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Hey guys,

Couldn't find anything about the G-Tech performance meter on this forum.

My question is, do these performance meters live up to the hype?

I'd really like the opinions of people who have one and have compared things actual power, 1/4 times and torque to the G-tech values, rather than 'I have a mate who has one of these and says...

Here is two different models I'm considering buying:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/G-TECH-GTECH-PRO-SS...bayphotohosting

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/G-TECH-PRO-RR-ONBOA...1QQcmdZViewItem

Cheers.

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the g-tech i have is a little older then those and not as many features. they are a very good indication but not 100% accurate. also not recommended for the street as there is very high speeds involved when dong a 1/4 mile pass :D

isn't that what the strip's for?

Yeah, I meant just more for launches and stuff. I've got a 110km/h road near me that sees very little use, so I can accelerate up to 110, which is good but I've got no way of monitoring performance. The closest drag strip to me is an hour and a half away so I don't get that many occasions to get down there. I'm not looking to piss people off with idiotic story's just trying to determine if the g-tech units are worth the money.

the g-tech i have is a little older then those and not as many features. they are a very good indication but not 100% accurate. also not recommended for the street as there is very high speeds involved when dong a 1/4 mile pass :D

Cheers for your response, do they actually give a good indication of HP?

Ive got the last model,

Handy little unit, very consistant and i think its supposed to be accurate to 1/10th of a second or something.

Regardless of its accuracy compared to the track, its good to compare results between mods.

Take it for what it is...a good little performance indicator, but its not the be all and end all.

There are a total of four different units.

The cheap ones you see on EBay are the oldest.

The RR & SS models are the most recent.

I have an RR. In short for the money they are very, very good. They can accurately give you a quarter mile time & at the same time via the downloads allow you to see (in the comfort of your lounge room) which rpm launches worked best. When used on the circuit they can allow you to pinpoint the effectiveness of different modifications you may have made to your car. I would thouroughly recommned them if you want to dip your toes into the cheaper end of the data logging world.

Oh and don't bother buying the old, cheap ones. They are nowhere near as good.

Edited by djr81

I've got one of the new G-Tech SS' and its quite good. I find it reasonably accurate (G-Tech time vs stopwatch time), but I mainly use it to measure lateral G's. ;)

I'm up to 1.23G's on 17" RT215s, and 1.29Gs on 18" D02G's.

Thanks for the last few responses, very informative. I've decided to import a ss unit directly from G-Tech.

To be honest for the extra coin I would recommend the RR.

You can log & export data & then use it how ever you like. The attached image shows a gain in both balance & lateral grip. Obviously the circuit is anticlockwise.

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Edited by djr81
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I'm also interested in picking up one of these...but not for timing or drag info, more so, i'm after one to log information pre and post modification, so i can test certain equipment and see if it makes any sort of a gain/difference without having to 'feel' for it. Sometimes one may be overcome by the money they've spent on an modification, that they believe that it really DOES make a difference, when it doesn't...is this performance measuring tool accurate in terms of, Power and Acceleration?

Cheers,

Cartz

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