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Well CAN is an industry standard of some kind (Car Area Network), but apparently mfgs have their own proprietary extensions or something of that sort. I don't know all the details, I never looked at all of this in depth. But apparently, being able to use CAN and/or mfg-specific protocols or extensions is what allows units like the Magden one to read data at high update rates. Baseline OBD-II communications only send updates at 3Hz intervals (3 updates per second), and that's assuming you're only monitoring a single value. With 5+ values being read to feed your digital gauges, basic OBD-II would be too slow to be useful for some gauges.

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As noted in the oil change thread, mileage is ramping up quickly. Crossed the 3600 mark this morning trying to get back to my place through all the flooding around here.

And if anyone was still worried about driving in rainy weather with the Stillen Gen 3 intakes... check out these pics. I snapped these with my cellphone as I was driving last night. I didn't even get shots of the worst of it. At times the rain was blowing straight sideways. This was at about 5:30pm, should have been bright and sunny outside at the time. The section of highway I took these on is now closed due to flooding as of this morning:





I can definitively confirm now that there are no rain issues with the Stillen Gen 3 intakes

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