With the manifold temp, water temp, driveshaft rpm, engine rpm and other internal sensors all wired up and fired up, we hit the record button on the new racepak system while the car was in the garage. Unfortunately, I had failed to put the terminator cap on the VNet line and so we saw nothing. Once we got that installed and after about an hour of playing around with the software, and transferring the memory chip back and forth, we finally were able to do a live-telemetry session.
Success!
Turning on the car and watching the live data come in, especially when we put the car in gear, was awesome. It was so great to see all the sensors working and pulling in data while it ran in the garage. In two weeks, we’ll put it on the trailer and head over to mason dixon dragway where we’ll actually capture this data during real runs. Looking forward to getting some insight into the car’s performance.
We are probably going to record everything that happens with the run from the time I turn it on in the staging lanes, until I return down the return road. It will be interesting to see driveshaft RPM during the burnout and watch how temperatures change during the course of the run from the time it starts until we go through the traps.
We’ll keep you posted on how it all goes.
Tags: data acquisition, garage