[Diy_efi] traction control & nitrous (devlish combo?)

[The McConnell's]

um, i dont think a WRC is worth a million dollars, more in the neighbourhood
of 15 grand US, i believe WRC refers to a Subaru impreza WRC


> People running million dollar cars (the message said WRC) probably won't
use
> refurbished guns but for DiYers your suggestion is certainly worth a
serious
> look, provided those guns can run continously and that you can extract
some
> meanigful signal somewhere. OTOH the DRS-1000 is kind of plug and play,
you
> get a nice 0-5V square wave differential output, and is also
> water-resistant, vibration-resistant, can survive a lot of Gs (some people
> use them for vehicle crash-test analysis), has a suitable operating
> temperature range etc etc etc, not to mention it is race-proven at the
> highest level of motorsport.
>
> Beside that it works in the Ka band at 35.5GHz, don't know what are the
> licensing issues, but should we really care anyway?
>
> --Axel
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "md4etal" <md4etal at netzero.net>
> >
> > The GMH unit is about 1200 dollars.  A regular refurbished radar gun
will
> > run you less than half the cost.  Plus the 24 GHz band is a non-licensed
> > required band here in the states.  I think the "okay" band in the UK is
> 24.3
> > GHz.
> >
> > Mike Dekutoski
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Axel Rietschin" <Axel_Rietschin at compuserve.com>
> >
> > > > BTW, is the car you plan on using it on AWD?  If you had a WRC,
> > > > conventional TCS would be useless since all tires are peeling out
> > > > at the same speed, you need differential input to make TCS work.
> > > > GPS or accelerometers are the only other source that could think
> > > > of.
> > >
> > > "No, there is another."
> > >
> > > At least two teams are using a doppler-effect ground speed radar for
> that
> > > purpose, namely a GMH Engineering DRS-1000, sold by Datron in the UK.
> > >
> > > --Axel
>
>
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