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Old 10-30-2008, 03:24 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Digital Fuel Mizer unit

Has anyone had any experience with this product?
$70 seems kinda steep for no more than what it does. Maybe it'd help train our wives?

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Old 10-30-2008, 04:08 PM   #2 (permalink)
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$70 for an accelerometer and a bunch of LED's...

I bet you could hook something up using a Wiimote or a PS3 controller to do the same thing.
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McTimson -

I agree. I think this would be a nice gizmo for $20, but $70 is way too much.

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Old 10-31-2008, 02:57 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Hey wouldn't an inclinometer work just as well to indicate 'g-force'?
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I don't think they would work that well, inclinometers measure a change in angle, so if you were going up or down a hill while you were accelerating, I think it would throw off the measurements a lot.


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