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Old 01-11-2007, 11:40 AM
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anyone out there use a G-tech to measure lateral G's? are they close? what are your guys thoughts?
Old 01-11-2007, 11:45 AM
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if its calebrated perfect it will be a closs estimate but I never trusted those things. My friend had one and it showed his moms civic running 7's in the quarter with like 700 HP when in reality it was stock
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lol^.
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must be an old one. mine is newer. I practice with it and when I went to the track is was right on, you have to set them up right. but I am not talking for 1/4 mile, if you set it up and turn it on while you are a driving it will show you g's in all directions, right left braking and taking off. then by pressing the arrows it will show you the max g for that dercetion.

BTW tips for 1/4 mile, if the unit is not frimly put in the car it will be way off. in my blazer one time I was watching it and when I hit second it barly moved a little and that little movement caused it to tell me I ran an 11.6. once I made it where it couldn't move then it read right agian, and one time it fell of the window and it said my friends 15 sec car ran a 9.4 or something like that. set up is key
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I dont think it is dead on, sometimes it might be off by a couple of milliseconds and sometimes it will be off by 7 seconds

I wouldnt mine if I got it for free and kept as a "toy", but would never rely on one of those for a dead on measurement.
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I have never used it for g's but I have used it several times at the track. the most it was ever off was by .004. It showed me slower than the track when it was off.




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