Trevor Phillips Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 May well be interested if it fits and is the right price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 Im interested .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Wong1697456877 Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 I'm concerned about the height of the unit. The Stack system requires a chunk taken out of the tube behind the top of the dashboard to fit. This looks even taller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Reaper Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 I'm interested...was let down by Hein Gericke after two months of waiting for them to supply me with one of their dashboards,more info required on its suitability for six speed box and if the inputs could be used for a fuel gauge. Will take a look at the manual for the Pro system,can't seem to see one for the 3. Keep us updated on the prices,though I would probably not need the G sensor version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee_fin Posted July 8, 2002 Author Share Posted July 8, 2002 Once I've got the unit installed I'll pop along with it to some local meets (I can make Herts, Thames Valley, Bristol) and post the exact dimensions of it. Price-wise it retails right now at ~540. I would expect with 10 orders (so far about 15 people interested across the boards) to see a 10% discount, so we'd be looking at about ~490 for the unit. It is supplied with one temp sender, however, if it's like previous Aim/MyChron products the senders are standard RS parts. I would put a bulk order with RS and package up the necessary temp/pressure senders with the units. Graeme. ________________________________________________________ graeme finlayson / tyre warmer / fluke motorsport gee_fin@hotmail.com / www.fluke-motorsport.co.uk Barbados Rally Carnival Experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeMartin Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Put me down for one. when is the order going in? I would like an additional sender with mine though. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee_fin Posted July 8, 2002 Author Share Posted July 8, 2002 I'm going to get an idea of the interest. At present we have ~15 people who are interested. I'll ask him this week what kind of discount we'd get for an order of 10-20 units. I'll post the price, then it's time for deposits and the order will go straight in. Graeme. ________________________________________________________ graeme finlayson / tyre warmer / fluke motorsport gee_fin@hotmail.com / www.fluke-motorsport.co.uk Barbados Rally Carnival Experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Flatters Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Graeme, I suppose those of us who want to do this as a winter/New Year upgrade won't be able to benefit from your deal? arrow.gifarrow.gifHarry Flattersarrow.gifarrow.gifthumbsup.gif AKA Steve Mell id=green> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee_fin Posted July 8, 2002 Author Share Posted July 8, 2002 I'll ask how long he'll let it run for, hopefully we can set it up as a discount for all enternity smile.gif Graeme. ________________________________________________________ graeme finlayson / tyre warmer / fluke motorsport gee_fin@hotmail.com / www.fluke-motorsport.co.uk Barbados Rally Carnival Experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Flatters Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Good man - I'll wait for your posting. arrow.gifarrow.gifHarry Flattersarrow.gifarrow.gifthumbsup.gif AKA Steve Mell id=green> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee_fin Posted July 11, 2002 Author Share Posted July 11, 2002 Should have one of the dataloggers on the car at Goodwood this weekend (assuming all goes well with the frantic rebuild tonight!). Erm, not sure whereabouts I'll be in the show but just looked for the caged up carbon sevenalike, hopefully laden with Lambo girls lounging on it. We'll be on stand Fri/Sat/Sun, just give 07747-60-60-66 a bell if I'm not around. Cheers, Graeme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aph Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 any news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee_fin Posted July 17, 2002 Author Share Posted July 17, 2002 Kart ones are in the country now, had a play and are very interesting. Car ones are very similar but with the ODO, accelerometers and gear indicator. Any day now hopefully! :) Graeme. ________________________________________________________ graeme finlayson / tyre warmer / fluke motorsport gee_fin@hotmail.com / www.fluke-motorsport.co.uk Barbados Rally Carnival Experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallbanger Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 Graeme, I might also be interested. However I would like to find out if things like steering angle and brake pressure could be added via one of the additional input. If it could I might actually replace my existing Stack datalogger with this unit. Also, I see that this is battery driven, can it be connected to the car's power system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee_fin Posted July 17, 2002 Author Share Posted July 17, 2002 The two pressure and two temperature inputs just measure a given voltage. From what I see, it would just be a case of designing the potientometer so that it gives voltages within these ranges. The software can specify max, min, and scaling so it would just then be case of calibrating the input. *shrugs* Shouldn't be too tough, although my electrickery knowledge is not the greatest I'm sure there's sufficient knowledge on the list/forum to be able to accomplish this. The unit is battery driven. I would presume the reason for this is because the unit began as a kart logger so it was easier for them to continue this trend, also, car power is notoriously spikey and noisy so this simplifies the whole process. My old MyChron 2 was battery driven and I have to say I actually preferred it from a datalogging point of view. From a replacement dash point of view (which is how I'm viewing the MyChron 3) it would be beneficial for it to be ran off the car though. This will be another thing to look into, converting a 9v battery input to take the 12v from the car. *points to earlier sententce* However, I'll defer to an electrician's knowledge on how to do this! smile.gif Graeme. ________________________________________________________ graeme finlayson / tyre warmer / fluke motorsport gee_fin@hotmail.com / www.fluke-motorsport.co.uk Barbados Rally Carnival Experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aph Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 setting up a 9v supply wouldn't be that hard you just need a 9v voltage regulator (pref low dropout, ie current usage) a pair of smoothing capacitors and ideally a diode to protect against incorrect polarity and a transient supressor across the supply from the car battery. The transient suppressor will pick up the higher frequency 'spikes' and the voltage regulator and smoothing capicitors will handle the lower frequency voltage changes. Will work it out properly using rs/maplin bits if anyone is interested in making a 9v supply? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Wong1697456877 Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 Sorry if this has been answered but is the Caterham top of dash to steering column space big enough to fit the MyChron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee_fin Posted July 17, 2002 Author Share Posted July 17, 2002 Aph, sounds simple enough, I would definetly be interested in something along those lines - I'm planning on using the MyChron 3 as my complete dash. Alex, as soon as the car one arrives I'll measure it up on R500SAC. I presume the kart one is the same dimensions but I'll double check :) Graeme. ________________________________________________________ graeme finlayson / tyre warmer / fluke motorsport gee_fin@hotmail.com / www.fluke-motorsport.co.uk Barbados Rally Carnival Experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aph Posted August 27, 2002 Share Posted August 27, 2002 any news yet Graeme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee_fin Posted August 27, 2002 Author Share Posted August 27, 2002 Well, I've got one on the gearbox kart and it's as good as I had hoped. Top piece of kit and I'm definetly going to be buying another. I'm going to get some footage of it running next time we take the kart out (trying for Reading this weekend). But basically it's everything I wanted, anyone interested is welcome to come and see it anytime (can't promise a run in the kart though! ). Discount-wise we're looking at 10% for just a few orders. This would bring it down to just under £500 for the complete kit. An absolute bargain. Graeme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain chaos Posted August 27, 2002 Share Posted August 27, 2002 Like Alex I'm keen to install something like this but am interested in the dimensions prior to ordering. Please post dims as soon as available. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Phillips Posted August 28, 2002 Share Posted August 28, 2002 Saw it last week on Graeme's cart. It certainly looks the biz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireblade Posted August 31, 2002 Share Posted August 31, 2002 I want one, but I'm still dithering. Problem is, there's too much choice! Here is my list of digital dash/logging hyperlinks: Custom Autotech - DigiDash www.customautotech.co.uk MoTeC - Advanced Dash Logger (ADL) www.motec.com.au/adl.htm Speedline - MyChron 3 "RACING ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION" www.speedlog.co.uk/mychron3.asp SPA Technique - Instruments (Hot Rod or Micro) Dash www.spatechnique.com/index3.html Stack motorsport instrumentation and data logging www.stackltd.com Techtronics Race Dash www.techtronics.co.uk/dash.htm Warrior Racing - Iceman www.warrioracing.com/Warrior/Final/Iceman.html EvoDash www.evodash.com Race Technology - DL90 Data Logger www.race-technology.com/WebPage/Products/Logger/DL90Home.html Data Tool - Digi Gear Indicator www.datatool.co.uk/digi.html John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee_fin Posted September 2, 2002 Author Share Posted September 2, 2002 (Custom Autotech - DigiDash www.customautotech.co.uk) Fraid to say this just doesn't look polished enough yet, reckon it will be a good piece of kit but right now it's just very, very industrial looking. (MoTeC - Advanced Dash Logger (ADL) www.motec.com.au/adl.htm) If you've got £3-£4k then go for this one, it's simply the best on the market. However, the cost matches in all aspects - from the unit itself to the price of sensors and upgrades. (Speedline - MyChron 3 "RACING ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION" www.speedlog.co.uk/mychron3.asp) Best balance of cost, looks, features and functionality by a considerable way. Simply nothing comes close for £500. (SPA Technique - Instruments (Hot Rod or Micro) Dash www.spatechnique.com/index3.html) Have to profess to having never seen one of these on a car yet so have only aesthetic comments! Display seems bright but very cluttered and layout is not to my liking. (Stack motorsport instrumentation and data logging www.stackltd.com) The most popular, you're looking at £2k for the full trackmapping, laptiming system with all the necessary sensors. Proven, reliable and quality. (Techtronics Race Dash www.techtronics.co.uk/dash.htm) Pretty piece of kit, however, only play back on the display and limited sensors. Last time I looked it was £500 (but that was six months ago!). (Warrior Racing - Iceman www.warrioracing.com/Warrior/Final/Iceman.html) Small cluttered display :( (EvoDash www.evodash.com) Isn't this just the Techtronics display? (Race Technology - DL90 Data Logger www.race-technology.com/WebPage/Products/Logger/DL90Home.html) Quality kit, very powerful and flash upgradeable. However, no display, all post processing. Can be used at tracks despite timing restrictions. (Data Tool - Digi Gear Indicator www.datatool.co.uk/digi.html) Just a gear indicator? Many dataloggers will offer this functionality within the software :) My thoughts are based on your budget - £0-£1,000 = MyChron 3 (£500) £1,000-£3,000 = Stack (£1,500-££2,500) £3,000 = Motec or Pi. Graeme. ________________________________________________________ graeme finlayson / tyre warmer / fluke motorsport gee_fin@hotmail.com / www.fluke-motorsport.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireblade Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 Thanks Graeme - now I don't have to bother doing any more research :-) Do you have a deadline for the bulk order? John Latham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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