Re: Would A Drive By Wire Car Be Allowed to Race ?
 

can you explain why it would be a negative? it seems to me being able to launch say a new mustang with limited traction at say 50% throttle, and ramp it to full on as traction allows, would be far from a negative. also i would think it would be simple enough to take a factory abs sensor that monitors wheels speed , and use it to have some sort of traction control.

Re: Would A Drive By Wire Car Be Allowed to Race ?
 

Drive by wire is traction control!

If your foot is on the floor the throttle should be wide open. Yes the computer can adjust fuel and timing but should not be able to adjust throttle going down the track. Let the driver do all adjustments to the throttle position during the run.

Solution is have a cable from accelerator pedal to throttle shaft and a throttle position sensor sending info to the computer. If the computer controls the throttle that is traction control.

Drive by wire and the computer controlled throttle gives the racer the the unfair advantage of run tracing. Put a previous run in the computer tell it to trace and the run should be traceable to .002 of a second.

Gps; I overheard a lady's voice in a new race car radio "Arrive at destination in 1320 feet, time of arival 9.582 seconds".

As they say in the movies "Follow the money"

Have you seen a Ford spin lately?

Why are the governing bodies of this sport allowing the new cars to have such an unfair advantage in eliminations?

Re: Would A Drive By Wire Car Be Allowed to Race ?
 

I got a new drive by wire system. I use a throttle cable, but we limit it to 70 or 80 or so %, but if I spin the tires, I pull this wire and open the throttle all the way and try to make it up. Comes out right under the tach and looks like a coat hanger. I might sell the patent to Lokar. I am developing a solenoid to pull it if the sensor detect the wheel spin, so I don't have to think about it. Works like this; If the rpm goes up faster than .03598 nanoseconds, the solenoid kicks in and pulls the throttle open. However if the rpm goes up only .02985 nanoseconds, then the throttle opens an additional 10%, and does not go to WOT only making up what I lose. I have a timer for the first 8.692 ft, and it can determine if the additional throttle is needed.

Re: Would A Drive By Wire Car Be Allowed to Race ?
 

Drinkin that s**t again, ain't ya Jeff? LMAO

Re: Would A Drive By Wire Car Be Allowed to Race ?
 

I have to drink that stuff to invent this stuff. I got a bottle of Grey Goose Orange going to Bristol along with fresh oranges for that slice that calms it down. I need someone staying at a hotel to bring me some ice maker ice. Much better than icemaker ice in the camper. Ice maker ice from the freezer picks up too many odors, but drink ice is not frozen nearly as hard, and it melts at a faster rate, therefore loosing the odors early before it can affect the drink. And it needs no cable. It loses the odor in .049876 miliseconds.

Re: Would A Drive By Wire Car Be Allowed to Race ?
 

If we don't have any other technical subjects, then I'm going to bed as the 4 AM departure comes early.

Re: Would A Drive By Wire Car Be Allowed to Race ?
 

Good luck Jeff!

Re: Would A Drive By Wire Car Be Allowed to Race ?
 

Larry do a little more research before you post. Your not helping your cause. The ford factory fly by wire system cannot be changed while going down the track. If you start a run 70% throttle you end a run 70% throttle. Drive by wire is not traction control in drag racing. Yes you could cheat using fly by wire, but you can also cheat using a carburetor and a home made MSD box. So what is your point? If you think new cars are the only thing holding you back from winning race's build one. Then you can have that unfair advantage and all that prize money.

Fords don't spin anyway.

Re: Would A Drive By Wire Car Be Allowed to Race ?
 

Charley, how can a car that runs 9.50 and a car that runs 10.60 have the same 60 foot time if they don't vary or control (gain) the throttle opening during the run?

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800 hp, 600ft/lbs torque, 42% rear weight, 9" tires, hot track, and no spin.

Its just a physics problem!