I saw this app in the market recently and wondered if anyone has any feedback as to whether or not they've used it on the RX8 and if so which adapter they might have purchased:

Torque
by Ian Hawkins
5,000 downloads, 674 ratings (4.8 avg)

Basically it looks like it might be a nice alternative to a full blown laptop app, or CarPC app. Especially if the connector (Standard ODB2 it says) will also allow tuning etc..

Has anyone tried it by chance?

 

i believe it uses the sensors in the phone to guesstimate. my friend has a app on his i phonr that is basically the same and thats how his works

 

Twl this one looks a little different. You need to buy a bluetooth obd2 adapter for it to do its thing. The Iphone one uses the accelerometer inside the phone to give you 1/4 mile times and all that stuff, if that's what you mean. This one actually looks useful.

 

I have used Torque and have a Cobb AccessPORT as well. Torque is a really cool little program.

It doesn't come with an OBD2 adapter but you can get away with using a cheap sub-$30 one from eBay. Be careful though if you leave the adapter in it will drain your battery (killed my STi battery this way somewhat recently).

Since I have used both I will do a quick comparison of the pros and cons of each as a datalogger (obviously the AP will also let you flash the ECU).

AP Pros:
- Reads more OBD2 data out of the box like fuel trims, OMP rates, and MAF voltage.
- Reads data at a much higher rate (can't remember off the top of my head) vs the maximum of 0.1 second intervals for Torque. This is pretty noticeable with digital displays where the AP is silky smooth and you can notice the update latency on Torque

Torque Pros:
- If you have an android phone it is only a few $ (the free version isn't very good imo... the UI is quirky) vs $500 (600 with tune) BUT the MM tune is very much worth that price
- Logs accelerometer data in X, Y, and Z axis which is very cool and fun to watch
- Logs GPS, outside barometric, altitude, and outside temp data
- Display allows multiple graphs, digital, and analog displays on a single page and 5 pages total vs the one value at a time display of the AP
- Logs can be uploaded in realtime to a webserver (one is provided by default or you can roll your own). By default you can then see a plot of each log against the google maps API to see the path you took vs the data output. If you roll your own webserver you can do whatever you want with the data.
- Log memory is restricted only by phone space vs the relatively small amount alloted on the AP
- My AP will crap out from time to time (even after sending it back to Cobb who replaced the internals) requiring me to disconnect and reconnect the cable. I have never had any problems with Torque losing connection.
- Works in any car which is nice if you have multiple cars like me where you'd like to log data
- In a factory turbo car where manifold pressure is read by OBD2 it allows you to log boost data

Both can view and clear ECU codes.

 

Pretty cool app. I might have to look into this.

 

Bought app and ordered bluetooth obd2 connector, will comment when I get it. But app looks well done.

 

Guys is there a way to display oil temp in torque?