What on-board systems are available measure performance numbers?
There’s Vericom. It’s a black box which attaches to the windshield with suction cups. It measures acceleration (time to speed, time to distance, distance to speed, etc) and braking (distance from speed, time from speed, etc). It can also measure G-forces and tell at which speed max G is reached or placed on the side window to measure lateral G-force. It can measure time for all sorts of acceleration modes, like 0-20, or 0-60, or 30-70, or whatever. All results are stored, so you can stop the car and look thru all the data. It is possible to change all measurements to metric or english readings. Measurements tend to show an ET that’s 0.1 seconds too slow because the Vericom starts immediately as the car starts, while at the strip, timing starts after the car has rolled a foot or so. The only thing you have to think about is to do all testing on a flat road. No uphill or downhill, as this will confuse the Vericom, and give you inaccurate measurements. Vericom can be reached at 1-800-533-
