nytimes.com— A new breed of mechanics has begun hacking into car computers. Yesterday’s grease monkeys have morphed into automotive computer geeks.
Oct 25, 2006View in Crawl 4
Yeah, well remember kids... when you fsck up your latest custom Linux kernel and it crashes and burns, that's one thing.When you make the same mistake with your car's kernel and it crashes and burns for real, that's quite another...
tgui - that's awesome, I have an 06 STi and I have been looking to play with my ECU but it looks like I have to spend the money up front for the access-port and then have some "professional" give me a few maps for something like $500 bucks. I can probably figure out the electronic side of things, but when it comes to optimal timing and spark, I am no combustion expert so I would be at a loss. I would love to try out a few maps that are free, thanks for the links!I am really interested in a "road trip" map which is fuel efficient, or maybe a winter high-performance map that can take advantage of cool temperatures and be really aggressive. It is just starting to get cool here and the subie is loving the cold air!
why is this news now? The Diablo Predator programmers have been on the market for years now. And the article assumes anyone with programming skills could rewrite an ECU, BS, if you don't know cars general you will f**k something up, start screwing around with the A/F ratio for eaxample, and it's bye bye engine.
vuke69Oct 26, 2006
pgmfi.org is required reading for any hardcore obd0/obd1 honda geek.I glad to see them get some exposure.
antdudeOct 26, 2006
Bah, so use <a class="user" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/25/automobiles/autospecial/25hacking.html?ex=1319428800&en=c36bc89385305f9c&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss">http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/25/automobiles/autospecial/25hacking.html?ex=1319428800&en=c36bc89385305f9c&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss</a> (no log in!)
tagawaOct 26, 2006
Didn't work for me. Try:Username: NYTLoserPassword: NYTLoser
nogoodnamesleftOct 26, 2006
Yeah, well remember kids... when you fsck up your latest custom Linux kernel and it crashes and burns, that's one thing.When you make the same mistake with your car's kernel and it crashes and burns for real, that's quite another...
osbjmgOct 26, 2006
The article ends so abruptly, am I missing something?
osbjmgOct 26, 2006
tgui - that's awesome, I have an 06 STi and I have been looking to play with my ECU but it looks like I have to spend the money up front for the access-port and then have some "professional" give me a few maps for something like $500 bucks. I can probably figure out the electronic side of things, but when it comes to optimal timing and spark, I am no combustion expert so I would be at a loss. I would love to try out a few maps that are free, thanks for the links!I am really interested in a "road trip" map which is fuel efficient, or maybe a winter high-performance map that can take advantage of cool temperatures and be really aggressive. It is just starting to get cool here and the subie is loving the cold air!
lbytesxkOct 26, 2006
why is this news now? The Diablo Predator programmers have been on the market for years now. And the article assumes anyone with programming skills could rewrite an ECU, BS, if you don't know cars general you will f**k something up, start screwing around with the A/F ratio for eaxample, and it's bye bye engine.