the Bluetooth OBD11 adapters in the car and I have connection between phone and car . Question, what to monitor and what range should the monitored items be in? Rather than just trying every item that is listed in the Torque app I thought I'd ask the experts.

1996 HSE

Gary

"ease of reading" is something to be thought about when you are trying to keep your eyes on the road...

I started with the fuel trims. I put the F/T 1x1/short term (STF1) and Long Term (LTF1) in a row for bank 1 with bank 2 (F/T2x1/STFT2/LTFT2 , in a row underneath. This is with the phone screen in "landscape" position.

The 'gauges' are needle type with zero position "12 o'clock" and digital readout in the lower half of the gauge. This means that a quick glance shows all needles pointing "north" when it's running as it should..i.e. fluttering 1 or 2 percentage points either side of zero. Anything out of the ordinary is immediately obvious...

In another window I have coolant and air intake temps, MAF, O2 sensors etc

If you pay the princely sum of $5 and get the pro version, you can set the screen to "head up display" which produces a laterally inverted image. By placing the phone on top of the instrument binnacle at night you can see a readable reflection in the windscreen...

A 7" tablet is ideal ... "glass cockpit" display