FYI Theres a group buy for the P3 vent interface

[sparoz]

Originally Posted by BMW86

Things I like about the P3 gauge - again everyone bought it for different reasons so you might not see the benefit.

1. I mainly use it to monitor my boost levels by allowing you to read peak boost. However, the gauge is also clever enough to record 15 second real time data logs on the fly and then play them back. This is perfect for drags.

2. I also use it to monitor my water temp, which IMHO is equally as important as oil temp. Water temp should really be standard on this car!

3. If you ever throw a CODE the boost gauge will display it when you start the car. This has saved me a couple of times. Once my engine oil level was low and the gauge notified me immediately. It also appeared in idrive but only if you searched for it under Vehicle Status - which honestly, I don't do very often. This feature also comes in handy if you're modded for tuner related codes

4. The gauge also allows you to delete codes at the press of a button. Doesn't get much easier than that.

5. The 0-100km/hr is handy for anyone practicing launches.

6. The gauge also tells me the 'real speed', instead of what my speedo tells me.


For me, numbers 1-4 alone make this mod very worthwhile. Plus I like the design of it. Everyone that I have shown it to thus far does not realise it's aftermarket.

So you can help me with installing the canbus?

[RaihaX]

Originally Posted by sparoz

So you can help me with installing the canbus?

I hope someone can help you out with this! feel bad seeing everyone ignore your question

[sparoz]

Originally Posted by sparoz

So you can help me with installing the canbus?

Just not sure how to bring the cable in...

[sparoz]

Originally Posted by RaihaX

I hope someone can help you out with this! feel bad seeing everyone ignore your question

I guess it is sort of off topic

[BMW86]

Originally Posted by sparoz

So you can help me with installing the canbus?

Any links Steve? Sorry I have no idea what mod you are referring to.

[sparoz]

Originally Posted by BMW86

Any links Steve? Sorry I have no idea what mod you are referring to.

Did you connect your P3 to the canbus or obdII?

[sparoz]

Originally Posted by ianf2002

Would be ideal if someone wrote/coded things like 0-100, water temps, etc for the iDrive unit. All the data is there hidden, pity that BMW don't let us access it. There was a hidden iDrive menu on the older version which showed a lot of this stuff, but not seen crack with new version.

+1.

[Honny]

Originally Posted by ianf2002

Would be ideal if someone wrote/coded things like 0-100, water temps, etc for the iDrive unit. All the data is there hidden, pity that BMW don't let us access it. There was a hidden iDrive menu on the older version which showed a lot of this stuff, but not seen crack with new version.

What hidden old iDrive menu..... Are you talking about the old CIC nav?

[RaihaX]

is like a cheat code u use to do back in the SNES days!

[Honny]

Originally Posted by ianf2002

Old iDrive (pre 2010) a had hidden menu to access stuff like water temps etc. It is on the forums... something like 3 turns right, then 3 turns left etc etc, then a hidden menu pops up.

Nice..... I'm going to search this thing out!

[Honny]

Originally Posted by ianf2002

Here you are, I had a copy as I thought it may work on mine

Thanks mate!

[TimMc]

I've got the Electronic Perf wheel & the P3 vent gauge.
- Wheel is good for monitoring water temp but not much else IMO. The rest of the readings are mostly gimmicks. If I bought one again I'd buy the non electronic wheel. Alcantara looks good, but without gloves is not as grippy as leather.
- I've got issues with the quality of my P3 vent gauge. The vents were very difficult to adjust until I pulled the vent apart and cut the obstructing blades. I still have an unresolved broken tab on the screen. The gauge also took many months after I paid before shipping. The unit works well however and looks OEM.

[sparoz]

Originally Posted by RaihaX

is like a cheat code u use to do back in the SNES days!

You can you the same cheat code for a SNES game on facebook (or was it google?)

[RaihaX]

Originally Posted by TimMc

- I've got issues with the quality of my P3 vent gauge. The vents were very difficult to adjust until I pulled the vent apart and cut the obstructing blades. I still have an unresolved broken tab on the screen. The gauge also took many months after I paid before shipping. The unit works well however and looks OEM.

Hopefully the new version fixes that issue and hopefully they wont take many months for it to get delivered!

[Harlequin]

Boost/Vacuum monitoring via CanBus for N55...

Now I want one even more...

[Harlequin]

Done. I'm blaming you for this Rey

[RaihaX]

Hahaha love it!

[BMW86]

Nice one Angus I'll help you install the gauge and you can help me install my LCI's

[Harlequin]

Deal.

[RaihaX]

It seem the n55 install is piss easy!

[sparoz]

So, how do you hook this thing to the canbus?

[sparoz]

Originally Posted by ianf2002

Here you are, I had a copy as I thought it may work on mine

Just trying to understand communication inside our car. The idrive has no direct acces to the PT-Can bus - which means you won't have the data rate required. To get the data at the frequency for logging, we need to get into the PT-Can.