This sort of stuff is feasible today. OBD-II cars are
capable of recording at least some of these parameters
from the factory...it's a matter of tapping in to the
system. I forget how they do torque but I think that
is with automatic cars only.
Craig Blome
--- AutocrossAddict@aol.com wrote:
>
> How long until all sports cars have something like
> this?! (See the attached
> .jpg -- digesters will not receive the pic.) An
> on-board digital display to
> monitor and record things like torque, degree of
> throttle opening, injector
> opening time, turbocharger pressure, and oil /
> coolant / air intake / exhaust
> temperatures. Plus, you can set "red zones" which
> will indicate when you're
> exceeding a threshold, and an optimized gear upshift
> indicator based on the
> car's dynamic conditions (gear/revs/torque/speed),
> and built-in G-force
> display and lap timer!
> A future option will be the ability to download all
> the data to a laptop for
> post-race analysis. Sounds like a definite (if
> unfair) performance advantage
> to me!
>
> Mike S.
> AutocrossAddict@aol.com
>
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