Dynolicious for ipod/iphone

[redg2]

its an iphone/ipod touch app it measures your 0-60 times, quarter mile, and lateral g's and what not

http://dynolicious.com/graph3.png
http://dynolicious.com/skidpad3.png
http://dynolicious.com/results3.png

makes me wanna buy a touch now...from what i read on another forum it is preety acurate
http://dynolicious.com/

[The Captain]

i JUST sold my touch. damn

[OMGz Turbo]

idk...i wanna see better reviews once its fully released

[Nors]

Hmm... i have been offered a touch for cheap, but already have a voyager so they do the same damn thing.. wish this would come out for voyagers

[redg2]

except the voyager makes calls and teh touch doesnt..also for 10bucks its not going to be crazy accurate, but it would be fun looking at cornering g's and what not

[Nors]

except the voyager makes calls and teh touch doesnt..also for 10bucks its not going to be crazy accurate, but it would be fun looking at cornering g's and what not

Yeah lol I left out the main feature (phone)

Yeah I doubt its worth picking up a touch for just this app..even though I can get 1 for like $80 or less probably.

[Eclipse GSX 61]

I just upgraded my touch to 2.0 and saw this. I'm waiting until its hacked for free, I'm not paying $15 for it.

[TROLL]

I read an article on this, it is available on iTunes now... and its advertised as being surprisingly accurate. The reviews on it so far are really good too...

[Turbo s60R]

hmmmm.....

[Nors]

There is a cheaper one too.

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/30/g-tec-turns-iphone-into-even-cheaper-performance-meter/

[Vypurr]

Yeah lol I left out the main feature (phone)

Yeah I doubt its worth picking up a touch for just this app..even though I can get 1 for like $80 or less probably.

Can I get in on that?!

[TGilb2007]

Interesting..... cool little application. See if my buddy is willing to download this, and see how close it is to his timeslips and dyno numbers.

[redg2]

yea i saw the g-tach also but the reviews on that arent as good as teh ones on the dynolicous....also looks like a way better lay out

[Tyler]

i have an iphone ill put it on and test it out

[omgjacki]

Interesting.

[DPancoast]

I can't really look this right now with my slow iPhone connection, but i've always wanted to try something like this. Once I get home, I'll read more and probably get this.

[NickS]

WOWOWOWOWOW. Just bought this. AWESOME isn't the word. Put a little duct tape loop on the back and stuck it to my center console/armrest and went out for some fun. Didn't have enough room to do a 1/4 mi but i got a 330ft time of 7.97s @ 47mph. My max lateral G's were 0.75g right and 0.73g, but I have to try again to get some better numbers. Theres so many cops out right now its ridiculous. Max braking G's was 0.47, max accel was 0.40.

[Vypurr]

I guess we are gonna need a thread where people can compare their times! Can you do an export of the data?

[redg2]

i supose you could from the touch or iphone.. or take a pic or scrren shot some how

[BlkWhtTSI]

damn i knew i should of bought an itouch

[BustedUjoint]

hmmmmmmm. I be forced to pick this up.

[sean3]

Maybe it's a good thing I never bought an iphone... this thing would get me in lots of trouble:lol:

[DPancoast]

I have it on my phone now. The g meter seems to work good, but I'm not sure about the acceleration stuff yet because I haven't had a chance to open my car up yet. I'll do it on the way home tonight from the local car meet since that's at like 11pm haha.

The other problem is, I have NO WHERE to mount it in my car where I can easily glance at it (like you would a gauge).... but I guess I'll have to come up with some cool idea. I have some spots that COULD work, but they don't meet the mounting criteria that it says about being straight up and not crooked....

but who knows. We'll see. Defiantly worth $13

[CRXed]

DLing now....this is going to make me wreck the car trying to beat my "high scores"

[marshallpre1]

I have it on my phone now. The g meter seems to work good, but I'm not sure about the acceleration stuff yet because I haven't had a chance to open my car up yet. I'll do it on the way home tonight from the local car meet since that's at like 11pm haha.

The other problem is, I have NO WHERE to mount it in my car where I can easily glance at it (like you would a gauge).... but I guess I'll have to come up with some cool idea. I have some spots that COULD work, but they don't meet the mounting criteria that it says about being straight up and not crooked....

but who knows. We'll see. Defiantly worth $13

How do you know the G meter works well? Compared to? I might seriously buy an iphone just for this

[NickS]

I guess we are gonna need a thread where people can compare their times! Can you do an export of the data?
i supose you could from the touch or iphone.. or take a pic or scrren shot some how

On the 2.0 Firmware, hold the lock button and tap the home button and it will flash the screen white for a sec. Takes a screenie.

How do you know the G meter works well? Compared to? I might seriously buy an iphone just for this

Seems to work well for me. Gotta try and beat 0.75G :mrgreen:

[DPancoast]

ok ok, I shouldn't say that. In my personal experience which is ZERO lol, I think it works well. As far as reacting to what the car is actually doing, it works good that way. But I do not know if the actual reading are acuarte or what because I've never been put in a situation where someone said "this is going to be 1G of force" and then been subject to it.

BUT.

I love the 1/4 mile part of it. Being that it's midnight, I went and took 2 runs (and probably woke the entire town up). Keep in mind, my car dyno'd at 117whp w/ 123ftlbs. I also plugged in an accurate 2660 weight and set it to 0% drive loss which according to the app gives you WHP estimations.

My first with a crappy launch was:

0-10: 0.97
0-20: 2.23
0-30: 3.44
0-40: 4.97
0-50: 6.80
0-60: 9.06
0-70: 11.52
0-80: 14.91

60' : 2.82 @ 24 mph
330': 7.33 @ 51 mph
1/8 mile: 11.02 @ 67.7 mph
1000': 14.17 @ 77.6 mph
1/4 mile: 16.83 @ 84.3

max speed: 85.7 mph
max accel: 1.14 G's
peak HP: 110 HP

--------------------------------

second run, better launch, more concentration:

0-10: 0.89
0-20: 2.01
0-30: 3.27
0-40: 4.51
0-50: 6.28
0-60: 8.11
0-70: 10.20
0-80: 12.84
0-90: 15.63

60' : 2.69 @ 24.8 mph
330': 7.01 @ 53.2 mph
1/8 mile: 10.55 @ 70.4 mph
1000': 13.53 @ 81.1 mph
1/4 mile: 16.03 @ 90.8 mph

max speed: 91.7 mph
max accel: 1.14 G's
peak HP: 119 HP

The test will be if I make it to the track sometime soon and compare my results.

[Nors]

wouldn't zero driveloss be crank/brake horsepower

[3kgtslflip]

If you put lets say, 15% drivetrain loss, it will add that on top of your current hp, so then it would be crank, i think.

I definately have to get one of these.

http://www.proclipusa.com/choosecountry/choosecountry.aspx - vehicle specific mounts, going to get one for the 350z :)

[DPancoast]

it says

"enter estimated drivetrain loss as a % in horsepower calculations. typical values are 15-25. enter 0 to report wheel hp."

[NickS]

Damn my automatic family sedan, haha, my 0-50 is dog slow. I need a street long enough to do a 1/4 mi run. Highest I can get to on this back road (which is flat/straight) is ~55 ish.

[DPancoast]

haha yeah I had the same issue with finding a road long enough. I tried it like just acting like an asshole on the way home from a light, but I ran out of road really fast.

Then when I actually had time tonight to go to a road near my house, I was scared to blow by a cop, so I was driving up the road and looking and then turning around and praying a cop didn't pop up out of the ground.

Plus my car is so damn loud... uber fail lol... but uber win to this app.

[CRXed]

Run this at a track, see how accurate it is.

[the4g63]

Seems pretty accurate if DPancoast's car makes 117whp and it read 119 on his good run. I'll have to make my g/f put this on her ipod touch. When I can drive I'll have to see what kinda power it says my car makes. It was evoscan on-road dynoed and I got 345 at the wheels, and that's supposedly pretty accurate.

[Buster]

G tech dont lie!

[NickS]

This is going to get me arrested. :X

[marshallpre1]

Nice results. I wonder how much G's my car can pull. DPancoast, was that G reading from straight line acceleration only or was it from like a skidpad like test? Stock Supras pulled .97 on the skidpad, and I don't think I've ever come close to that (~Driver mod needs some more balls)

[DPancoast]

The G's in my 1/4 mile are from acceleration. But when you are in the actual skidpad screen of the app, it gives you real time g's in lateral (left and/or right), acceleration and braking. This is the only part that has me wondering because it seems like you could mount it in different places and it would read more or less, but I haven't done any kinda testing yet. I'm probably going to fab up some sort of mount/bracket so that it floats rather than being attached to a solid surface... OR I might just cut a hole in my center console for my I phone and run my iPod cable for my headunit to it so that it acts as both a level solid place to use this app, and a place to plug in my phone to charge/run music off of it...plus I would make it look nice of course.

[NickS]

How would it read more or less in certain spots? If the phone is secured, it's secured.

[Nors]

it says

"enter estimated drivetrain loss as a % in horsepower calculations. typical values are 15-25. enter 0 to report wheel hp."

Ooo, I was thinking it would subtract the %, but it looks like it adds it. Makes sense.

[DPancoast]

How would it read more or less in certain spots? If the phone is secured, it's secured.

I just feel like it could make a difference whether it's on my dash or my center console because of different forces in the car. I dunno lol.

[Eclipse GSX 61]

I got an idea Dan. Next Wednesday we try it in the MR2 and the GSX. Just have the other person hold it.

So in others words bring the iPhone. I still haven't got it on the touch yet.

[DPancoast]

I always haz IPhone haha.... I'll bring it for sure.

[Eclipse GSX 61]

I'm curious to see what we could both pull.

[NickS]

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn270/f1r3s1d3/IMG_0001.png?t=1217659180

Someone beat me. Ripped around a tight ass curve tires a squealin' :D

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn270/f1r3s1d3/IMG_0005.png?t=1217659337

Flew down my friends street, slow!!!

[DPancoast]

haha nice!

I took a ride in my friends Evo last night and he pulled .97 Lateral :)

his car is funnnnn

I have to take it easy in the turns though. I found a cracking frame around my front sway bar brackets yesterday. haha, don't want that falling off.

[djb5118]

the sc did 0-60 in 6.8s today

[3kgtslflip]

Anyone else give this a try? Anybody try it at the track? I definately plan on getting this and try it at the track, but it might be a bit.

[frosti108]

lol this is awesome. someone def needs to take theirs to the drag strip to see how accurate it is.

[djb5118]

here you go guys


http://gizmodo.com/5034542/13-iphone-app-faces-off-against-embarrasses-150-dedicated-dynometer

[DPancoast]

yep. this is a good thing.

[KoRuPtAzN1]

stupid question, but i'm really not sure since I just got the iphone 3g...when you buy an app, is it a monthly fee or is it a one-time deal type thing?

[DPancoast]

its a one time deal. you pay $13 now and you have it forever pretty much.

[KoRuPtAzN1]

alright cool...thanks for the quick reply!

[Vr-4-Life]

i just downloaded this and im about to go test it on the del sol without the turbo... i hope its accurate..

[spoolinLSsol]

ok so i just read all this jizjaz, decided since i went to the track last night and have slips id go buy this app and test it out, figured the times would be somewhat off since alot less traction on the street but VERY surprisingly i got the almost exact same results i was puling at the track, and my hp is also 2.3 off pretty sick app

[Vr-4-Life]

ok... this program kicks ass if you have a open quiet road to use it on.. be careful trying to use it...

[OMGz Turbo]

ok so i just read all this jizjaz, decided since i went to the track last night and have slips id go buy this app and test it out, figured the times would be somewhat off since alot less traction on the street but VERY surprisingly i got the almost exact same results i was puling at the track, and my hp is also 2.3 off pretty sick app

NICE real feedback that is what has held me up from buying it. i really wanna wait still till i get my 3g iphone

[Schepis]

I used it on DPanCoast's iPhone as well. It's very accurate. My quarter mile was off a little less than 2 tenths, and the horsepower rating was pretty accurate according to my mods. Definitely worth the 13 bucks!

[Uberu]

Maybe its just me, but in the beginning screen shots it shows a 1/4 of 16 sec or so @ 100 mph...doesn't that seem kind of odd? But maybe its just me

[3kgtslflip]

Those are just pictures, those don't mean anything.