the traqmate has a pretty nifty in car display, and it doubles as your "memory stick" persay, just unclip it, and plug it into the usb port on your laptop/computer.

 

WarmPepsi (as opposed to ColdBeer, I suppose ) -

Thanks, I will definitely check out the traqmate unit.

 

haha, good excuse to post a picture

they have a pretty good demo of the analysis software (it's the real software, not a demo) and an area to post up your laps (if you want) for everyone else to see. Nobody posted up for where i am (sebring/homestead-miami), but there might be some up for you out west.

Thing that sucks so far. Antenna has a magnet base, great to stick on the roof....other than we're aluminium. I haven't used it on track yet (3 weeks away), but it picks up the satellites if it's on the rear quarter (above the back side window).

Now the only issue, is where to mount the damn thing, probably gonna have to be between the drivers right air vent, and the cluster.

take care.

 

I have the Ultra Lap timer as well. Used it only once as the season ended, but i liked it a lot. It's small enough that you can fit it on the dash and have a clear view.

http://www.cc-2000.com/xtracing/en/ultra-lap/index.html

 

huh huh. yeah, that's my alltime favorite track pic of my EVO -- in the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca. Doesn't get much better than that. I keep telling all my friends and co-workers that they should try tracking their car.

"It's the most fun you will ever have with your clothes on!"

 

i agree, after i did it the first time like 2 1/2, 3 years ago, i haven't shutup about it. Everyone knows it's track weekend, as i have to pickup the trailer from work the night before, and load the car up in the morning, and then tote the whole rig the whole 7 miles to work....

and then every so often, peak outside, and check on the truck/trailer/car/rig. And everyone around knows what i'm up to that weekend

 

One thing I have learned is that you can't MAKE anyone, or CONVINCE anyone to track their car, even if they are long-time sports car enthusiats. People have to come to this addictive hobby on their own because they really want to, not because their best friends love it.

 

yeah, but the biggest thing is just getting them to try it once, or even getting them to come out and ride through a few laps, or a session, etc.

Most people that do it, do one of 3 things.

1. 1 time, and they're done, not for them, scared to death.
2. they had fun, wanna try it again, but have other priorities.
3. they get that cheesy grin after each run, and get outta the car and yell WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, lets do it again!

 

A good friend and co-worker of mine is a younger guy who recently bought a Mazda 3 and has been busily modding it himself, exhaust, suspension, etc. I talk to him all the time about my road racing hobby. He keeps saying he wants to do it, and I keep inviting him to the events I run. So far, he has never showed up. He needs to make the decision on his own. No matter how much I gush about how much fun it is, he has to come to terms with the risk, cost, etc. I respect that. And I keep EGGING HIM ON.

 

haha, have you ever offered him the passenger seat (is that allowed with the groups you run with?)

Or the other thing i've done to get people out, i know they're doing nothing, and i'll ask them if they're not busy to come camera man for me for like half of the day... they get there, see the sights, don't take very good pictures, but hey, they're out there

 

Richard,
the FUEL people are working on a real time display,,,, if you can wait.

http://www.blacklinegps.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12

 

motec.

they monitor suspension, lap time(i think) and few more for the track and suspension setup monitoring.

it's like aem ems but more for road racers.

 

I'm gonna assume that the Motec is a professional racing system that is probably out of my price range, but I'll check it out. Thanks for the heads-up.

 

i could find a good session of mine from sebring and post it up, (traqmate) if any of your are interested in seeing it.

 

I own the Race Technology AX22. For $1,200 you get data similar to motec and you can change it from car to car.

http://www.race-technology.com/WebPa.../Products.html