Re: G Tech

From: kmiller (kmiller@cvn.net)
Date: Thu May 21 1998 - 14:24:25 EDT


Jon wrote:

>At 07:43 PM 5/20/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>I saw a posting a while back about a G tech for a $115, I cant find the
>>posting again and if anyone has it please send it to me.
>>
>>Also wondering if anyone with a G Tech has compaired 1/4 mile times of it
>>against actual track times.
>>
>
> G Tech claims it is accurate to within a tenth. In the (July?) issue
>of MiniTruckin, they tested one at the strip and found that it was
>indeed within a tenth of the dragstrip. (According to G-tech, their
method
>is actually more accurate than the track because the track averages your
>E/T whereas the G-tech records it at the exact 1/4 mile point.)

Not to be a pick ass or anything, but I don't think the dragstrip averages
your 1/4mi. E.T. What they do average is your mph. I'm not sure how far
apart the mph beams are at the track, but it is just a timing device, and
then it uses the simple formula to figure out MPH.

Later

Scott Miller
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