Has anybody seen/heard about the "Beltronics Vector FX1 Performance Timer Accelerometer"?



It's a portable electronic device with 2 solid state accelerometers that plugs into a cigarette lighter. It has 2 modes of operation to measure acceleration, cornering g-force, and horsepower (calculated).

They haven't certified it for motorcycles, but say but the quarter-mile mode should work for acceleration and horsepower measurements, provided the front wheel stays on the ground. (They say the cornering mode doesn't apply because of the way motorcycles lean, however.)

Here's a link to their website: http://www.beltronics.com/fx.html

There's 2 models:

Vector FX2 is the fast, easy way to learn the facts about vehicle performance. The portable, high-tech FX2 measures acceleration (0-60; quarter mile times and more), cornering, horsepower and G-Force.

Vector FX2 stores up to ten runs in memory and can easily download results to a PC or Palm. The high-tech, ultra-bright vacuum fluorescent display readily confirms all information. An absolute must for every car enthusiast!

Vector FX1 incorporates the same measurement abilities as the FX2.

This could answer some questions and settle a few arguments!

Mike

 

Thats cool, I was trying to figure out a timer that would do 0-60 or something on my GPS, or a stand alone unit to do some runs on my bike...

 

That is very cool and interesting.

On a related note, after a tip from jellyfish, I've been checking out the FCR tuning page over at Factory Pro, same web site Tony pointed to for CV tuning. Down in the FCR section they are talking about getting a 4-wire Bosch lambda sensor for like $40 from any auto parts store and using that to test rich vs lean. Sounds kind've like a fun project to me. Interface the lambda sensor to a microcontroller in addition to an RPM sensor and it should be pretty easy to actually map out the RPM vs air/fuel mixture curve under varying conditions.

 

And if there was a way to scavenge the throttle position sensor from your CVK and throw that into the mix, you'd have quite a setup!

 

Nice! The $99.00 model is tempting.