Respect would depend on how much the person knows about these meters.

The ONLY track local to me has just a few Friday nights during the summer that are open to trucks like mine. The track is also only 1000'. These are the reasons I purchased the Gtech.

 

Make that 40 bucks, three runs, plus the gas and time to drive the two hundred miles round trip (30 more bucks in gas).
Plus it's seldom avalible.

Main reason to use the G-tech is to test tunes, mods, changes.


On a Vette I was building and modifiyng, I must have made 400 runs (usually just 0-60 as launch and overall power was what I was testing), care to figure what that would add to the cost of the jobs?

We don't all live in the city... Around here there are a number of long flat empty streets with no houses or people, but the nearest quarter-mile strip is 120 mile round trip, and they don't want casual users there.

In Southern California there are less than half a dozen strips, and they are not cheap, they are crowded, and they are very expensive.

Now if I was racing, sure I would go to the strip. The G-techs and other similar gadgets are for your own information. It's the only easy way to see how much effect any change will have on your truck.
Chris

 

Seems some of these performance meters are more accurate than others. I actually wish I had one so I could test mods, driving techniques, etc.

but... at the end of the day if I'm looking for accurate times to compare to someone else I would go to a track.

At least you can get a number to compare to the Gtech numbers to see if it's accurate.

 

Way to change the subject when losing the debate.

 

We are not saying a day at the track isn't fun... but a timeslip at the track doesn't mean jack chit at a red light sitting next to another pickup. Does the HEMI owner care you have a time slip that says you can beat him? I think not. Does he care you have an accelerometer that says you can beat them? Again, no! Facts are facts: Accelerometers are an accurate way to gauge performance & a great aid to help you dial in or see how mods are working.

 

I don't know about respect. All I know is I was always disappointed with my timeslips at the track. I am much happier with my G-Tech run down Watkins mountain. I have an 11 sec truck, stock. End of story.

 

Tire and wheel combo approximately 74 lb OEM and 94 with the 20s and 305/55/20s. This was on a bathroom scale. So teh bigger tires and wheels added abuot 80 total.

 

I have tried using my G-tech (the original old one) at the track and it was no where near what the track times were. After several runs down the strip I concluded my g-tech was basically useless in my mustang, it seemed even more inaccurate with slicks bolted on.
For whatever reason though, it does seem to be consistant in my truck, I don't know if its accurate though as I haven't had my truck at the track. Maybe cause the truck is slower, not as harsh a launch, I dunno???

 

Interesting. I would guess that your mustang, especially with the slicks, was raising the front to the top of the shocks thus giving you slightly quicker times than you were truly turning.

Again though, the use for any of these devices is to 'benchmark' your truck for mods and tuning. A baseline reading that you can reproduce will save you a lot of trouble and time on adjustments that do not help. The 'butt dyno' is just not that accurate.

Chris