G-Tech meter

[DARROW COLE]

Hi All,

Am I correct in thinking that the G-Tech calculates rear wheel hp, etc based on measured accel, time  and known mass 
of the vehicle?  I can't figure out how environmental factors would affect 1/4 mile et and mph readings. Help 
please!

Darrow



On Wed, 30 Apr 1997 18:01:27 EDT Bruce Bowling <bowling at cebaf.gov> 
wrote:
> > 
> > Drag-strip testing with the G-Tech Pro's have shown that they're
> > consistently off.  Each unit's variance differs, but it's consistently off
> > in the 1/4 ET and MPH (it's usually a little low on the ET and ~2 MPH high
> > in the MPH).
> > 
> > 
> There are going to be off for many reasons. One big reason is that
> none of these systems perform any type of environmental correction,
> so trying to get any absolute numbers out will not work. For relative
> comparisons, they are O.K., as long as the test environments stay
> the same.
> 
> - Bruce
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