Laptop In Car??

[mi69camaro]

HEy Guyz i went to the local drag strip(qualcomm stadium)and i saw this guy with a camaro and in the passanger seat he had a mount and on it he had his laptop and it had his tach on the screen and his 1/8 mile time and all this other stuff and i was wondering if u guyz would know what this program is??I want to get it?!!?Cuz my dad has an IBM laptop sittin around thats pretty decent u know so i want to put it to use if i can if u guyz could let me know ASAP<>If u have any idea what the name is if u could let me know thatd be great?!?!

[383PhoenixAm]

from your sn it seems to be that you have a 69. In my opinion I don't think that would do you much good as you most likely dont have a computer controlled car. Was it a newer camaro?

[sierrap615]

there are lots of those programs, most over $1000 i think. they are for tuning fuel maps and what not. worthless on older cars indeed.

or you can buy a little thing for closer to $100 that plugs into your cigarette lighter and uses G-forces to gauge everthing thats on a time slip on a little LCD display.

[cowkiller6]

Lol it would be cool to drive your car with a mouse. Not safe or going to happen, but fun

[mi69camaro]

No actually my mom has the Camaro(i'm only 15 <>) But in A few weeks i'm gettin a 72 Datsun 240z from a guy i know and i'm gonna make it my drag car so if u guyz could tell me what u think thatd be great<><> this is a pic of what i want to do with it(when the money comes)<><>thanx 4 all da help
Jon D. Rock On!! Check My Uploaded PicZ

[mi69camaro]

Yeah it was a newer Camaro a '99 the guy was a hard core racer?!?! no joke

[CBFryman]

destroying a beautiful datsun all in the name of going straight and up shifting

[mi69camaro]

no not all the time mostly just street racing<><>LOL

[mi69camaro]

it's gonna look mostly original no tubbing or any crap like that that will ruin it u know

[SaabJohan]

Most likely he was using an aftermarket ECU with log functions and the software used was the one that comes with the ECU or some other type of log software, perhaps he was using some more advanced telemetry system, hard to say.

[mi69camaro]

Oh! i see to bad i cant find it and see how much it is

[bjdm151]

Another young soul lost to the stupidity of street racing. Let me know when you get your liscense so i can call my grandma and tell her to stay off the streets. See ya in the obituaries.

[psychorallyfreak]

First, use ENGISH when you're posting, none of this IM crap.
Second, they're right. He's not replacing the ECU with his laptop, he's just tuning it. (Just like in F&F, for a 15 year-old's reference)

[bjdm151]

If he is using it tune the ecu, its probably an aftermarket ecu. I don't know of any auto manufacturers that have user programable ecu's. And he was probably mostly using it to log/watch data. That would help him to determine if he needs to tune or just fix a little driver error.

Grab the cat and get inside grandma.

[mi69camaro]

hahaha right no i'm just kidding but ok i'll totally gorget the whole freakin thing but yeah thanx and dont worry ive been drivin 4 5 years already(in parking lots) and yeah it would be a great idea to tell grandma to grab the cat and rat dog and get in a bomb shelter 500ft below sea level so she dosent die from me!