Motive’s article, To Catch A Predator, which is all about the current trend of factories bringing their hot rod building in-house, is another example of why Motive is quickly becoming the place to go on the web for interesting automotive information.
The full range of tuners is covered, including AMG, M Division, John Cooper Works (JCW), Nismo, SVT/Ford Racing, SRT, Quattro GmbH, F, SS, GXP, V-Series, Super, Alpha, STI and Mazdaspeed, so if you’ve got a brand, they’ve got a tuner for you.
Perhaps the muscle car wars aren’t over after all…
[Motive - List: A Look At Factory Hot Rodders]
Edit: Somehow this didn’t make it out on Tuesday, but here it is anyways.
Are you the type of person who lives in your garage, trying to squeeze every last drop of horsepower and handling out of your grocery getter? Do you think speedy and sideways are much better ways of driving than slow and safe? Are you hoping to one day be featured on DYH’s Tuner Tuesday? If you answered yes to any of the above, then today is your day. That’s because tuning is all fun and games, but seat of the pants feel for improvements can only take you so far. Eventually, you’re going to need some cold hard numbers to back up your claims of monster horsepower and dangerous drifting. Enter: DriftBox and GTech-Pro. These devices are designed to spit out more data from your windshield than you ever thought possible. So what makes these things tick?
DriftBox
The DriftBox is “a powerful GPS based Performance meter that can also measure the drift angle of your car and your lap time”. Designed for the sliders, it’s a professional level tool based on the same system the judges of the Japanese D1 Grand Prix series. It measures time, distance, speed, position, g-force, lap times, and drift angle 10 times a second using a high performance GPS engine and sophisticated motion sensors. If you’re looking to slide your ride but you want to know more than just “Hey, that felt right”, then pick up a DriftBox and put a judge on the inside.
GTech-Pro
Since 1994, GTech-Pro has been the leader in the performance meter market. Their current lineup, the SS and RR, give you more information than you ever thought possible from one little box. They measure horsepower, torque, 60 ft. times, 1/8 and 1/4 mile times, 0-60 and 0-100-0 times, handling Gs, and even serves as your tachometer with a built in multi-stage shift light. Using three separate sensors, GTech claims accuracy of +/- .4 mph, +/- .01 seconds, and +/- 2% for the power figures, and has over 10 years of experience to back up those claims. If you’ve always wondered just what that new air filter or exhaust system did to your power, the GTech system has your answer.
So if you’re the type of person who is looking to build the ride of your dreams with your very own hands, there’s no better way to test and tune than with a DriftBox or a GTech-Pro (or both) by your side.
[DriftBox]
[GTech-Pro]
