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May 26, 2006
Turbo-charged MXL Motorcycle Madness
Neel from Apex Speed Technology told us about some recent show bikes they did for McCoy Motorsports, including some custom Yamaha R1's with turbos, nitrous and a tip about an upcoming Suzuki Hayabusa that will make your eyes pop... all with MXL digital displays and data loggers from AiM Sports. With some custom work, the MXL's were able to monitor nitrous pressure and boost and add a high-tech look to these show-stopping bikes.
It's all in our Gallery.
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May 25, 2006
RPM Clip Installation Instructions for Kart Racers
A clean RPM signal is key to good performance from your MyChron. To get a clean signal, it's important that the RPM lead be installed correctly to pick up a strong signal from the plug wire. If you click the image below, an enlarged image will load, which you can print out. Before using the new plastic clip, be sure to cut off the old metal clip.
MyChron Mike posted a few more tips on Bob's 4cycle.com recently:
"A couple of installation tips to insure the best RPM signal with your MyChron. Do not run the RPM lead in any type of tubing, it should be run right along the frame rail.
Take care not to overtighten the tie wraps. If your lead is too long don't coil it up, just cut the tach end to length. At the tach end make sure that the lead loops through the two small holes and then extends out about 1/2 inch and then use a small tie wrap to keep it snug.
If you're using the metal clip be sure that it doesn't contact the head shrouding or anything metallic as this can cause low or erratic RPM's. On any motor be sure to wrap the lead around your spark plug lead 2 or 3 times before clipping it on and use a small tie wrap to keep it snug against the spark plug lead.
If you are using the new plastic clip its very important to pull the RPM wire about 4 inches through one side of the clip, then wrap the wire around your plug lead a couple of times and then back through the opposite side of the clip."
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May 22, 2006
New RPM Clip for Kart Racers
A reminder to kart racers that we have a new style RPM clip that replaces the previous metal clip. These clips were originally introduced at Kartfest in January.
Use the new RPM clip to keep your tach sensor wire firmly wrapped around your spark plug wire.
To install the new clip, first cut off the old metal clip. Snap the new clip to the plug wire. Run the RPM lead through one hole, loop it around the plug wire a few turns, pull it snug, then run the lead back through other hole.
A properly installed RPM clip is shown below:
Get the new clips from your local dealer or contact us.
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May 18, 2006
AiM Sports Racing Data Systems Give Grand-Am Cup Racers the Edge
Car owner/driver Steve Bernheim and Dwain Dement shared the No. 03 BernheimLaw.com Porsche 996 in the Grand-Am Cup 200 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on May 6th, with the latter taking the checkered flag to score the first career series win for Bernheim Racing and a win for both drivers in their native California.
Dement, of Laguna Hills, CA, took control of the No. 03 machine from Bernheim during one of the race's seven caution periods, running near the front of the pack throughout most of the final stint. The decisive pass came on Lap 50, when Dement overtook Lonnie Pechnik in the No. 09 Engine Music Studios/Fiske Wheels BMW M3 in Turn 2 and never looked back, finishing 1.596-seconds ahead of Patrick Long in the No. 81 Wheel Enhancement/Synergy Racing Porsche 997.
"The crew gave me a good car and all I had to do was point it and go," said Dement. "We just ran clean, we stayed out of trouble and the yellows helped us. That's how we won the race."
Bernheim, of Beverly Hills, qualified the machine 24th overall, and steadily picked off positions during his stint. In three previous career Grand-Am Cup Series starts, Bernheim's best finish was 10th, coming with Dement in the season-opener at Daytona International Speedway.
"It feels really great to win," said Bernheim. "We're big supporters of this series and Bernheim is a sponsor (Bernheim Improve Your Position Award). I'd like to thank Dwain. He not only brought home the bacon, but he built this car. The strategy was to bring in the car clean and turn it over to Dwain. We were able to do the race on one stop, and Dwain just had to watch his fuel during yellows."
The Porsche 996 is outfitted with an AiM Sports MXL Pista data logger/digital display and DaVid data/video logging system. Joe Hullet, of Digital Competition Systems, is the team's race engineer and data acquisition specialist. "In an endurance situation, it's great to have the AiM systems to track fuel usage and distance covered in addition to lap times, speeds, temps and other engine performance metrics. The DaVid system lets us review the video as soon as the car comes in and see what the driver and the car were experiencing."
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May 15, 2006
Update on One Lap of America
Hats off to the AMS team for finishing 2nd out of 14 in their category (mid priced sedan) and 3rd out of 88 overall. See the previous entry about their cool Mitsubishi Lancer EVO8, equipped with an AiM Sports MXL Pista display and data logger, linked to an AEM engine management system. We'll have more information about and photos of this system soon.
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May 11, 2006
One Lap of America
The One Lap of America series is on this week. Inspired by and somewhat related to the infamous "Cannonball Run", the One Lap of America sees a group of street legal cars traveling around the country (well, the east and midwest, really) racing at a variety of tracks. Today they raced at VIR. See the schedule at the official website.
Martin Musial of AMS Performance put together a Mitsubishi EVO 8 with an MXL Pista race data acquisition system for the race, and they are ripping up the track. They are first in their class (Mid Price Sedan) and 8th overall out of a field of 88. Martin and his team built the EVO for time attack racing and has an MXL Pista installed for data logging.
Tony Swan of Car and Driver has a series of journal entries about the event; Autoblog also has a great write up. The Kicker/Lake Effect Racing team web site has some great videos, including the Lancer EVO 8 at No Problem Raceway in Lousiana, and an annotated video from Roebling Road.
Photos courtesy AMS and Kicker.com/Lake-effect-racing.com.
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May 08, 2006
MyChron TG LOG Makes the Difference for Microsprint Driver Jason Brown
We got a great email from Don Brown about his son Jason, who recently put a MyChron TG LOG on his 250cc 4 stroke Microsprint. This past weekend, Jason won the Sportsman class at Lime Rock Speedway in Caledonia, NY. Jason raced karts for 6 years before switching to microsprint racing in 2004. In 2005, he lead 14 out of 17 weeks in the series and end up finishing second in points.
During the season opener racing this past weekend, Jason ran third during the heat race. Analyzing the data from his MyChron TG LOG, Don and Jason realized they needed to add a tooth of gear. He then started eighth in a field of 15 and won the feature!
Don says: "Going by seat of the pants we probably would not have made the gear change, and without doing so he would not have won. The system has proved its worth the first night out. We are still getting used to the MyChron but already it has been a real asset. It was only after studying the read-out of his heat race that we made the gear change and it proved to be the right choice. I sincerely believe that last night the MyChron made the difference between maybe a third or fourth place, and Victory Lane. "
Jason, 18, is a high school senior who will be attending Rochester Institute of Technology next fall. Our congratulations to Jason and best of luck for the rest of the season.
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May 04, 2006
Whole Lotta Racin' Goin' On
You'd think it was race season or something. This weekend is a prime example. We've got support guys hitting a number of races, including Scott at Moran for IKF Region 7 kart racing, Mario at Laguna Seca for Grand Am and Mazda MX-5 Cup.
Always on hand for high tech racing fun will be Joe Hullet of Digital Competition in the Bernheim Racing paddock, and look for Joel and Neel from Apex Speed, most likely in the Synergy Racing or Marcus Motorsports areas.
MyChron Chad will be at New Castle, IN for the MyChron4 Midwest Sprint Series, and MyChron Mike will break out the backpack, shorts and stout walking shoes for WKA's Pavement Nationals in Vincennes, IN.
If you're at the kart races, be sure to hook up with any of the support reps for a demo of the new MyChron4.
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