Data Acquisition Deals, Discounts for World Members Options

[Matt Romanowski]

If anyone is interested in getting a data acquisition system for their car, get in touch with me. I can offer great deals on AiM products. I can help you out with anything from a Solo that mounts on the windshield to a full dash setup with sensors on everything. I can also help with the analysis and understanding how to work with the program. Shoot me an email at matt @ TrailBrake.net.

[Matt Romanowski]

I thought since a lot of people haven't used data before, I would give a couple of screen shots from Race Studio 2 to show what you get and how you can use it. This data is from my 914 track car with an AiM SOLO.

This first graph is just a quick view of some of the things you can track (called measures). Here I did speed, corner radius, and braking G force (longitudinal G). From the shapes of these graphs you can tell if you are applying the brake well, turning in correctly, early/late apexing, and a bunch more. I also have the friction circle displayed along with a GPS track map showing exactly where you drove colored with the speed of the car. Using just this basic data, I've helped people take 4-5 seconds a lap off their time on a 1:25 long track.


This next chart is a review chart that you can make up. Here I calculated how many miles were driven during the session, how many miles you were on the brakes, maximum and minimum G forces, speeds, etc. This is a great way to watch how long tires and brakes last, how many miles you drove for part time out intervals, etc. Using a chart like this is also an easy way to see when you're G-forces start to go down and your tires are wearing out! You can do this (with more options) for any measure you want.


This final one is a comparison between two drivers. You can see they, well me and my co-driver, took different lines (also in the GPS map) and had different speeds. You can then compare what was faster or not. The graph on the bottom is the difference in time, so you can use the shape of that graph right away to pinpoint where one person was faster or slower. You don't have to compare against another driver either, you can compare your own laps from the same session or different sessions as well. You can also zoom in on the GPS map and see exactly how different the lines were in specific areas.



It's pretty amazing that 5 years ago this level of data probably cost over $2,000 and now you can do it for $400!