ScanGauge: What are Your Settings?

[rh77]

Just an informal poll -- what are your SG settings (or SmID) and why? This is a powerful tool, and I'd like to learn more about it. Listed from Top Left for mine...

TL = MPG
BL = TPS (used to get an input for stable throttle input and for the auto trans.)
TR = MPH (exact speed -- speedometer is inaccurate)
BR = *FIA (important for the engine's fuel-enrichment variable)

Optional:
*FWT - when it's super-cold to see if the engine is up to temp
GPH - when stuck in heavy traffic

Bear in mind, I have an automatic, so some parameters can't be manipulated without ECU/TCU override.

So, what's on your SG (and how do you use that feedback parameter)?

RH77

[trebuchet03]

MPG
MPH
Loop
Coolant Temp

[Red]

From the top left going counter clockwise
MPG
TPS
GPH
(Whatever is broken or being tested)

[davidjh72]

With SG2...

When I first start the car. I like to know how the engine is running when I start it up.
IGN-Timing
AIT-Air Intake Temp (what's the ambient temp now?)
FWT-Engine Coolant Temp (after sitting over night, AIT should match FWT)
(A "hot" topic at Saturnfans.com is the ECTS, engine coolant temp sensor. If AIT and FWT don't match at startup, there's a problem with one of those sensors)
VLT-Charging system voltage

Once I'm underway and the car is warmed up I'll switch to these settings most often:
MPG-Miles Per Gallon
TPS-Throttle Position
LOD-Engine Load
GPH-Gallons Per Hour

Keeping the throttle at the minimum required to maintain speed=lower LOD and GPH, while optimum MPG.

I think it was cleanmpg.com I read where somebody wants to get a Y-cable and connect two SG2's so 8 parameters can be viewed at once. Now that's a hardcore MPG aficionado!

[LxMike]

T.L rpm's
T.R mpg
BR. water temp
B.L inlet air temp.

this is what i currently use but thinking of changing some to diff ones. i have the rpm's there to check for steady throttle, but i can almost tell by looking at the mpg's reading . I keep water temp cause i don't trust the dash gauge.

[trebuchet03]

(A "hot" topic at Saturnfans.com is the ECTS, engine coolant temp sensor. If AIT and FWT don't match at startup, there's a problem with one of those sensors)


They still have problems with those sensors! I remember my 93 SW2 cracked it's coolant sensor because it was made of resin :thumbdown: The brass replacement never had problems though :thumbup:

[ELF]

Lets see... mostly on the trip/ current but switch to..instant sometimes.
mpg
water temp
gph
intake air temp.

I can't take the stress of watching instant mpg for very long.

[kps]

TL varies
TR mileage (L/100km)
BL intake air temperature
BR water temperature

I often have it on the current trip screen; I'll probably put that in the top left when an upgrade permits.

[Peakster]

MPG MPH
fWT GPH

MPG for obvious reasons
MPH because my car's speedometer's needle sometimes get stuck and shows incorrect speed (odometer still works fine though) I also like to do precisely 50mph or 45mph on the highway
GPH because I like to do a steady 0.4 GPH in the city

fWT usually, but sometimes RPM or fAI. I don't pay much attention to it really

[diamondlarry]

Since I fried my instument panel:o , I've went to MPH, RPM, MPG, and LOD. Sometimes I switch LOD to TPS.

[Compaq888]

TPS, MPG, MAP and RPM( I have no tach and don't plan to waste my money on one.)

[rh77]

TPS, MPG, MAP and RPM( I have no tach and don't plan to waste my money on one.)

How's the 5-speed workin' out?

[psyshack]

TPS, MPG, MAP, In Take Air.

Spends most of its time on current trip.

[Compaq888]

How's the 5-speed workin' out?

great!!! One day it didn't want to go into gears and I had to stuff it in there. Next day I was driving and it was grinding like crazy whenever I tried to shift. Got off the freeway and put it into 1st and it started rolling back, no pedal pressure at all. Had to get it towed. I got the entire clutch system replaced. Only the pedal is original. They also discovered I had a leaky rear main seal when they pulled my tranny so I got lucky and only spent $77 to fix that.

The difference is night and day. The pedal is smooth now and you can feel where the engagement point is. Accelaration onto freeways is so much fun now.

Sorry for blabbing...

[usedgeo]

WT MPG
IAT MPH
I change the IAT if I want to monitor LOOP, IGN, TPS, or LOD.

usedgeo

[Bruce]

°FWT VLT
MPG TPS

Water temp so I can keep an eye on the effects of the grill block and use the heater if necessary to keep it down; voltage to keep an eye on battery drain when coasting with engine off and lights on; MPG to see the effect of what I'm doing and TPS to dial in my optimum throttle positions. Of all of them, I value TPS the most, by far.

I may change VLT to LP or LOD now that winter's over.

[Wazabi Owner]

MPG MPH
FIA fWT

[silverinsight]

Tl=rpm
Tr=*fwt
Bl=vlt
Br=*fiat