The Rig

iTrader: (13)

well,i went to buy the one i put a link too but it requires a google checkout account, sod that,they do a credit check etc and all sorts if you read the small print,you have no choice once your bank/card details are entered its there info etc so nah,and since the company ignore my requests for a phone number to call to use my switch card i found this

DIGITAL LCD DISPLAY PANEL THERMOMETER TEMPERATURE METER - Electrical & Test Equipment - UKET Digital Voice Recorders Dictaphones & ZOOM Guitar Gear. - DIGITAL LCD DISPLAY PANEL THERMOMETER TEMPERATURE METER

all for £7 :-)

green scooby sport

Just ordered one for the bargain price of £4.49

The Rig

iTrader: (13)

If you can,contact him before its sent out,as i had to send mine back as the refresh rate was every 10 seconds,not ideal !

it can only be set at the factory and he didnt have any 2 second refrsh rate ones,in the end i got a colour`d LCD one from Japan for £10 delivered

Splitpin

You ideally need something with a resolution well under two seconds to do this job ideally. Anything that slow will miss a lot of the interesting stuff that happens under boost.

The Rig

iTrader: (13)

yeah,but im looking at the road mainly so the 2 second refresh rate i have is ample as id miss any reading quicker anyway as i say,im looking where im going rather than down at the display

Butty

iTrader: (2)

A 2 second update won't show anything of benefit and if you're not going to look at it then why even bother with the hassle of installing it

Splitpin

No it isn't. Not if you want the device to be of genuine use in monitoring charge temperatures under boost. Sure it'll pick up any heatsoak at a standstill but it will miss any sudden transients you get under high boost - which are more dangerous to the engine than knowing what it's doing when it's idling.

As Butty says, if you're going to compromise its usability to this degree, what's the point? It'd be more useful if it could actually record and display the peak temp.

Although you're also making a wider point about the utility of cars festooned with multiple gauges that don't have any sort of memory or logging function. By and large, they're useless.

The Rig

iTrader: (13)

i use it for use for sustained high speed use on "track",so it is of use to me.

also in the summer it gives me an INDICATION of temps,im not **** enough to want to know exact temps,seeing the gauge at 40c is enough for me to know to allow a mile of use to then see a figure of 20c in the summer etc,so it is well used and i enjoy the benefit of it

The heatsoak i see when stationary etc is of use and i like to know roughly the temps,if they are 1-4 degrees out,so be it and as i say,usually when the car is being used in a manor i need to see the charge temps,i need to be looking at the track with only a glance at the display so seeing 34 instead of 30 isnt a factor,if i see 50+ then i reduce boost/WOT

trevsjwood

iTrader: (2)

Is there a stand-alone ACT guage on the market now that does give accurate monitoring? Deffi don't appear to have one.
Trev

gus sti8

iTrader: (5)

yes motorsport developments in blackpool do them

trevsjwood

iTrader: (2)

thanks, I've e-mailed them.

They no longer do them.

R&B Motorsport do and market the scooby one through Harvey.