would this thing work? it tells you bhp and stuff, so no need for a rolling road test

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10382&item=4523598406&rd=1#ebayphotohosting

any ideas?

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Instantaneous BHP - no more rolling road tuning.
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Instantaneous G's - Ideal for monitering where your car is loosing grip
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Lateral G's - Ideal for skid type measurements
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Braking distance
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1/4 mile times
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Speed

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AlfaNige uses something similar, although not sure what spec/model he has?! Plus his does ALL cars.

dunno bit it looks pretty

Seems a bit cheap to do all those things accurately???

If it would work , i'd put it on the wish list.

does look pretty

Buy one, rent it out for a week at a time to forum members at £10 a week, you would make your money back, everybody would be happy to use one too

nice idea paul, i don't 'do' ebay myself, but i am sure people would be willing to rent it for that

You would make a pretty profit on it AND make people happy as most people want to know their car specs without the cost of a dyno.

No idea how accurate these are however.

If someone who has recently had their car's bhp tested gets it, then they could see if its accurate

...now whos had their car remapped :idea:

I'm not going to click the link cos I know it's that g thingie and I have the following question "how can it measure bhp while sitting on the dash not connected to the vehicle?"

Answer: IT CANT, or at least I think that anyway.

Just another thing to clog up your room with after you get fed up with it telling you your Cento has 200bhp etc!

Liam

bloomfieldliam said:

I'm not going to click the link cos I know it's that g thingie and I have the following question "how can it measure bhp while sitting on the dash not connected to the vehicle?"

Answer: IT CANT, or at least I think that anyway.

Just another thing to clog up your room with after you get fed up with it telling you your Cento has 200bhp etc!

Liam

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I wouldn't want it if it undereads my cars bhp :devil:

Maybe I was wrong but I'm still not sold on it.

As for the G Tech Pro unit, here is what Demon Tweeks want for them:
http://www.demon-tweeks.com/catalog...2M&GRP=MP065&PGRP=M005&CLS=MSPORT&from=search

The site:
http://www.gtechpro.com/prod.html

The Blurb:
"Theyre only 0.2 of a second out for 0-60mph runs when compared to the mega
bucks all singing all dancing mega accurate Racelogic stuff.

What can it do?

G-TECH/Pro takes advantage of many different measurements that can be gathered
from acceleration over time. For Horsepower measurement the user has to input
the weight of the vehicle. We utilize what we call "Intuitive User Interface".
To input weight all you have to do is simply tilt G-TECH/Pro up and the numbers
will increase and if you tilt it down the numbers will decrease. Further you
tilt it faster the numbers change.

In Horsepower mode G-TECH/Pro will display currently delivered horsepower during
acceleration and then when you slow down it will display maximum delivered
horsepower.
All the measurements are performed automatically. All you have to do is push the
button indicating to G-TECH/Pro that you are ready and then G-TECH/Pro will
zero-out and display -GO-. Then simply start accelerating. G-TECH/Pro will know
your speed and distance at any given moment and stop the measurement at 60 mph
or 1/4 mile point.

While measuring Lateral or Longitudinal G's user has the choice of Instantaneous
or Continuous mode. Instantaneous G's are great for analyzing when tires lost
traction during braking and cornering or measuring any other kind of G-load.
Continuous G's are designed for standard skid pad handling measurements of
Lateral G's.

When measuring Braking distance in feet user doesn't have to start braking
exactly at 60 mph. G-TECH/Pro knows the speed always and it will only measure
distance from 60-0 mph even if you started braking at 65 mph for example."

Liam

nice one

Only thing i have spotted from that is the one on ebay is the 1994 version, so may not be too good...but if demontweeks are selling them they must work.....

they work. i know somebody who uses it on his racing cars. aint got a clue and neither has he how they work but they are accurate. with regrd to bhp, it does work as he has compared it to rolling road readout 150 miles before and it was only 0.6bhp differnce on one of his cars.

hehe, just about to post this in here. ive just bought one

£10 a week, yeah?

Would prove to you guys my bike is faster than a sporting

*would just need to work out how to cheat it*

down hill paul

can't see your bike making it to 60 like..

Now I have by gears back you never know

Might have to clean it though, all that mud is weighing it down.

hehe, i know my dad has hit around 50 when he used to do racing on mountain bikes wasnt doing 50 off road - just training up in the lakes, on roads with slicks on.

why do you want to beat a sporting in particular?

nice one arc, have you had you bhp tested before though?