TrailBrake.net
  • Home
  • Featured Articles
  • Online Store
  • Resources
  • Data Reading
  • Contacts

Fuel Levels and Electric Draw

12/27/2013

0 Comments

 
Recently there have been two neat new electrical items that can really help out a club racer. While not directly sensors themselves, they may help you out and keep you in a race, rather than retiring early not knowing why. 
Picture
The first is a fuel level sender that will work with your stock fuel tank sender. This box does a few things. First, it will convert your fuel level sender resistance reading to a 0-5 volt signal, so  any data system can read it. Second, it will smooth the signal out, so the fuel sloshing in the tank as you drive on the track will not change the level as quick as it does with the stock gauge. Lastly, it makes the wiring much easier. 

You can find them here at Iron Canyon Motorsports. They offer the setup preprogrammed for some BMW and Miata models. Other cars can be custom programmed if you provide them the resistance readings on your stock fuel tank sender.

Picture
The second item is a neat voltage and current draw converter. It will take your car's 0-15 volt electrical system and make it into a 0-5v signal directly relating to the charging systems voltage. It does the same thing with the current draw of 0-100 amps. This will allow you to see how well your charging system works, how much hysteresis is in the system, and watch for dying components. The current draw feature is great for folks without a PDM module, where they can see how turning on and off different electronic items affects the power draw. You can find this VI Logger Interface here at Race Energy. 

These are two items that are sort of specialized, but for their applications, they can not be beat. They could mean the difference between a tow back to the pits of a win for many people.  

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Featured Articles

    Here is a collection of articles from some of the best professional coaches, drivers, and data engineers.

    Archives

    May 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    July 2015
    March 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    September 2012
    August 2012
    May 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011

    Categories

    All
    Aim
    Books
    Braking
    Cds
    Coaching
    Coasting
    Data
    Dave Scott
    Friction Circle
    G-G
    Gps
    Lap Compare
    Lap Time
    Lat G
    Long G
    Motec
    Mph
    MXS
    Neel Vasavada
    Overlay
    Part Tracking
    Peter Krause
    Racecar Tracking
    Reading
    Sensors
    Shifting
    Shock Pots
    Shocks
    Solo
    Stack
    Steering
    String Pot
    Throttle Position
    Time Variance
    Track Map
    Trail Braking
    Transistions
    Transitions
    Traqmate
    Video
    X-Y

    RSS Feed

Copyright © 2014 Trailbrake.net
TrailBrake.net 603-674-3250
Manchester, NH