Dynolicious is actually fairly accurate,within a few percent of a chassis dyno from what I understand.
Just make sure you input the correct weight etc..,if you put in too much weight HP will show high,too little and it will show low. The car should be weighed with driver and fuel.
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jscott1 Member
Posts: 21676 From: Houston, TX , USA Registered: Dec 2001
Dynolicious is actually fairly accurate,within a few percent of a chassis dyno from what I understand.
These little accelerometers are very accurate in terms of calculating speed and distance. As mentioned earlier, if you give them an accurate weight, they can get hp. Issac Newton was right, F = M A, and it works every time.
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aaronkoch Member
Posts: 1643 From: Spokane, WA Registered: Aug 2003
These little accelerometers are very accurate in terms of calculating speed and distance. As mentioned earlier, if you give them an accurate weight, they can get hp. Issac Newton was right, F = M A, and it works every time.
Unless you're talking about light, quantum effects, or relativistic speeds.
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jscott1 Member
Posts: 21676 From: Houston, TX , USA Registered: Dec 2001
Unless you're talking about light, quantum effects, or relativistic speeds.
Yeah you caught that... I was about to add parenthetically that it doesn't work so well outside the realm of human experience (quantum and relativistically) But I didn't want to dishonor Mr. Newton during the Royal Society's 350th Anniversary Celebration...A piece of Newton's tree is flying on the space shuttle this week.
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RACE Member
Posts: 4842 From: Des Moines IA Registered: Dec 2002
G For e is another great app and it is cheaper. Road and Track tested Dynolicious against their own test equipment and said that it was not perfect but it was really close. Good enough for me. Dynolicious is why I bought my Ipod Touch.
There's one for the droid too, several actually, I have the free "aDyno."
i have Dynomaster. looks cool, reviews are OK. keep forgetting to try it out lol. drive to and from work there are a couple red lights that last a while and have nothing after them, so testign acceleration in a non-performance car is perfect. if i remember, i will try it out tomorrow lol
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joshh44 Member
Posts: 2166 From: Nanaimo, B.C, Canada Registered: Aug 2007
I have dynolicious on my iPhone - ran my car (I was in the Cavalier that day... sigh) over the truck scales, found a strip of flat road and let 'er rip. Looked up the specs online for the car, and the numbers were almost spot on! If you factor in that the car has 300K km's on it, I'd say almost dead on.
Not bad for a ($10?) app.
Some day I'll get around to hooking up my RoadDyno, Gtech Comp Pro, and Dynolicious all at the SAME TIME and make a few passes. See who agrees with who!
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Posts: 797 From: Bolton, Ontario, Canada Registered: Feb 2008