Bit of a change, i have sold off my Vi-pec ecu and Racepak dash, power module, modules ect saved up some money and and replaced it all with Motec.
Each of the items i had were great on there own, for there price, its how they interfaced with each other was the limitation for me.
The Motec without question is much better, for each item there is just so much more it can do, such as logging up to 1,000hz instead of 100hz, log up to 1,000 channels, the dash has alot more warnings and warning/shift lights that can be configured ect, 4 configurable CAN buses, 2 RS232 ect and just alot more it can do behind the scenes.
The dash / data logger is the new Motec C185, was released month or 2 ago
The C185 has a single 79 pin Deutsch autosport connector, same as the ADL3 ect.
Powered it up and to test a few things, this was just running through a demo it has loaded on it. There are several screen layouts you can choose from, and you can have 3 pages you can scroll between, each can have different layout and channels shown, for example a warmup page can be just full of numbers to show temps, pressures, positions ect as your warming the car up before the race or a race page showing mainly just lap times (current lap, last lap, predicted lap time ect). Pressing a button (on my steering wheel) will toggle between the pages, and also scroll through channels on the bottom row.
Showing a warning message. You can program up 48 different alarm messages, each with multiple conditions as to what will bring it on
Motec PDM 32, Power Distribution Module, replaces all the fuses / circuit breakers on the car. solid state. you can program the current limit individually for each output, automatic resets if it blows the 'fuse', i can see and log each outputs state (on/off/failed but will retry/failed and max retries reached ect) current draw and voltage.
Motec M880 ECU. (basically the same as the M800 ecu but with a autosport connector, advanced functions and logging already enabled)
Motec VIM (input expansion)
May look used, it is actually from Paul Wheels V8 Supercar that was involved in a incident at the top of Mt Panorama / Bathurst in 2008 and was destroyed (Hope it still works!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Vk4n61bHs The car was then rebuilt a bit, then sent overseas to be crash tested, they crash tested it head on with a wall, not to see what it does to the car, but to leave a inprint on the wall and get data, to see what it did to the wall, so they can understand more what happens, to then improve side impact on the cars ect. Heres the crash testing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJw-Jt1OfY8
Motec (Racegrade/Greyhill) CAN keypad. Each button can be programmed to do anything, all is sent over the CAN. Each button has 3 LEDs, again can be programmed, usually to show if the output or function the button is controlling is turned on or off or has a fault ect
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Still a few more items i need to buy, such as SKM (knock module) and Racegrade GPS inteface