Dynolicious
08-10-2008 | 05:52 PM
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From: London, Ontario
Vehicle: 2011 Kawasaki ZX6R
Ever wanted to dyno your car to see what it can do? Too cheap to goto an actual dyno or goto a track? Have an Ipod touch or Iphone?
If you said yes to any of these you should check this out. Dynolicious is a piece of software made for the iphones and ipod touch which utilizes the built in accelerometer to estimate many times from 60' to 1/4 mile and 0-60 times. If you enter the wieght of the vehicle and a 0% drivetrain loss it tells you whp and you can figure in the drivetrain loss if you want bhp.
The software itself is $13 and is supposed to be pretty accurate. I have gotten it on my ipod but havn't actually tested it yet, I will test it later tonight and let you know what I think.
Here is a site where they talk about it and show a video where they dyno a car, run it on a track with time slips and use the dynolicious software and a g-tech accelerometer dyno($150). http://www.gtechpro.com/
http://gizmodo.com/5034542/13-iphone-app-f...cated-dynometer
For those who don't want to watch the video I'll give you the stats.
Dyno rated HP: 165.5
Dynolicious : 170
slip times:
60' - 2.811
330 - 6.883
1/8 - 10.245 Mph - 73.27
1000 - 13.149
1/4 - 15.614 Mph - 91.29
Dynolicious:
60' - 2.83
330 - 6.88
1/8 - 10.27 Mph - 73.1
1000 - 13.17
1/4 - 15.65 Mph - - 90.6
So as you can see It is actually pretty accurate. HP was off by 4.5 but that's about the dfference between a dyno jet and mustang dyno as a guy in the video states.
The times were off by a matter of thousands of seconds and the Mph were off by 0.6.
For $13 it doesnt seem to bad. I'll come back later with my results and what mods I have and we can discuss this.
If you said yes to any of these you should check this out. Dynolicious is a piece of software made for the iphones and ipod touch which utilizes the built in accelerometer to estimate many times from 60' to 1/4 mile and 0-60 times. If you enter the wieght of the vehicle and a 0% drivetrain loss it tells you whp and you can figure in the drivetrain loss if you want bhp.
The software itself is $13 and is supposed to be pretty accurate. I have gotten it on my ipod but havn't actually tested it yet, I will test it later tonight and let you know what I think.
Here is a site where they talk about it and show a video where they dyno a car, run it on a track with time slips and use the dynolicious software and a g-tech accelerometer dyno($150). http://www.gtechpro.com/
http://gizmodo.com/5034542/13-iphone-app-f...cated-dynometer
For those who don't want to watch the video I'll give you the stats.
Dyno rated HP: 165.5
Dynolicious : 170
slip times:
60' - 2.811
330 - 6.883
1/8 - 10.245 Mph - 73.27
1000 - 13.149
1/4 - 15.614 Mph - 91.29
Dynolicious:
60' - 2.83
330 - 6.88
1/8 - 10.27 Mph - 73.1
1000 - 13.17
1/4 - 15.65 Mph - - 90.6
So as you can see It is actually pretty accurate. HP was off by 4.5 but that's about the dfference between a dyno jet and mustang dyno as a guy in the video states.
The times were off by a matter of thousands of seconds and the Mph were off by 0.6.
For $13 it doesnt seem to bad. I'll come back later with my results and what mods I have and we can discuss this.
08-10-2008 | 07:08 PM
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Well it's raining so I can't do anything tonight anyways and there are really no safe areas to do 0-60 pulls. I did play with the skidpad which tells you the g-forces exerted on the car. Acceleration G's, brake G's, and lateral G's. Not really useful to me but fun none the less. I was thinking of going to the local track here on friday so I can play with it then for accuracy.
My car shakes to much to put it where I had it and it cant get calibrated to set the run. Usually it goes into the cup holder and is snug but our cup holders aren't built like that lol.
My car shakes to much to put it where I had it and it cant get calibrated to set the run. Usually it goes into the cup holder and is snug but our cup holders aren't built like that lol.
08-10-2008 | 08:13 PM
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I had a pocket dyno that was based on the same principle. It was fun to mess with. For actual numbers I would definitely go to the track and /or dyno. I imagine you need a very accurate weight of your car to figure out horsepower numbers. Got mine at the local truck stop. Try to find yourself a good flat on-ramp to a highway or an interstate. Thats where I did my 0-60 runs.
08-11-2008 | 02:03 PM
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D, the BEST way to see how accurate this thing is, is to go to the track. do like 5 runs, and record them with this software EACH time you do a run, just so ya know its not on/off because of a fluke or something.
if its pretty accurate, i would take the MAX that its off during the 5 runs, and every mod you do, do another run (with software only) add the amount that it was off max, and you will be able to get a good idea of what each mod adds on to the cars 60ft, 0-60, 1/8 mile, 1/4 mile, ET speed.
if its pretty accurate, i would take the MAX that its off during the 5 runs, and every mod you do, do another run (with software only) add the amount that it was off max, and you will be able to get a good idea of what each mod adds on to the cars 60ft, 0-60, 1/8 mile, 1/4 mile, ET speed.
08-11-2008 | 03:03 PM
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sounds intersesting too bad i have no ipod touch or iphone...
cause i have a local track about 20 minutes away (budds creek)
even though it 13 bucks it would not be to much of a loss if it is not accuate or close to it
cause i have a local track about 20 minutes away (budds creek)
even though it 13 bucks it would not be to much of a loss if it is not accuate or close to it
08-11-2008 | 05:20 PM
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Here's a vid I found, It's not me but it shows the program being used to measure the 1/4 mile.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLyZZi5x5Us
On the graph it shows:
Green - HP
Blue - G's
Red - Mph
The HP is based on calculations from the weight of the car, which you enter, and Current stats read fromt he accelerometer in the ipod. That's why it blips like that.
Just thought people would like to see what it looks like while it runs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLyZZi5x5Us
On the graph it shows:
Green - HP
Blue - G's
Red - Mph
The HP is based on calculations from the weight of the car, which you enter, and Current stats read fromt he accelerometer in the ipod. That's why it blips like that.
Just thought people would like to see what it looks like while it runs.