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Old Mar 20, 2005, 02:57 PM
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ok, i dont know if this is the right thread to be askin this.....but does anyone know the calculations to find out how many Gs your car is pulling??
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Well you could buy an accelerameter...it can measure g forces for ya.
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G-tech, I have one, they're pretty neat.
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GTECH pro or Motec.

those are the only ones that measures your G in actual skidpad.

that or get a Skyline R36
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Originally Posted by craziazzmofo66
ok, i dont know if this is the right thread to be askin this.....but does anyone know the calculations to find out how many Gs your car is pulling??
For a skidpad with radius R, in feet:

G = V^2 / (32.2 * R) if you know the speed, in feet/second, or

G = 1.23 * R / T^2 if you measure the time for a lap, in seconds

If you know how to differentiate sine and cosine you can work this out for yourself.

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