Quantify Quantify Quantify.... it's a mantra well worth having when your
playing in the performance realm... if your G-tech gives you the ability
to determine the outcome of a change in something it's absolutely worth
having...
The problems associated with Data acquisition equipment in my opinion is
that it's only as good as the operator... you have to note as many of the
surrounding conditions as possible... and then you have to match those
conditions each and everytime... and then you can tell the output value of a
change to the system....
The Bonneville cars I run have 32 channels which include fore and aft as
well as lateral G forces.... it's interesting to see what the actual G
forces are on the car as it travels down the course... I've actually seen
more lateral then forward G's a couple of times when the car wasn't handling
as well as it should... ( picture looking out the side window to go
straight and you get the general idea... but imagine this at over
200mph... )
Fun stuff if your into engineering...
K
----- Original Message -----
From "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns at ucdavis.edu>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 10:11 AM
Subject: G-Tech, new toy
> I just recieved a new G-Tech accelerometer for car use. Thsi thing is
> supposed to be the affordable in-car dynamometer. Looks pretty cool but
I'm
> not sure how well it works yet. It will measure at-the-wheels HP, 0-60
time,
> 60-0 time, 1/4 mile and acceleration, braking, and cornering G-force.
> Only drawback I see so far is I haven't got a cigarette lighter to plug it
in!
> A couple of jumper wires to my trusty little mortorcycle battery in the
> passenger seat should do the trick. Obviously I don't much care how much
HP
> Austin Powerless is generating or my wife's Traveller, but I can't wait to
> hook this puppy up to the turbo bugeye and head for the backroad
straightaway
> this weekend.
>
> Has anyone else tried one of this things? I couldn't resist when I found
a
> website that had them marked down to $49.95.
>
> Glen
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