Sound to good to be true? Maybe
not. I happened to stumble onto this surfing the web the other day.
Dynolicious automotive performance meter. It basically takes the
accelerometer in the Iphone/Ipod touches and tunes it into
performance meter, much like the G-tech back in the day. Here
is some information directly from Dynolicious'
website:
Dynolicious is the first automotive performance meter available for
the iPhone and iPod Touch. Dynolicious uses the hardware built-in to
your iPhone to measure the performance characteristics of your vehicle.
No external wires or equipment is necessary, simply slip the iPhone
into a cradle or cupholder and go!
Some of the performance metrics Dynolicious can measure:
- 0-60 Acceleration
- 1/4 Mile Elapsed Time
- Lateral G's
- Horsepower
Unlike other accelerometer-based performance meters, Dynolicious uses the advanced
data-handling and display capabilities of the iPhone to make the most of your
performance testing. Dynolicious maintains a history of test runs,
showing you averages and trends in your results. Dynolicious also
allows you to enter modifications performed to your vehicle, and will instantly
show before-and-after results to easily identify gains or losses.
Well after reading this, I jumped on my iphone looked it up on the
new application store. Sure enough it was on there for $13!
Well curiosity got the best of me this morning; I had to buy it. You
can simply enter the weight of your vehicle and start testing. I will
test it out this week and maybe I can get an exact weight of me in my
car some time soon. I plan on taking it to the track one night as
well and seeing just how accurate the 1/4 times are on this thing.
Pictures from their website:
