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Re: Air Ride Tech

To: Richard Kensicki <richk@sparta-junction.com>
Subject: Re: Air Ride Tech
From: john robinson <john@engr.wisc.edu>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 07:54:51 -0500
Howdy,
         Try looking up www.onsetcomp.com    they have relatively cheap 
loggers, 8 channel 100kHz rates,up to 1MB memory, $500....


At 06:21 PM 5/25/00 , you wrote:
>Keith
>           Finding a relatively inexpensive event recorder (data aquisition
>system if it costs a lot) with some storage will open all kinds of
>possibilities.
>           You could put a cam corder in the car to watch the gages. Might 
> be the
>cheapest way to go.
>
>Rich (see you in June a Maxton)
>
>Keith Turk wrote:
>
> > Hey Rich good to see you.... The Problem with Trying to Capture the Air
> > Pressure number is that bumps equate to spikes on the Air Pressure Gauge.
> > My original thought was to use a Compression gauge mounted on each wheel
> > line.... but then the Spikes would be what I read rather then a high 
> average
> > Pressure.
> >
> > K
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Richard Kensicki <richk@sparta-junction.com>
> > To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
> > Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 9:38 PM
> > Subject: Re: Air Ride Tech
> >
> > > Keith
> > >          I don't remember if you could record oil pressure on each 
> run but
> > you
> > > could try plumbing  in an electric oil pressure sending unit in each 
> line.
> > If
> > > you have time to look at more guages any air prussure guage would work Or
> > get
> > > those expensive CART air pressure guages with the built in telemetry they
> > use
> > > on their wheels.
> > >          The old grommet around the shock is a cheap standby, unless you
> > hit
> > > too many potholes.
> > >
> > > Rich
> > >
> > > Keith Turk wrote:
> > >
> > > >     Well I have ordered some parts today to change the air ride 
> around a
> > > > bit....
> > > >
> > > > up to this point the front and rear have been combined systems.... in
> > other
> > > > words I could only change the front bags or the rear as a unit.... what
> > I
> > > > have coming is a single controller that I am going to put on the Front
> > > > system and I am going to seperate the two rear bags so that I can Jack
> > > > weight into the car left to right on the rear end....  Don't really 
> plan
> > on
> > > > changing the basic set up much but I thought I would share the 
> Change...
> > > >
> > > > I am also still trying to figure out how to capture the Pressures ....
> > as
> > > > the increase in pressure on the gage represents downforce on the car...
> > > >
> > > > Keith ( ain't these little Post notes neat .... noticed Ole Dan was
> > getting
> > > > the hang of it)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>


              John Robinson, Mechanician
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                   131.333 MPH set 1995
                   136.666 MPH set 1996



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