Bob,

Exactly where I saw a borescope in action for the first time on a GT inspection -the kit our chaps had must have cost a fair amount and of course being into photography was fascinated by it so the chance to get a modest one [eventually] was too good to pass. I paid about 100 pounds for my standalone unit but frankly it is useless for the most part and its only advantage is that the view can be steered a bit. I think it can relay an image externally onto a bigger screen but resolution is crap. The built in screen is tiny so unless spending a lot of bucks would not recommend such.

The potential applications on the 928 are somewhat limited and the $20 USB thingy I have is surprisingly versatile as it can be hooked into the laptop or tablet directly to give a fair image. The small size of the head gets the probe into tight spaces and when using it on my friend's BMW engine the other week I was through the inlet valve and into the combustion chamber before I knew what was going on. The motor had been in a workshop of "limited talent" and after recovering his reworked CSI, we were trying to get the motor installed and working. I recommended that we do a borescope inspection to ensure best we could there were no washers or other crap dropped in the inlet tract of cylinders. My $20 USB borescope attached to my android phone did the job nicely- fortunately nothing found and we had the motor running shortly thereafter without having to remove the inlet manifold.

Cannot imagine a need for anything more complex on our cars and as you say getting through the plug holes is somewhat limiting for any kit. The unit has a push on attachment with a 45 degree mirror to facilitate backwards views but I would not trust that thing deep inside the engine to come out intact!

 

You have to be able to distinguish your friends from enemas!

 

Gonna second Worf's warning. I ordered a cheap wifi boroscope from Amazon, and when I loaded the app on my phone, some really weird stuff starting going on, so I deleted it. Then,I read an article about how that with a lot of these wifi boroscopes, (and other wifi "tools" like ODB readers), the software/app comes preloaded with viruses and malware from China.

I had a boroscope that plugged directly into the phone and essentially became the lens for the camera on Android phone. No software added. But, that was about three USB generations ago and it won't work with my current USB-C connection Android phone.
Does anyone know of a "direct connect" boroscope for Android phone? (Non-wifi).
-Jason

 

You can get an adapter for next to nothing that permits connection to USB C equipped phones