Datalogger in Cup car. What sensors are useful for an amateur?
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Datalogger in Cup car. What sensors are useful for an amateur?
Ok here is the deal:
You have a 996GT3 Cup car with an EVO 4 logger installed. This gives you the standard ECU info (accelerator position, speed, rpm ...) + a 10Hz GPS logger for laptimes and splits.
Considering the fact that the person behind the wheel is no complete novice, but no pro either, and you are just on your own (so no mechanics to finetune god knows what on the car during the trackday. Tire pressures is as far as it goes basically), are there other useful sensors to connect to the logger that are useful for your average DE driver? I think it might be interesting to see the steering angle, and also when applying the brakes, but a brake pressure sensor apparently is overkill on a 996 (since it has ABS), so how would one go on about logging brake pedal application?
I know there are some experts here, so shoot. All suggestions are welcome.
You have a 996GT3 Cup car with an EVO 4 logger installed. This gives you the standard ECU info (accelerator position, speed, rpm ...) + a 10Hz GPS logger for laptimes and splits.
Considering the fact that the person behind the wheel is no complete novice, but no pro either, and you are just on your own (so no mechanics to finetune god knows what on the car during the trackday. Tire pressures is as far as it goes basically), are there other useful sensors to connect to the logger that are useful for your average DE driver? I think it might be interesting to see the steering angle, and also when applying the brakes, but a brake pressure sensor apparently is overkill on a 996 (since it has ABS), so how would one go on about logging brake pedal application?
I know there are some experts here, so shoot. All suggestions are welcome.
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After Speed and RPM, in order of importance: Throttle (by a wide margin), steering, brake pressure. Brake is clearly important, but in an ABS car, long G (a built-in sensor) gives most of the same information.
Last edited by Adam@Autometrics; 02-15-2013 at 12:59 PM.
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Personally, I'd rank them in order of: speed, brake pressure, throttle, steering angle, everything else.
With those 4 channels of data available, it'll just be up to you (and a good coach). :-)
-mike
With those 4 channels of data available, it'll just be up to you (and a good coach). :-)
-mike
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With steering angle, you can put a number to understeer/oversteer and with brake pressure you can put a number to brake aggression and release.
I have the new G-Dash add-on for the EVO 4 in stock. Real-time predictive lap and+\- and programmable alarms that you could make work like a MoTeC SLM to show brake pressure and insure you're doing it right. Perfect training tool.
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VR and Peter, interested in your view here.
I have asked my mechanic about a brake pressure senor for my 99 996. He won't cut into the system to put in the sensor. Is there another way to get this data, or maybe a less intrusive way that will get me 80-90 accuracy? Or is he being overly cautious on this?
I have asked my mechanic about a brake pressure senor for my 99 996. He won't cut into the system to put in the sensor. Is there another way to get this data, or maybe a less intrusive way that will get me 80-90 accuracy? Or is he being overly cautious on this?
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VR and Peter, interested in your view here.
I have asked my mechanic about a brake pressure senor for my 99 996. He won't cut into the system to put in the sensor. Is there another way to get this data, or maybe a less intrusive way that will get me 80-90 accuracy? Or is he being overly cautious on this?
I have asked my mechanic about a brake pressure senor for my 99 996. He won't cut into the system to put in the sensor. Is there another way to get this data, or maybe a less intrusive way that will get me 80-90 accuracy? Or is he being overly cautious on this?
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