Condor Man

Hi Guys,

I need to buy a decent lap timer. Nothing on the Iphone.....

I prefer data logging that I can connect with a camera and the car's OBD for an RS.2.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

911rox

Motec here in Aus... plugs into OBD port for access to car's systems, syncs to camera and lots of info... biggish $$$ and they are soon expected to be released without dashboard...

Otherwise Vbox...

US fellas will be able to chime in with US systems they use...

kyrocks

Aim Solo or Aim Solo DL is decent too. Can use Obdii port or CAN cable.

Condor Man

Thanks Chris,

What is big $$$??

Condor Man

I have heard about the AIM too....

I will look into that.

911rox

I think they are about $2500-$3000 locally... they were planning to release a non motec dash version which was hopefully going to be less... The dash unit is virtually as you would have had in the cup car champ. Tried one recently at PI, impressed...

M3EvoBR

Solo DL with smarty cam, OBD2 compliant, start and stops recording within 5 secs car starts moving. (you can set up differently)
Click on my signature and you will be able to watch my videos from Smarty cam and the dash set up.

NBTBRV8

Racelogics Vbox is the best. I am looking at getting the vbox lite which can take a clip on can-bus connector for telemetry.

http://www.vboxaustralia.com.au/

hf1

+1 for AIM SOLO and its Predictive Mode as explained here:

https://rennlist.com/forums/10450816-post1278.html

Condor Man

Thanks for that and great driving in the 964.

I noticed the RPM was not working in the first video.

Did you fix this??

Condor Man

That's correct. I had a Motec in the Cup and I found it OK to use as the mapping and data could be quite often confusing and complicated.

There is no way I would put a motec dash in a new RS.

Condor Man

That looks good.

Happy to check it out in more detail.

utkinpol

get Solo DL, with CAN bus connection. OBD works too but CAN is preferable. Or get both cords to decide which one to use.
I think they do not have issues with .2 RS cars ECU but you can check, search racing forum - there were several threads there about this topic.

You do want ECU data in the logger to see your inputs and RPM together with accelerometers data. for camera you get smartycam, it connects tgo Solo unit and this combo works out of the box and does not require any post-processing. AiM software is imho best that is out there. totally worth it.

M3EvoBR

Thank you,

On the 964 I didn't connect into the car's wiring yet. Running only on the camera and Solo's battery. Takes about 1-2 minutes to install and run the microphone wire.

If you look at my RS videos it works flawlessly, and it's connected thru OBD2, and if you choose to, and wants more information (oil, temp, pressure etc) you can use the CAN BUS.

You can't go wrong with Vbox or Solo. What I like about the Solo better than the Vbox is the in car display, and the way I set my dash, I have the partial lap times on the spot with other information, which allows me to try different things and now if it works or not on the post as it will show the time and +- in the segment.

Very complete data, most likely a lot more than you will be able to use.

Strongly recommended, and the video from Smarty cam is also better than Vbox, and my version is not even the HD, which should be out by now.

Condor Man

That's great info and once again great driving, I also really enjoyed watching your RS on the P Slicks!!

I also watched you chasing that Blue 993 GT2 RSR - Gee that thing had some absolute punch!!!! How much horsepower was that? and is it an original??