Breakout Box...

[welcome2daSHO]

Since the day i bought my car there has been a breakout box in the back hard wired to the computer. Im kinda wondering if i can use this to my advantage for anything lately. Ive been told its like an older computer, before they had tuner chips and stuff. can i use it to shut off check engine lights and shift points and stuff on my car? heres a pic...

 

[SHOZ123]

http://www.drivewerks.com/catalog/shopcart/TOOL/POR_TOOL_CAT447_pg57.htm

Give you $50 for it.

 

[welcome2daSHO]

lol eh i wasn't trying to sell it! but thats a generious offer.

 

[Motoman991]

I offer $51

 

[welcome2daSHO]

omg no way! sold! haha jk, so does anyone know how this thing work or not?

 

[Mr Anonymous]

It's a breakout box, it allows you to probe the 104 circuits going to/from the PCM. It breaks the circuits out for convenience.

IOW, let's say you want to monitor your MAF volts. Rather than back-probe or pierce the insulation at the MAF connector, you just connect your meter leads to the appropriate pins on the breakout box and voila.

It's really only useful for serious electrical troubleshooting. Someone like Paul or I would be able to put something like that to use, your average owner it's not terribly useful.

 

[welcome2daSHO]

ah so it can't really be used for performance modifications? like say i cut out the cats coulden't i use it to tell the computer that the back o2's are bad? or changing tranny shift point and stuff like that?

 

[Mr Anonymous]

ah so it can't really be used for performance modifications? like say i cut out the cats coulden't i use it to tell the computer that the back o2's are bad? or changing tranny shift point and stuff like that?

Ahhh, no. It's not a computer nor a flash tool. It's just a bunch of ports to probe wires.

For performance modifications, you want one of these which coincidently we sell:

 

[NebraskaSHO]

SCT is the sh*t

Sorry SHOZ123, I still haven't uploaded that new tune you sent nearly a month ago. I can not believe how busy this semester has gotten... SOON though!