Hey guys, havent talked to you guys in awhile. Mainly because I have been to busy, and away from my car at University. O well... I posted this in Aftermarket, but this is my fave bored so posting here too. Worth a real good chunk of my mark:

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Hey guys, I am studying to be an Industrial Designer with a niche in aftermarket automotive parts. I need you help!

I need to design a timer, and what I am most definately doing Lap timer. Something you would set up an external part at the start of a track, and the in car part would display your lap times, average time, total time ect.

So what I need to know is:

1) What else would you like from a product like this? (Like intereact with computer, display lateral gs, whatever)

2) How much would you pay? (Or would you buy at all?)

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Thanks guys! This probably wont become a reality, but I would like to get some good market research and I know you guys probably have some kick *** suggestions.

 

As you probably know timers like that are already available. I saw a post about them a few days ago - might have been on the CASC board.

It would be nice to have but it would be one of the last things I would buy - I'd put the money toward something to make the car go faster or maybe just buy a case of beer.

 

I here you... the market is a little narrow for something like this, but thankfully I only have to design it...

Need more suggestions! Ty ty George

 

Well in addition to lap timing I'd like to see the option to expand the timer for timing single sections on the track too. Incorporating a 2way radio and some weather information would also be useful.

I'd make the section timers, 2way radio and weather statistics optional addons to keep costs down on a base model to appeal to a wider market.

For the details on lap and section timing it should record your best, worst, avg, mean, and overall section times for a set # of laps. This would be important to see if the handling of a car is degrading in any certain area to help diagnose chassis/suspension setups or diagnose engine/drivetrain issues.

Hope this helps.

 

Thanks for the suggestion Rega. There is alot of info that people want to be there, and I think in a semi-high stress situation like racing, it could be a little bit of information overload. What I am thinking is having it cycle through different scress, some having past lap time, and another having average, best and worst, and of course having stage and lap time as a constant.

Anyone else have some suggestions? I know this is a product that you probably wouldnt be interested in if it was out. What could interest you? What should it look like?