[Shotimes] RE: G-TECH/Pro fun

[Ron Porter]

Now, that gives you a decent baseline (assuming the same weather/road
conditions) for future mods.

Don't even go NEAR comparing to 1/4 mile times at a track!!

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Tatro [mailto:stevetatro@netzero.com] 
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 7:53 PM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net; v8sho@v8sho.com
Subject: G-TECH/Pro fun



Well, I bought a G-TECH/Pro from Mr. G-Tech (or whatever his ID is) on eBay.
$35 + $5 s/h, so I wasted a total of $40 ;^)

Hooked it up and went to find a flat road.  Not the easiest task!

Ended up doing 3 runs each way on the flattest portion I could find.

I threw out the best and the worst, averaged the other four, and here's the
results:

0-60: 7.08
1/4 mile: 15.05/90.42

What surprised me the most is the difference I got on runs the same
direction.  For example, the first 0-60 was 6.90, the second was 7.28, etc.

I'm not sure if this points to the accuracy of the instrument or I just
wasn't consistent with my launches (I have an ATX for what that's worth).

Heck, the one time I've been to a real 1/4-mile track I was very consistent,
both with my 60-foot times and my ET's.

Anyway, if anyone's looking to get one, this is probably the best deal ever
on a brand new one.  Don't expect a lot for your money, but if you've got
$40 and nothing else to spend it on <g> this is a cute toy.

It'll be good for conversation with passengers if nothing else!

Steve Tatro
'93 Red/Black with 172k miles
Cincinnati, Ohio