Is there a package to get car performance stats?

valver · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 19, 2005 Posts: 2

So I have a PDA (a Loox 720) and a Fortuna Clip On GPS that is all working happily in a number of applications... and I'm really impressed with it all.

But I'm thinking - is there an app for my PPC that uses my GPS to measure such things as 0-60 times, 1/4 miles sprint times, and if I know the weight of my car and the gearing... mayeb even bhp and torque graphs?

Is a GPS accurate enough to be used for this purpose - or do I need decidated kit with an accelerometer etc?? I hope not.

Did a quick Google search but couldnt find anything. Anyone know anything?

lbendlin · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 3:58 pm Post subject:

GPS only measures speed in discrete 1 second intervals. It is not suitable for what you want to achieve.

You need an accelerometer.
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StevenGourlay · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:57 pm Post subject:

You can get software for your PDA that you can get your engines data like:

http://www.nology.com/pdadyno.html

There are others out there search google
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lbendlin · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:33 pm Post subject:

Here: http://www.seight.com/AC22.html
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valver · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 19, 2005 Posts: 2

Thanks for the links guys...

Looks like GPS isnt quite accurate enough to do it "on the cheap" Smile

lbendlin · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 3:02 pm Post subject:

Let's say it like this - it was never designed to do these things.
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peterac · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 3:17 pm Post subject:

Sometime simplicity (ie. a stopwatch) is the best way to go.
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