 Hot Lap Timer Mounting Location?, Can anyone share some pics? |
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| nine14cats |
 Dec 30 2003, 11:47 AM
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Bill Pickering -- 914-6 GT aka....Leeloo  Group: Members Posts: 2,618 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 287 Region Association: None  |
Hey gang,
I want to mount my Hot Lap Timer in my 914. (Santa said enough of the hand stop watches).... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) If anyone has a pic of where they mount the timer, or advice as to where not to mount it, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks, Bill P. |
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| fiid |
Dec 30 2003, 01:16 PM
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Turbo Megasquirted Subaru Member Group: Members Posts: 2,827 Joined: 7-April 03 From: San Francisco, CA Member No.: 530 Region Association: Northern California |
I stuck mine on an angle bracket from where the screw hole for the coat (laugh) hook goes, so it pokes out the passenger side window right at the back, next to the headrest.
I got lots of false readings and no useful lap times from my last run at Sears, so I'm interested in any other advice that people have. |
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| brant |
Dec 30 2003, 01:53 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 11,625 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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I've hesitated to reply because I don't have any useful pictures...
I assumed you meant a mounting point for the receiver piece: if so then I've had pretty good luck with the unit mounted onto the rollbar (zip ties) on the passenger side. Mine is mounted just high enough that it is above the door panel and looking out through the passenger window. Its worked well in this location, and is at a good height for most senders as well. In the past I've used an archaic system called the "time machine" that was invented or produced by a friend of mine (years before the hotlap hit the market)... His system used a sender and receiver in one unit. I mounted it in the same place with good results. (hey anyone want to buy it for 50 bucks?) In this location you can roll the window up or down and still have it work... Correction, I could roll the window up, I don't think you'll be doing that anytime soon... brant |
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| nine14cats |
Dec 30 2003, 02:16 PM
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Bill Pickering -- 914-6 GT aka....Leeloo Group: Members Posts: 2,618 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 287 Region Association: None |
Thanks Fiid and Brant,
I was thinking of mounting the receiver against my roll bar as well, using some sort of "L" bracket. The readout I was going to mount in the middle of the dash where my heater/defrost levers used to be. It's interesting that you had those funny problems with the receiver at Infineon. I've heard other people say that at Infineon they had problems but everywhere else not....hmmm... I'll have to bend up a bracket and play around... Bill P. |
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| fuch toy |
Dec 30 2003, 03:30 PM
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Mine is on the passenger side roll bar.
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| campbellcj |
Dec 30 2003, 03:41 PM
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I can't Re Member Group: Members Posts: 4,545 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Agoura, CA Member No.: 21 Region Association: Southern California
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I got the "small" flavor and put the display in the dash hole where the ashtray used to be. It fits nicely.
I just zip-tie the receiver to the rollcage. Sometimes I have to move it to the other side of the car depending where the transmitter is located i.e. if lapping is going CCW past start-finish...I freeload off other peoples' transmitters (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) |
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| nine14cats |
Dec 30 2003, 04:21 PM
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Bill Pickering -- 914-6 GT aka....Leeloo Group: Members Posts: 2,618 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 287 Region Association: None |
I like the idea of the display in the ashtray cutout...very sano (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
Just go back in from the garage cleaning my rims....got the whole week off to work on the odds and ends on the car.... I'll test fit the stuff in there... Thanks! Bill P. |
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| TimT |
Dec 30 2003, 05:09 PM
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retired Group: Members Posts: 4,033 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Wantagh, NY Member No.: 313 |
QUOTE I just zip-tie the receiver to the rollcage. Sometimes I have to move it to the other side of the car depending where the transmitter is located Me Too!! I put the display on the dash where the radio used to live, drilled a coupla holes through the dash, and zip tied the display to the dash... |
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| fuch toy |
Dec 30 2003, 05:10 PM
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QUOTE(TimT @ Dec 30 2003, 03:09 PM) QUOTE I just zip-tie the receiver to the rollcage. Sometimes I have to move it to the other side of the car depending where the transmitter is located Me Too!! I put the display on the dash where the radio used to live, drilled a coupla holes through the dash, and zip tied the display to the dash... Velcro on glove box...."I" still have a radio. |
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| TimT |
Dec 30 2003, 05:15 PM
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retired Group: Members Posts: 4,033 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Wantagh, NY Member No.: 313 |
My radio is 6 cyl at 7200 rpm (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
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