Drivers seldom remember if the foot is to floor or not. I hate tuning cars
for part throttle runs.. It will also tell you more about how the car is
handling than a driver can remember.. The map sensor is fine for a carb but
with mechanical injection is tough to hook up a map sensor to an IR system.
It would be good for checking air box pressure or lack of it as well.
Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of 3liter
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 8:14 PM
> To: land-speed submit
> Subject: LM-1 Input
>
>
> Pertaining to Mechanical F.I. or Carburetors, "not" EFI:
>
>
>
> The LM-1 DAQ system will allow 4 inputs (0-5v) in addition to RPM. It has
> been suggested on this list, a good use for one of them would be
> a throttle
> position sensor (TPS). Since I'm not sure of the milli volt
> output of a TPS,
> how to calibrate it, or even aware of the myriad of models out
> there, I was
> thinking of another option instead of the TPS. What would be wrong with a
> Manifold Absolute Pressure (MAP) sensor? It would be a heck of a
> lot easier
> to install. (No linkage to worry about, and just a simple tap into the
> manifold). WFO would be equally as obvious as a TPS. It may even provide
> more meaningful data since it would reflect altitude changes (as well as
> barometric changes during the day). A TPS does none of that. Since there
> are precious few inputs and you needed to select one or the other
> why would
> a TPS be better than a MAP? -Elon
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