G-tech pro ... anyone ever used one of these?

[NIGHTfall_240sx]

http://gtechpro.com

...are these tools worth it or just another scam? if the accurcy page isnt lying, i am impressed with it, anyone have feedback on one of these or a tool like it? im interested in getting something like this for my car...

[Aries]

I have one.They are decently acurate if you have stock suspension, don't launch hard, and take the time to zero them in.

[NIGHTfall_240sx]

what about if you modify your suspention? how does this tool get its information from your car? thanks for your help aries

[MOTOP]

Aries,

I don't know what Gtech you used but I think Gtech Competition Pro is pretty accurate given the proper weight is entered and it is properly calibrated (pre Aug 2003 models). Many people at G35driver.com took their comp gtechs to dragstrips and were pleasantly surprised how close the times were to what they actualy ran. Most of them had modified suspension and were launching hard. Again this can be only true for 13+ sec cars and not your V8 monsters.

Here’s official discrepancy data:http://gtechpro.com/accuracy.html


Modified by MOTOP at 4:09 PM 10/12/2004

[Chingon]

got a competition and i love it...

0-30, 0-60, 1/4 mile, 60-0, g-force, horsepower, torque, and data-logging to boot.

I'd say accurate enought to do some backyard "tuning" and dialing.

And they work with sensors. They sense acceleration, and do all the calculations to get the numbers. Quite simple math really...

[MOTOP]

Nightfall,

It is a very good tool if you don't have time/money for dragstrip/dyno and constantly mod your car and want to see what this or that bolt-on netted you at the wheels.

Did I mention it also looks cool.

[NIGHTfall_240sx]

awsome.. thanks for the feedback guys, i guess this is next on my list

hell, once i have it... i can go pimp it around town to all the honda kids for $20 a reading... hahaha make my money back within a week.. hahahaha

[VashFC]

hell, once i have it... i can go pimp it around town to all the honda kids for $20 a reading... hahaha make my money back within a week.. hahahaha

Good Hustling.

- Chris

[Aries]

this is true, I've even gotten fairly acurate readings on vettes and on a viper, but when a car drops into the 1.6 or lower 60' range, the gtech comp pro gets off by a lot as it doesn't know what to do with sudden g-force readings like that.

[jdmfreak]

I was also lookin at that.

How much is it though? I think I read $250. Is this right?

[NIGHTfall_240sx]

its listed on their site, $200-$300 depending on model

[MainEvent212]

we should look into doing a group buy for these...maybe we can brnig them down to liek 250 shipped

[hudy]

if your car is that fast you could probably afford to go to the strip/dyno to tune it

[Chingon]

got mine for 150$

[jdmfreak]

WHERE!

[MOTOP]

Competition Pro model goes for around 170$ on Ebay in mint condition.I found mine locally for 130$.