Evo X upgrades

[mlomker]

Now that my car has formally moved to 'toy status', I'm thinking about lightening the car a bit. Need to talk to someone about fabricating a rear seat delete that'll look nice. Beatrush makes one for the 8/9's but per usual nothing is out yet for the X. I saw a thread the other day where a guy made new brackets for a Beatrush.

My brother shot some video yesterday...I'll have to sort through it and see what he got. Next month I'll strap the Go Pro HD to the front grille and get some footage...I didn't get enough laps in on this trip to do anything like that.

[slowbubblecar]

Originally Posted by mlomker

Now that my car has formally moved to 'toy status', I'm thinking about lightening the car a bit. Need to talk to someone about fabricating a rear seat delete that'll look nice. Beatrush makes one for the 8/9's but per usual nothing is out yet for the X. I saw a thread the other day where a guy made new brackets for a Beatrush.

My brother shot some video yesterday...I'll have to sort through it and see what he got. Next month I'll strap the Go Pro HD to the front grille and get some footage...I didn't get enough laps in on this trip to do anything like that.

If you still want your car to be street/track, why don't you just take the excess things like the rear seat out just before you go to the track?

Also, you probably won't like the Go Pro too much. If you haven't opened it, I would try to return it. Mine takes ok picture, but doesn't have any audible sound. Would be better off creating a mounting spot for your digital camera.

I have some video I could show you from when I was at the track with the Go Pro last year. Might be too big to email though.

[mlomker]

Originally Posted by slowbubblecar

Mine takes ok picture, but doesn't have any audible sound.

Sound is awful on all of the small devices, including the digital camcorder that I've shot a few clips on. The lack of image stabilization on these devices could be a problem, I suspect.

They've got some baller setups that use GPS or OBDII port data as overlays and of course that'd be awesome.

[slowbubblecar]

Originally Posted by mlomker

Sound is awful on all of the small devices, including the digital camcorder that I've shot a few clips on. The lack of image stabilization on these devices could be a problem, I suspect.

They've got some baller setups that use GPS or OBDII port data as overlays and of course that'd be awesome.

My Go Pro doesn't register any sound on my car and my car is fairly loud.

One of the viper guys that I know has a pretty nice setup. He has a racepak data logging system and software to work with his GPS to show him gong around the track. If you search for the BIR short course on youtube, you will see it with him running a 1:45 lap (which is fast for a street car). It would probably cost $2k for a similar setup though.

[Speedfreak]

Originally Posted by mlomker

Sound is awful on all of the small devices, including the digital camcorder that I've shot a few clips on. The lack of image stabilization on these devices could be a problem, I suspect.

They've got some baller setups that use GPS or OBDII port data as overlays and of course that'd be awesome.

Originally Posted by slowbubblecar

My Go Pro doesn't register any sound on my car and my car is fairly loud.

One of the viper guys that I know has a pretty nice setup. He has a racepak data logging system and software to work with his GPS to show him gong around the track. If you search for the BIR short course on youtube, you will see it with him running a 1:45 lap (which is fast for a street car). It would probably cost $2k for a similar setup though.

These guys may soon have the answer to your guy's needs. I know the guys behind it, and I personally handled a national rally event(in CA/AZ) with their equipment a couple months ago for testing.. It's good stuff. Basically it's video/sound, and gps mapped. Gives all sorts of data, and the video/map interface is pretty slick. It's not public yet, but here is the site for reference:

http://www.qudup.com/

*Edit: I was just told a new site is coming soon.