Justin Greene
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Data and information are worth the cost. You just have to be able to read and use the info.
Data and information are worth the cost. You just have to be able to read and use the info.
Price point is expected to be 499.00 not 599.00.
Ill stick with my 3
Your average local dirt track racer would get no more use out of a mychron 5 than they would a mychron 3. Now an advanced user that knows how to download data would benefit from the gps data and the lateral g sensor. With the predictive timing with the gps you can instantly see how your corner speed every lap compares to your best lap. The lateral g sensor will tell you how much side bite you have. The gps will also show if gear changes resulted in more acceleration and/or more top speed. Obviously these features are for more advanced users. With his quickly the track changes on dirt it makes it much harder to determine whether changes are for the better. This is why these units will likely be much more popular in asphalt racing, specifically road course.
me too. I had a 4, sold it and went back to my mychron 3 gold.
these features are all available in mychron 3 plus and gold.
I prefer the 3 gold with wheel speed sensor and multiple rpm leds than the mychron 4. I bought a mychron 4, sold it and put my 3 gold back on.
also, I prefer the wheel speed sensor of the 3 gold or 4 with ebox over the gps. it is more accurate, you can see wheel lockup and spin when used on the rear axle, and you can use it to calculate converter slippage. also it doesnt drink a lot of battery like the gps.
finally, one thing I dislike about the 4 vs the 3 is that with the three, all your data from that day is on one file, with different sessions. so if you have three 2 qual sessions and 1 main, it shows sess 1(no of laps) session 2(number of laps) session 3( no of laps.
with the mychron 4, you get a new file for each session. and a new file for every practice session, and if you start the engine and warm it up, you get a new file for that too. so in a race day you could have up to 10 different data files vs one file on the mychron 3.
cumbersome.
mychron 5 in use
I'd guess that they are waiting for existing inventory of Mychron 4's to be sold off before making the 5's available. But the catch is, if you know the 5's are coming, why would you buy a 4?