G-Tech Pro on Sale

[Todd....!!]

Hello Jeff and all!,

Jeff, thanks for the info/update about the sale!!

I will be getting one, as sortof a loate b-day present for myself!

One of my friends had a competitor's meter of the same caliber, we had a
LOT of fun with it as well as ran MANY MANY MANY various sorts of test
with the thing, he had the battery powered version (i.e. no cig. lighter
power needed!) you could even just run with the thing, as long as you
held it pretty still, and see what ya do in the quarter on foot, or on
your skateboard, or bicycle, or ANYTHING!

It DID have a limit as to the time allowed to complete various time to
distance measurements, I think 2 minutes was the limit on the 1/4 time,
so those of you with pintos or chevettes that are pushin close to 2
minutes 1/4's watch out!

But on a more serious note, I used to be in the Air force, worked on
Minuteman and peacekeeper I.C.B.M.'s(InterContinental Ballistic
Missiles), the nukes that kept our cold war enemies from nuking us! 

These HUGE missiles landed within from 1 to 10 yards of the target they
were targeted for! And that was over halfway around the WORLD!!

Don't worry the missiles used for these targeting tests were merely
duds(NO LIVE WARHEADS aboard!) so NO we didn't nuke some small country
just to test out the targeting system!

ANYWHO, the targeting system aboard these nukes used acceleromters as
well, just as this g-tech uses!

The g-tech is effected by gravity ONLY if it is tilted outside of the
exact level position.

Just FYI, I did a test with the lil g-tech type device my buddy had to
see what a vehicle would do if it had 1 G of acceleration applied to it
throughout the 1/4 mile!

I popped the device off his windshield, held it level to zero out the
gravity differences from it not being held perfectly level, then began
the 1/4 countdown...3...2....1... then I tilted it fully vertical, thus
obtaining a full 1 G of acceleration as far as it knew...

I believe it ran about a 12 second 1/4 in this test... Can't remember
for sure, but was an interesting test me thinks!

Thanks again for the info about the sale!

I'll be callin em probably on payday!

LATER!

Todd....!!
http://www.c-com.net/~atc347/toddlnk.htm

Jeff M wrote:
> 
> Hey listers, found in the latest Racers Wholesale catalog the GTech-Pro from
> Tesla to be on sale for $119.00 (verses $139.95).  Their phone number is
> 1.800.397.7815 or 1.800.886.RACE, and they are located in GA.   Prices are
> good until 10-27-1999.
> 
> And for those of you with questions, I will try to pre-answer them here ;-}
> 
> This device uses a precision accelerometer and a RISC microprocessor to
> calculate hp, quarter mile speed and times, zero to sixty times, G forces
> for stopping, accelerating and cornering.  Plug it into your lighter and
> stick it to your windshields and push the button on the display for what
> you want and GO, that is it, all self contained.   Many tests by users I
> know and have heard from show it to be very accurate in being repeatable,
> which is what you want to determine if your mods gave you what you paid for.
> This device has been used at the track and is within 2/10 of the tree for
> most cars and for those that really launch hard, and lift the front end up a
> lot, will be within 4/10 of a second.  The key word is repeatability and
> there it really works well.  The unit is very small at 2 3/8" wide, 2 3/4"
> long and 5/8" height.
> 
> That is about it and yes I have been using one for over a year now and it is
> great and has helped immensely in my work.
> 
> Jeff Middaugh
> tystorm at email.msn.com