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Old 10-13-2013, 04:28 PM   #9
Don Eckel 111
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Default Re: Racepak Download

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Originally Posted by Tom Goldman View Post
When using the 8 magnet driveshaft collar on cars with numerically low rear gears ,I find the driveshaft and g-meter readings are very close.
On my car with a 4.30 rear gear there is about a .009 second difference.
I'm sure gear ratio and car weight and shock settings will greatly effect the time difference, but the 8 magnet collar gives much better resolution of the driveshaft rpm.
I noticed a huge difference between my driveshaft readings at Lebanon Valley and ones on a graph recorded with 2 magnets.
Non throttle stop cars probably don't need this resolution ,but for a car running the .90 index's it's invaluable.
I agree 100% that with more magnets on the collar, the movement of the car should be very close with the g-meter. With 8 (45 degrees apart), there would be next to no lag in the recorder picking up the driveshaft.
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