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Old 28 Jul 2003, 03:33 pm
Ian-PT-GT Ian-PT-GT is offline
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Dalite,

I guess my numbers are not that off...
Check my Thread.

How I was taught to check if the accelerometer is working is to tilt it and it should read 1.00 G when facing up. for testing it has to be perfectly level and the screen should read 0.00G.

I was talking to some friends that use them and gave me a nice explenation of the low numbers we are getting.

Dynoes measure the drivetrain HP with the car stationary. The accelerometer measures the hp with the car runing against the wind, The drag effect is what is making the low HP numbers you are seeing, It does not compensate for the drag coeficient of the body wich i am sure is huge. the best way is to use this gadget is for measuring the diferent efects of what you add or remove.

Ian
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