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What puzzles me is why the onboard gauge should be wrong. In theory the car knows the distance driven from tyre rotations, time is time, doesn't change, and from what I've see OBD2 speed readings are spot on.
Does anyone know where the error comes from?
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What puzzles me is why the onboard gauge should be wrong. In theory the car knows the distance driven from tyre rotations, time is time, doesn't change, and from what I've see OBD2 speed readings are spot on.
Does anyone know where the error comes from?
Time = Time
1 tire rotation = X Feet / inches
X Tire Rotations = X distance driven

If you drive your car 5 mph for a 1/4 mile then your mustang’s track app should be accurate. If you run a hot 1/4 mile (drag race) then you will have tire slippage. The question is, how much tire slippage.

X tire rotations in slippage = X feet / inches

So (X Tire Rotations + X rotations in slippage) =x feet which is less than 1320 ft. The track app will show that you finished in a shorter time. Hope this helps.

This all assumes that you have stock tires and that all stock tires are calibrated exactly which I don’t know if they are or aren’t.
 

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Why give factual numbers when that will just make owners sad.

If they give favourable numbers then owners feel better about their purchase.

It's similar psychology behind why fitness watches report vastly inflated calorie burned numbers.
 

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Time = Time
1 tire rotation = X Feet / inches
X Tire Rotations = X distance driven

If you drive your car 5 mph for a 1/4 mile then your mustang’s track app should be accurate. If you run a hot 1/4 mile (drag race) then you will have tire slippage. The question is, how much tire slippage.

X tire rotations in slippage = X feet / inches

So (X Tire Rotations + X rotations in slippage) =x feet which is less than 1320 ft. The track app will show that you finished in a shorter time. Hope this helps.

This all assumes that you have stock tires and that all stock tires are calibrated exactly which I don’t know if they are or aren’t.
Thank you. Completely forgot wheelspin.👍
 

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Time = Time
1 tire rotation = X Feet / inches
X Tire Rotations = X distance driven

If you drive your car 5 mph for a 1/4 mile then your mustang’s track app should be accurate. If you run a hot 1/4 mile (drag race) then you will have tire slippage. The question is, how much tire slippage.

X tire rotations in slippage = X feet / inches

So (X Tire Rotations + X rotations in slippage) =x feet which is less than 1320 ft. The track app will show that you finished in a shorter time. Hope this helps.

This all assumes that you have stock tires and that all stock tires are calibrated exactly which I don’t know if they are or aren’t.
No gyro or anything?
 

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Does dragy use a satellite that ford is unable to ping?
Draggy uses a specific amount of satellites that a phone doesn’t use. Not sure off hand without researching it in the interwebs but I think a phone uses something like 6 satellites and draggy uses 12.
 

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Draggy uses a specific amount of satellites that a phone doesn’t use. Not sure off hand without researching it in the interwebs but I think a phone uses something like 6 satellites and draggy uses 12.
I had to go look it up. Here are the GPS systems the draft communicates with.

Concurrent reception of up to four GNSS systems (GPS, Glonass, Galileo and BeiDou).
 

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Does dragy use a satellite that ford is unable to ping?
I don't know much about Dragy and V Box, but I did read that both refresh at a very high rate to keep acceleration data accurate.
 
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Time = Time
1 tire rotation = X Feet / inches
X Tire Rotations = X distance driven

If you drive your car 5 mph for a 1/4 mile then your mustang’s track app should be accurate. If you run a hot 1/4 mile (drag race) then you will have tire slippage. The question is, how much tire slippage.

X tire rotations in slippage = X feet / inches

So (X Tire Rotations + X rotations in slippage) =x feet which is less than 1320 ft. The track app will show that you finished in a shorter time. Hope this helps.

This all assumes that you have stock tires and that all stock tires are calibrated exactly which I don’t know if they are or aren’t.
That make sense. I definitely had tire slippage!
 

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I brought my own to market since none of the other aftermarket options meet my requirements. They are all geared towards maximum flow whereas mine target oem filtration efficiency while being reusable.

I sell them directly through our website.
https://thinkautotech.com/ThInK Auto Tech

There is a thread on here that has the entire development process and testing included in it.
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Ciao, ho ordinato i vostri filtri e sono arrivati oggi!
Complimenti per l'imballaggio e la lavorazione del prodotto stesso!!
Non vedo l'ora di installarli sul mio DH.
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Thank you for the kind words. I was ecstatic to see an order in Italy. My family took a trip out there last year and spent a week in Montepulciano. I wish we had a more capable rental car over a diesel BMW SUV. The roads out there are incredible.
 

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Any Ideas!!!
I have a 2024 Ford Mustang GT: MODS-Corsa HH Pipe, two 1in Steeda Throttle Body Spacers, swapped stock air filters with K&N Filters… so my question is… with those mods, in the North Mississippi Heat and Humidity, I run 11.4Sec 1/4 miles, pretty consistently, with the air intake boxes open… I have now closed them and I now run 1Sec slower… everything I’ve been reading is you get more HP and TQ with them closed… any one else seeing this happen? Or any info or help would be amazing!!!
I did same thing , and got a check eng lite
 
 








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