G-Tech Pro Performance Meter
G-Tech Pro Performance Meter I just bought a G-Tech performance meter. Claims to record your 1/4 miles 0-60 horsepower ect. But i was wondering if it really works and if its really accurate? Heres a link to it
http://www.jegs.com/p/G-Tech/758772/10002/-1/10373
http://www.jegs.com/p/G-Tech/758772/10002/-1/10373
if you search around, you'll see posts basically saying if you get it dialed in right, it can be about a tenth off of actual track times, but the mph will always be off as it doesn't factor trap speed as an average of the last 60ft like the track does.
also read if you spin, it can throw numbers off... although i thought it was supposed to account for wheel spin.
as for horsepower, some say its within a couple hp of dyno numbers, others say it is way off due to many reasons (including wind drag).
i just ordered one to mess around with and mainly to use as a g meter to coach myself for cornering.
also read if you spin, it can throw numbers off... although i thought it was supposed to account for wheel spin.
as for horsepower, some say its within a couple hp of dyno numbers, others say it is way off due to many reasons (including wind drag).
i just ordered one to mess around with and mainly to use as a g meter to coach myself for cornering.
Horsepower requires you know the weight of the car
and that the various drag factors, moments of inertia
etc. are estimated reasonably. But the thing will use
the same factors for a brick of a pickup truck on 20s,
as it will for a Camaro on slicks & skinnies so "close"
is about all you'd expect for HP numbers.
As a G-meter, they're fine. I took my old original red-LED
GTech and pigtailed out the accelerometer voltage so I
can log that through my HPTuners cable. The acceleration
numbers are a good thing to tune against, better than
just a rolled-up ET or MPH because you can see it across
the entire band and tweak it up cell by cell.
and that the various drag factors, moments of inertia
etc. are estimated reasonably. But the thing will use
the same factors for a brick of a pickup truck on 20s,
as it will for a Camaro on slicks & skinnies so "close"
is about all you'd expect for HP numbers.
As a G-meter, they're fine. I took my old original red-LED
GTech and pigtailed out the accelerometer voltage so I
can log that through my HPTuners cable. The acceleration
numbers are a good thing to tune against, better than
just a rolled-up ET or MPH because you can see it across
the entire band and tweak it up cell by cell.
