Project Land Speed Racer 240SX: All The Right Gauges

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 rb racing orca gps speedometer land speed racing
 

With our lessons now learned, our solution was to use RB Racing's ORCA GPS Speedometer. Bob Behn at RB Racing in Gardena, California has over 27 years of experience with Bonneville racing, and his development of the ORCA Speedometer was specifically targeted at land speed racing. The RB Racing ORCA Speedometer includes a Garmin GPS receiver that operates at 5 Hz, refreshing five times per second as opposed to the 1 Hz of most traditional units.  The refresh rate of RB Racing's GPS speedometer is so fast that you can see the speed readout fall during shifts.  Try to get that level of sensitivity with a street navigation type GPS and you'll be left sorely disappointed.    

Photos courtesy of RB Racing

The RB Racing ORCA speedometer features an anodized billet enclosure with a laser cut stainless steel gauge face. The internals of the unit are composed of a four layer circuit board with close tolerance military grade components. The removal of all moving parts and high grade components significantly reduces failure due to vibration. Sixteen LED's allow for an analog sweep along with a digital readout that will display up to 9,999mph! The ORCA also offers a recall button that can display the maximum speed of the run.

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With all our gauges installed, daisy chained, and programmed, we are ready to take on the next SCTA meet at El Mirage with confidence. Our setup ensures Chuck will be able to clearly focus on driving without distraction unless he experiences a critical engine anomaly.  Additionally, we will be able to datalog using our Innovate LM2 or Innovate's recently released budget PL-1 “Pocket Logger” by plugging either device into the end of the daisy chain. Both of the Innovate datalogging products can monitor up to 32 channels simultaneously, however only the LM2 has a display.
 innovate motorsports pocket logger
The Innovate Motorsports pocket logger measures in at a mere 2.2″ x 1″ x 1.8″.
 
Since all our information is displayed in real-time on our MTX gauges, we are leaning toward the PL-1 Pocket Logger, especially at its price of only $99.00. Additionally, recording on our PL1 can be started at stopped with the push of a driver accessible, dashboard mounted button. Innovate hasn't released details on the accessory button yet, but we're hoping it will come equipped with an LED that indicates whether or not it is recording.
 
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Stay tuned in upcoming months, as we will continue to fill in more of the details behind the build of our land speed 240SX and our journey to setting a world land speed record.
 
 

Sources:

Innovate Motorsports

Specialty Cars 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Project Land Speed Racer Nissan 240SX
 
 
 

 

 

 

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