I'm not sure if I'm right about this assumption but I get the feeling there is some sort of tension between this forums members and the SRT Forum's members.

Anyway I found some real interesting information about the AeroForce Technology gauge on the other Forum. This information is coming from members as well as Aeroforce themselves. Since we're all trying to learn what's good and what's not so good for our cars I'm attaching a link to their discussions about this gauge.

Interesting reading !!!

http://www.srtforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=269

 

These are awesome. We keep one in the shop to use as a tuning tool. I highly recommend this tool to anyone who want's to keep track of as much info of their car as possible. If you have any questions, PM me.

 

Hozay, Damn, where were you when I was asking about EGT's ,,,,lol. I had to go to the other Forum and then back to AeroForce technology to find anyone that even knew about it. I've been asking how close to accurate is this gauge in reading EGT and posted what I found on the other forum into the thread I started in here. The thing reads everything including "net" HP according to Todd at AeroForce. What exactly is NET HP ? At the crank ? At the wheels ?

 

At the crank is net boss.

 

Such a device is like the G-Tech performance meter which takes g-force readings and the info you input into it to give you a rough guesstimate as to what your 0-60 MPH, 1/8 mile, 1/4 mile, horsepower, torque, etc. are. It's just a ball park figure and it is not exact. It may get some things dead on accurate, but it's going to be off on others.

 

It explains how it may be wrong in readings like 0-60 if you have wheelspin. HP is a reading they recommend getting dynoed and then you adjust the gauge accordingly. Since it is reading from the OBD2 the engine readings like coolant temp, voltage, knock retard, rpm, mph, PSI boost and the like are coming direct from sensors in the car and being sent to the ECU which displays exactly what you want to know. I'm not familiar with the G-Tech but there was nothing I needed to input on this gauge. Just install it and plug in the OBD2 connection under the dash.

I think it would be dead on far more readings than it may be off on. It takes the place of a lot of gauges and wraps it all up in one 52mm package that you select which 2 of the 28 readings available you want to monitor. The picture is in the attachment below.

user set shift lights

0-60 time

1/8th mile time

1/4 mile time

RPM

MPH

Intake Air Temperature (post Intercooler)

Ambient Air Temperature (pre Intercooler)

Engine Coolant Temperature

Exhaust Gas Temperature

Fuel Temperature

Battery Voltage

Injector Pulse Width in msec.

Injector Duty Cycle (%)

Air Flow Rate into engine

Long Term Fuel Trim

Short Term Fuel Trim

O2 Sensor Voltage

Barometric Pressure

Manifold Pressure (vacuum/boost) displayed in PSI

Ignition Advance

Base Spark

PCM Spark Adjust

Wastegate Solenoid Duty Cycle (%)

Knock Retard

Knock Sensor Raw Voltage

Throttle Position Percentage

Throttle Position Sensor Raw Volts

Fuel economy (instantaneous and average)

Calculated Net Horsepower

Engine Load

2 user configurable analog inputs**

 

well, thats one fancy-*** gauge! but i think i would perfer to be able to see everything without toggling everything back and forth. or perhaps i like the look of 3 pillar gauges

high speed stuff though

 

Thanks flaming, I always wonder if you just go by pinhead for short but it sounds like I'm insulting you if I call you that

I like the looks of multiple gauges also, the problem with multiple gauges though is reading them all. One nice thing about this is I've mounted it right on the steering column, right behind the 4 way flasher switch in a pod there so it's highly visible. It doesn't block any of the other gauges and I don't have to look around for the information. There are 2 lights you see in "this" picture at the top of the gauge that are the user programmable shift lights. I've got them set right now at 5600 RPM which I think is probably too high, thinking more along the lines of 5200 RPM. This is a great feature because who here hasn't banged this car against the redline, because the world is going by too darned fast in 1st and 2nd gear. Anyways, they are going to start selling an oil pressure gauge this week that I'll be getting which hooks into one of the 2 analog inputs you see in the post the gauge has. There is a way, I'm not sure how yet, because I haven't done it, of recording the data so you can look at it later. You don't necessarily have to monitor just 2 readings.

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The G-Tech meter uses G forces to guesstimate performance, but it's gonna be dead on for launch, braking and lateral G forces since that's what it measures, it doesn't do near what that gauge does. The only ones that gauge should be off on is the fuel economy and calculated net horsepower, as Mythbusters showed a device hooked into the OBDII under the dash will not be very accurate with fuel economy when it showed one vehicle getting better fuel mileage one way (windows down A/C off vs. A/C on windows up) and proved very wrong when they ran them until they ran out of gas where the other vehicle went, I believe it was, 30 some laps more. The horsepower may be somewhat close using the speed and distance (mileage) readings so long as they're accurate and if the wheel/tire combo isn't different or if it has the same overall circumference as stock. The rest of the stuff it's gotta be dead on. It would be nice to have for alot of what it reads though.

 

I checked out the Aeroforce guage and bought one. Hooked it up and liked it so much I got the second one. They are like having a computer at eye level. The shift lights are handy as heck when you have the excitement factor on high. All in all the best aftermarket item I have added to my SRT-4