Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior G-tech

What to you guys think of the G-tech comp./pro? im considering buying one, just looking for reviews.

In all honesty, why would you spend your money on that? Why not just take the car to the track and get the real numbers?

I have one...but Dan is right...u can just take it to the track but I love mine cause i can see "before and afters" after eeverytime i tweek something..i keep my gtech pro competition in my call all the time..don't know if it's worth as much as it is..but I bought mine from the makers of the gtech pro at Tulsa electronics..they have a 30 day money back guarantee and if you dont like it ..send it back.. all the other places that sell it dont have as much warranty..i can get the link if you are still interested..
there are no tracks that close to me so thats y i got it!

In all honesty, you can use this product to test the performance difference if say, you get more mods. You don't have to wait till the next track event. You could jus test your car right then and there. Also, this product does measure lateral G's and records many things. It is a great product!

how much do these run for?

around 275 ...doesnt seem worth it..

hmm doesnt sound too bad,theres 1 track within like 50 miles of my house and its a go kart track...

Could i get that link? i might try it out. given im going to be in daytona, but everything there is expensive. i plan on adding a lot o mods, and i would like to see the before & after. wanna see what my money is getting me.

doesn't sound bad at all to me. steven gave some good input on it.

im telling you its worth it, i have one and ppl want to buy this from me, 275 bucks is a good deal and it is pretty ACCURATE , gotta do the right calibrations and settings...

this is what i got, not taken from the drag strip and its no level ground when i tested it but its all good, just wanna see how Gtech Really works...

I think Bel and one other brand that usually makes detectors also makes a G-meter. Not sure of the price but worth comparing.

gtechpro [gtechpro.com]

Problem is g-techs will always be optimistic since there is no way it can compensate for squat (in acceleration), dive (in braking) or roll (cornering). It is a very consistent device though so you can make fairly accurate comparative tests (to check if mods work) as long as you use the same car and test it in the same road.

PS: It would be more accurate to test the car using engine sound frequency provided you know the specs fully. I have a friend who has made a free downloadable program that can give you hp and torque graphs using wav recordings of your car. You will be surprised how accurate it is when you compare the readouts from actual dyno tests. I have attached the zip file here.

Beautiful just beautiful!

Now if i completely understood that program, and knew the specs for the celica gt i would be good to go! looks like an awesome program though.

Just get a recording of your car (with the mic on the passenger seat) and run the car through all the gears from idle to the limiter. Drag and drop the wav file into the RPM analyzer window and click analyze audio. A graph will appear. Select the gear you were in and plot through the graph that appears (using a minimal number of points for best results). Click on power graph to get the results. To edit the spec of your car into the program open the .ini file with your windows notepad and just follow the format of the other car's data.

getting weird weird numbers like 70 hp...