hey, this is kind of a weird question, but i guess it would belong in this section. does anyone know where i can get some computer software to help me with my car mods? i'm looking for something that lets me virtually put parts on the car & see how it affects the car's performance or how it fits on.... you know, something like the guy on fast & the furious used. anyone got any ideas?

 

:lala:

 

WTF was that for, LOL.

anyways, are you talking about something like Desktop Dyno 2000?

 

I'm pretty sure that you should not use "the fast and the furious" in relation to car performance EVER. I have also heard that the desktop dyno's are notoriously suspect, along with g tech meters.

 

actually, g-techs are highly accurate for what they are. Granted it's not track, but people have taken them to the track and got almost dead on results, how ever 1/4 mph is a bit higher on G-Tech because of the way g-tech measures it, right at the 1/4 mark, where as the track avg's the mph towards the end.

 

I dont think they have anything out there just like what you are looking for. The desktop dyno programs can show you at least somewhat close to the power you should be makeing, and you can get a drag program(cant remember the name) that you can import you desktop dyno results into and set up conditions and weight of the car to see what it should be able to run in the quarter, but dont think they are as fancy looking as what was on f&f.
:lala:

Ben

 

well as a firebird owner, i would NEVER make reference to that movie when it concerns cars or car parts, and you guys know that. this software is a little bit different... basically i'm thinking of either fixing my car up to stock form & selling it or beefing it up & keeping it. i wanted something to help me find out the cost of each path & to keep track of what parts to buy & how they interact with each other on the car... the f&f reference was just to give you guys an idea of what i'm looking for (i think it was a modified version of AutoCAD)

 

It would be nice, but I think that there are just too many options and parts out there to catalogue how everything would work on the car, and especially how they would work with other aftermarket parts.

Ben

 

your best bet would be to learn yourself some photshop skills. take some pictures of your car, get pictures of the part you want to put on put them together and BOOM

 

man, you guys suck at this!

here's the master list of car design software: http://www.gmecca.com/byorc/designsoftwarecontent.html

looks like one of the most popular packages is Autodesk Inventor. but at $5000 (!) a copy, i think i'm gonna give autocad a shot, since i already have an old copy.
if i'm actually successful with a design in autocad, i'll post some instructions up if you guys are interested.

 

hey if you know autocad more power to ya, but if you don't have fun learning...