[Certified Lotus]

Originally Posted by fishguy

i just installed the same system in my 944 yesterday.
i just used velcro for the traqmate and also for the chasecam since the system will be going from the 944 to the db-1 each event
i used really strong velco and the units wont be going anywhere, i had to pry them up with a screwdriver to bring them back in the house until the weekend.

the antenna certainly must be on the roof, or highest point of the car to function w/o interuption. i like the way you routed the antenna through the back hatch , i will copy that on my 944, as i didnt think of going that route, and was going to just run the wire out the pax window taping down the wire so it didnt blow around.

my only concern with how you located things is with the display unit for the traqmate. can you even reach it while strapped in the drivers seat?

the other real issue with that location is that you need to look away from the road a fair amount to see the unit which is a big disctraction when at speed. I would have put some velcro on the bottom of the unit and put it on the dash, or put velcro, or the traqmate dashmount for the display somewhere near your gauge cluster, and put it in arms reach and where you are not looking far away from the road to see it.

i used H+L 400 from pegasusautoracing.com, but it was too strong, so i mixed one side with H+L 170.

i know for the traqmate to work that you need to mark the start/finish line once for each track you are on for the gps to locate that and start your traqmate sensors, and also turn on the chasecam in the process. can you reach the display unit where it is?

the system looks like a powerful tool, i look forward to mine this weekend in my scca race, and i really hope i can cram the things into the swift db-1.

I have the system set up with a remote start/stop button for both the Chase Cam and the Traqmate so all the "pre-race" set up is done prior to start and only push one button on the grid, which is accessible with 5 point harness on. I don't need to reach the display. Regarding even looking at the display.....no way. Determined that I didn't even want to think about trying to see the display while at speed, so line of sight was not a concern. The analysis of data comes after each session........not during.