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Old 01-16-2007, 11:52 PM
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Best performance meter.

I've been looking around for a performance meter lately. I am adding a lot of suspension and brake components, and I just want to see where I stand against some of the high $$$ super cars. I want something that does it all, like braking distance and G's, lateral G's, acceleration G's, 0-60', 0-60 mph, quarter mile time, all that good stuff.

There are the more popular ones like G-tech RR's and SS's, and then there are others like Tazzo's, which supposedly perform on par or even better than the more expensive ones, but I guess aren't being made anymore.

I just bought a passport 8500 X50 radar detector and I was browsing their site and I see that they also have one.

So does anyone have any experience with any of these performance meters? If so what do you like/dislike about it?

Maybe if there is enough interest, we could get a group purchase or something going on one.
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Old 01-18-2007, 04:09 PM
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Anyone have a performance meter?
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Old 01-18-2007, 04:52 PM
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theyre garbage, if you arent on perfectly level ground they dont work
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Old 01-18-2007, 05:55 PM
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I was lookin at the 200 dollar Gtech one...i looked around online and it got some pretty good reviews.
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the gtech pro SS is great, it is rather pricey though. The 1/4 mile times are pretty close to real (if you hook). Cant say much about the G's or braking distance or anything. The dyno is off too (at the wheels anyways, it might read the engine HP? not entirely sure, i only borrowed my friends)
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Originally Posted by cjmatt
theyre garbage, if you arent on perfectly level ground they dont work
Not true with Tazzos. But apparently they aren't being made anymore, so I guess thats not an option. I don't know about escorts version though. Here is a link in case you want to look into it.

http://www.escortradar.com/gtimer.htm
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Originally Posted by reamo04
the gtech pro SS is great, it is rather pricey though. The 1/4 mile times are pretty close to real (if you hook). Cant say much about the G's or braking distance or anything. The dyno is off too (at the wheels anyways, it might read the engine HP? not entirely sure, i only borrowed my friends)
I have a gtech pro ss and I love it. It is really good for giving you a good ballpark estimate. The real problem like he said trying to hook on the street. The trick is to calibrate it the best you can. The better it is calibrated the more accurate it is. I have found that the G's are pretty accurate, though i cant say for the breaking distance. The rwhp dyno numbers are dead on. It used the trap speed and the weight to calculate your hp,or something like that. Basicly you just have to play around with it and get the settings as close as possible. Imho it is a good tool for the money
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