| The MyChron 4 is way more than a dash for your | | | | you the times where you were actually going quicker |
| kart showing you laptimes. It is the heart of the | | | | than your fastest lap on a particular section of track. |
| most versatile kart data acquisition equipment | | | | All you need to do then is use the speed trace and |
| available! If you already have the MyChron 4 dash | | | | GPS racing lines map to figure out why you were |
| you simply must buy the GPS module and transform | | | | going faster. |
| a laptimer into a state of the art data acquisition | | | | If you can figure that out, it's then up to you to go |
| system. | | | | out on track and actually do it. Very often when you |
| If you are wondering why bother, I'll put it very | | | | use the Mychron 4 like this, you will find small gems in |
| simple terms - the information from the Mychron 4 | | | | your data where you went really quickly through one |
| with GPS is all you need to know to win kart races | | | | corner and were half a second faster. Normally you |
| at the highest level. That's why the man who | | | | would never have even noticed, but now you will |
| qualified on pole for the World Karting Championship | | | | have that information, and with a bit of investigation |
| finals uses it Arnaud Kozlinski, and multiple world | | | | you will start to discover secrets to breaking lap |
| champion Davide Fore. For the eagle eyed karters | | | | records! |
| out there, if you spot the GPS antenna on the | | | | Steps to Getting Better Lap Times Using Mychron 4 |
| nassau panel of the kart, you can see they are using | | | | 1. Select a lap closest to the fastest lap time to |
| Mychron 4 with GPS. | | | | make a comparison |
| Once you have fitted the GPS system to your | | | | 2. Study the time compare line to see where the |
| Mychron 4 (a 5 minute job) the system is ready to | | | | slower lap trace has a downward slope. This reveals |
| go. The GPS will provide you with a highly accurate | | | | where you were catching the fastest lap up, or going |
| speed trace which is far better than traditional wheel | | | | ahead of the fastest lap |
| speed sensors and doesn't require calibration. It also | | | | 3. When you locate a down slope place the cursor on |
| gives a reading for g force which reveals how much | | | | it. This will show the location of that point on the |
| grip the tyres are providing. Now I could easily get | | | | track map, and you can view the corresponding point |
| very technical but I would risk boring those of you | | | | on the speed trace also. |
| who just want to go faster. So I'll tell you the basics | | | | 4. Study the speed trace to see if you were catching |
| of how the system will very quickly show you how | | | | because of braking later, braking earlier and getting a |
| to make up time. | | | | faster exit, or if you carried better apex speed. |
| The Mychron 4 comes with free software (YouTube | | | | 5. If the speed trace doesn't help call up the GPS |
| tutorials for Race Studio 2) that has a very clever | | | | racing line and see if you took a different line |
| and easy to understand feature called time compare. | | | | This process will reveal how you made up that extra |
| This is just a couple of lines that show you how well | | | | time revealed by the time compare and you will now |
| your current lap is going compared to your best lap | | | | be able to go out on track and find that time for real. |
| so far. The reason this is so cool is that it reveals to | | | | |