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Old 18-07-2007, 01:20 PM   #1
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Default who has a trip computer in their e-series?

im considering wether to put one in my ef xr6.

are they accurate or does that depend on when my car was tuned last?

if my car wasnt optioned with one is it just plug and play or do i have to wire it up to my speedo and fuel regulator or anything stupid like that?

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i have one.. well i do when i do that trick of holding down the odo reset button
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Old 18-07-2007, 01:29 PM   #3
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Yes I've installed a Trip Computer into my EB. They seem to be pretty accurate, the Range is also pretty much spot on, average L/100km seems about right at 12L ATM, (by the way I had it down to 11.5L/100km last week.)
You will have to wire it up tho, not that hard to do with a wiring diagram. Well worth installing one I reakon.

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i have one.. well i do when i do that trick of holding down the odo reset button
Thats an odo meter and trip meter, not a trip computer! ;)
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fordmods has a tech doco for installing trip computers in EF-ELs, but I can't access the site from work. Try searching there ;)
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anyone have one for sale at a reasonable price and a diagram i could use?

i dont offer sexual favours but i do offer small amounts of shrapnel and some lint that maybe lying in my pocket.
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anyone have one for sale at a reasonable price and a diagram i could use?

i dont offer sexual favours but i do offer small amounts of shrapnel and some lint that maybe lying in my pocket.
I have one you can have but I only take hand jobs!

LOL, I have an EA Trip Computer for sale but that wont fit in you EL.
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Old 18-07-2007, 02:54 PM   #8
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Ive got one in my EL GLi and i love it, gives me all the info i need without pulling out the calculator and doing the sums :-)
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Yes I've installed a Trip Computer into my EB. They seem to be pretty accurate, the Range is also pretty much spot on, average L/100km seems about right at 12L ATM, (by the way I had it down to 11.5L/100km last week.)
You will have to wire it up tho, not that hard to do with a wiring diagram. Well worth installing one I reakon.



Thats an odo meter and trip meter, not a trip computer! ;)
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Old 18-07-2007, 03:33 PM   #10
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i installed one myself into the ED. is just nice to have a time and day and date. i hardly use the other features because the only other feature i wanted, distance to empty, is totally full of crap. i can go 200kms with the needle touching the red? pffft.
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Old 18-07-2007, 03:40 PM   #11
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I have one in the EA (came with one from the factory, but I replaced it with a later EBII one). It's great. I couldn't live without it.
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anyone have one for sale at a reasonable price and a diagram i could use?

i dont offer sexual favours but i do offer small amounts of shrapnel and some lint that maybe lying in my pocket.
FTG Auto Salvage sold me mine for $110, might be cheaper these days cause i got mine about 12 months ago....

Call around to some of your local wreckers or just check on ebay!

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i love the Trip Computer tells me everything even when theres low fuel on the km range it will beep beep 5 times and flash like 80km to empty i always have range on nuthin else
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Old 18-07-2007, 05:53 PM   #14
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i have one and its pretty inacurate in mine its says i am getting 9.7l/100km and i get about 600k out of a tank so thats around the 10's somewhere still not bad for the work i have.
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Old 18-07-2007, 07:51 PM   #15
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i added mine but dont know how accurate it is.
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Mines ******, not accurate one bit. especially on a full tank. I can loose over 60 kms of fuel going from the servo to the air pump. Jumps all over the place and even when fuel is under 80kms, i still get about 150km out of it. Says im averaging 18l per 100km, driving slow in wet....... :
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I find mine to be accurate. You must remember though the fuel to empty will adjust itself depentant on how spirited your driving is :P

Im sure they have them on ebay but you would have to find a repuatable dealer I would think to get one from. I was lucky enough ot get mine from a forum member. Keep an eye out in the For Sale section ;)
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i've got one, but it came standard with the ED (GHia) it's a good way to get an exact speedo readout, over the needle, i've tested it many times at speed check points and only ever seems to be 1-2 km out as opposed to 4-6 km out with the needle. It's also great at telling you your under 80km worth of petty left (with the lovely Beeeeeping sound)
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Mine also tells me when I leave the headlights on when the car is turned off .....

Anyone else find this in a self installed one ? ..... or have I just got mine connected in an incredibly good way :P
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my L/100km is pretty accurate i think.
but my distance to empty is at least 200-300km to much
i get just over 400km to a tank. but when iv got 1/4 of a tank left it is still telling me i could go 200-300km
anyone know why that could be?

and yes the trip computer is supposed to beep when you leave your headlights on. thats one of the main features i love about it.
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Mine also tells me when I leave the headlights on when the car is turned off .....

Anyone else find this in a self installed one ? ..... or have I just got mine connected in an incredibly good way :P
i made sure to connect all the wires including the beeper so it would do this. i totally forgot the car didnt used to do that until i put the trip comp in. it reads off the dimmer/light line of the cluster. when your lights or parkers are on the cluster lights up as well, so its just taking that signal that your lights are still on.
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gthofan installed one into my car in about 20mins very eas job........... well for him anyways.
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i like the Speed alert even though EA to ED and EF and EL's trip computers are differant in some ways and the same in some ways
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gthofan installed one into my car in about 20mins very eas job........... well for him anyways.
What do you do yourself on your car?! LOL, but yeah they dont take much to wire up.
Mothernature yes they are supposed to beep when you leave your lights on when the car is off. When it beeped at me the first time for leaving my lights on I had no idea what was going on! Took me a second to realize my lights were still on!
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What do you do yourself on your car?! LOL, but yeah they dont take much to wire up.
Mothernature yes they are supposed to beep when you leave your lights on when the car is off. When it beeped at me the first time for leaving my lights on I had no idea what was going on! Took me a second to realize my lights were still on!
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I got one....
I like watching the instant litres per 100 k going up and down when i put my foot down lol
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Im forever pressing the bloody thing seeing what economy im getting haha,Bugger me i only just found out what the ambient button was for the other day and thats another button to press while im cruising around :
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well the car hasent started in like 2 months maybe he is to blame..........na its lasted
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lmao.

Shaun, maybe the reason it hasn't started in that time is the "EAitis" that got passed on from Scotty's car
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