Trip Computer Idea..

[GP1138]

I was looking at my trip computer reading -40* on the Exterior Temp today, thinking I have to get a temp sensor for it, but I then thought it might be cool if I hooked it up to my coolant temperature sensor just for kicks. Would this display a numerical temperature?

 

For that matter, what would it display if, for shits and giggles, I hooked it to the oil pressure sensor (or it might just be a sender since I have an idiot light ) or the intake air temp sensor?

 

My mind was imagining a second trip computer that I would relabel to display different sensors' readings, kind of like a readymade scan tool. Farfetched, yes. Possible? That's what I'm wondering..

 

I must be channeling Steve this week.

[Dirty Rockstar]

You can modify anything.. Hell.. Go make yourself a couplea vacuum flouresant LCD displays and wire it all in that way 8)

[sl3196]

A friend with a GTP has one of those rearview mirrors with the thermo in it and he hooked it up to his intake temp sensor somehow. Pretty cool to see the temp of the air coming in.

[sonyman87]

A friend with a GTP has one of those rearview mirrors with the thermo in it and he hooked it up to his intake temp sensor somehow. Pretty cool to see the temp of the air coming in.

 

that kinda what i got setup. I have a temp sensor in my intake displaying in my custom control panel where the cd tray used to be.

 

side note its kinda odd that it came with a factory tapedeck and had cd holders.

[5speedz34]

A friend with a GTP has one of those rearview mirrors with the thermo in it and he hooked it up to his intake temp sensor somehow. Pretty cool to see the temp of the air coming in.

 

that kinda what i got setup. I have a temp sensor in my intake displaying in my custom control panel where the cd tray used to be.

 

side note its kinda odd that it came with a factory tapedeck and had cd holders.

 

GM does that type of shit all the time.

[Guest Anonymous]

It depends on the electronics of the DIC and how it reads information.