Accelerometers - Best way to record 0-60 and 1/4 mile times?

[Quick]

The best devise for recording 60ft and 1/8 / 1/4 mile times is
staging in front of a christmas tree.

[RayYork]

I use Ulysse Speed pro on my Android Phone. It's not perfect but best bang for the buck. I compared it to what my buddy's on board system gave on his Challenger and it's close enough for me.

[PMJ]

So i downloaded PocketDyno+ for the iphone and gave it a try tonight... my first 1/4 mile attempt was 13.47 @ 109.82. 0-60 was only a 5.27. I also downloaded Dynolicious, but will have to give it a try later. I got a little carried away with the research and ordered a Kiwi Wifi to plug into my OBD...now i already spend more than the GTech i was looking at...but i'm going to have a lot of fun playing with them!

[amz]

The Ford forum says the Mustang guys use either sun dials, or an hour glass. eheheheh

[Silver-SS]

I may be mistaken, but I think the op wants the 0-60mph time and a lot of people in this thread seem to think that is the same thing as the 60ft. time at the track, which it's not. I would imagine a good accellerometer should suffice though.

[REDXIIIDave]

Originally Posted by Nessal

We have a WINNER!

$15 for the Bluetooth OBD II module, and $5 for the app. Best $20 I ever spent. I use it with my Galaxy Tab mounted above the radio, but any smartphone will do.

[Broffermoon]

Originally Posted by RedDragonSS

There are Iphone Apps.... Its cheap and pretty accurate... Good luck

PocketDyno, or Rev

Torque is an app for Android. Cool features.

[MikeSVX]

Originally Posted by MikeSVX

I have a GTech Pro RR. It's decent for just playing around, but not as accurate as using a dyno for HP or the drag strip for times. You have to get a lot of data inputted right for it to get a halfway decent HP/Torque reading. It takes the RPM reading (from the power in the accessory outlet) from your engine to estimate speed, based on what you enter as the gear ratio.

I haven't played with it in the Camaro yet. Maybe I'll give it a try this week and see how well it works.

I'll stick it on the windshield and put the GoPro camera facing it so you can see it working.

Played with my GTech today (no video). I need to calibrate it better.. It didn't read the RPMs worth a crap. Gave me a 0-60 time of 5.1265 seconds and that was with wheel spin. Horse power calculated at 295. FYI, I have an SS so it's a little off. I can say the HP is off because I messed up the vehicle settings (weight and gear ratio) but I'm pretty sure my 0160 should be higher then that.

What does the factory say it should be? My cars got 58k miles, needs and oil change and I'm not exactly a pro driver.

[tarik1985]

Originally Posted by MikeSVX

Played with my GTech today (no video). I need to calibrate it better.. It didn't read the RPMs worth a crap. Gave me a 0-60 time of 5.1265 seconds and that was with wheel spin. Horse power calculated at 295. FYI, I have an SS so it's a little off. I can say the HP is off because I messed up the vehicle settings (weight and gear ratio) but I'm pretty sure my 0160 should be higher then that.

What does the factory say it should be? My cars got 58k miles, needs and oil change and I'm not exactly a pro driver.

I use the torque pro app with an obd scanner and I the best I got is 5.2 s for the 0 to 60. Not sure if it's accurate or not because I had wheel spin. But I know the ss can do 0 to 60 mph in 4.7 s if everything is perfect .