The Abarth 595 is a pocket rocket known for its performance and spirited driving experience. Understanding your car’s vital signs is key to maximizing its potential and ensuring its longevity. This is where OBD2 (On-Board Diagnostics) comes in, providing a window into your Abarth’s engine performance and health. The CANchecked MFD15 GEN 2 OBD2 gauge offers a comprehensive solution for monitoring and analyzing your Abarth 595’s performance data.
CANchecked MFD15 GEN 2: Your Abarth 595’s Personal Performance Monitor
The CANchecked MFD15 GEN 2 is a sophisticated multi-function display designed to seamlessly integrate with your Abarth 595. This 52mm (2.0″) gauge, featuring a crisp 1.5″ OLED display, provides real-time access to critical engine data, allowing you to monitor performance and identify potential issues before they escalate.
Advanced Features for Enhanced Diagnostics
This second-generation device boasts significant upgrades over its predecessor, including:
- Wireless Configuration: Connect via WLAN using your smartphone to customize display layouts, widgets, and sensor readings. This eliminates the need for cumbersome cable connections and physical buttons.
- Intuitive Operation: Navigate through menus and data with two integrated side buttons or an optional rotary knob. Swipe functionality replaces the need for a touch screen.
- Enhanced Visuals: Improved graphics with anti-aliasing ensure clear and easy-to-read data representation, even in direct sunlight.
- Expanded Sensor Capacity: Monitor up to six external analog sensors in addition to OBD2 data, providing a comprehensive overview of your engine’s performance.
- Data Logging: Record performance data via your smartphone for later analysis, allowing you to track trends and identify areas for improvement.
- Performance Meter: Measure acceleration times, such as 0-100 km/h and 100-200 km/h, to quantify your Abarth’s performance.
Seamless Integration with Your Abarth 595
The MFD15 GEN 2 is designed for a plug-and-play installation, utilizing the existing OBD2 port in your Abarth 595. The included vehicle-specific adapter ring ensures a perfect fit within the dashboard vent, maintaining the vehicle’s aesthetics and ventilation functionality.
Unlocking a Wealth of Engine Data
Access a wide range of crucial engine parameters, including:
- Temperatures: Exhaust gas, engine water, oil, intake air, outside air, fuel, and DSG temperatures.
- Pressures: Boost pressure, ambient pressure, fuel pressure, and pre-feed pump pressure.
- Lambda/Mixture: Lambda value, injection time, short-term and long-term fuel trim.
- Driver Dynamics: Brake pressure, vehicle speed, and throttle position.
- Other: Engine speed, ignition angle, gear position, battery voltage.
Customizable to Your Needs
Tailor the display to your preferences with eight customizable pages and a variety of widgets, including digital gauges, bar graphs, speedometers, and more. You can even upload custom graphics to personalize the look and feel of your gauge.
Expandable Functionality with Analog Sensors
The six analog inputs allow you to connect additional sensors for monitoring parameters such as oil pressure, fuel pressure, and exhaust gas temperature, further expanding the diagnostic capabilities of the MFD15 GEN 2.
Conclusion: Elevate Your Abarth 595 Ownership
The CANchecked MFD15 GEN 2 OBD2 gauge is an invaluable tool for any Abarth 595 enthusiast. Its comprehensive data monitoring, customizable display, and seamless integration make it the perfect solution for enhancing your driving experience and keeping your Abarth running at its peak performance. With the power of OBD2 diagnostics at your fingertips, you can unlock the full potential of your Abarth 595.
