Engine hours gauge

[nightSpirit]

Quick question. Thought about fitting one to the Rad as a simple way of logging hours use. Anyone have one fitted, if so which one and is it resetable and easy to install. Spotted a curtis digital dial that looks decent.

[BertBert]

Wouldn't you be better off downloading from the ecu?

[nightSpirit]

Doh....I assume I just need serial cable and software?

[viperu]

ECU is a far more reliable source of information, since you (hopefully) can create a math channel like "IF Throttle >60% THEN Count WorkingHours" otherwise the typical Inductive Hour Meter found generously on auction sites will "log" all the time spent warming up the engine, and you can easily record 30hours for a merely 1 hour of sprinting.

[nightSpirit]

Cheers chaps

[BertBert]

Although my experience is that the 40 hours that rpe say for a race engine is about what it will do. And that's 40 hours total running not 40 hours on load. That's probably about 27 hours on load. The gearbox gives out first it seems.

Better to refresh the day before it breaks rather than the day after!

My 40 hour engine was running well enough to lead a race at Snett even though the box was beginning to do odd things.

Gone for a refresh now.
Bert