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With the "Vehicle Power Meter" you can easily measure the power without bringing the car to the tuning shop

Vehicle Power Meter

by Satoshi Mori

What is it about?

With the "Vehicle Power Meter" you can easily measure the power without bringing the car to the tuning shop.

App Details

Version
1.4.2
Rating
(1)
Size
8Mb
Genre
Utilities Productivity
Last updated
October 3, 2021
Release date
January 22, 2018
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App Store Description

With the "Vehicle Power Meter" you can easily measure the power without bringing the car to the tuning shop.

Please use it for tuning and condition management of a your car

* There are vehicle conditions that can be measured, so be sure to check the details.

Features of the application
· Accurate measurement based on physical law
· Support various units
· Easy-to-read digital display
· Measurement results are displayed in table and graph

Measuring method
Actually make the vehicle full throttle and calculate power and torque from GPS location information

Adaptation condition
· Manual gearbox or Automatic gearbox that can lock up
(No slip between engine and tire)
· It is possible to input the vehicle information necessary for the measurement to be described later


Vehicle information necessary for measurement
· Cd (Constant Drag) * Selectable from preset
· Frontal area * Selectable from preset
· Vehicle Weight (stated in the vehicle specification table)
· Loading weight (weight of driver, passenger and cargo)
· Diameter of drive wheel * Calculated automatically from tire size
· RRC(Rolling resistance coefficient) * Selectable from preset
· Transmission Gear ratio of gear used for measurement (measurement with gear closer to 1.0 is recommended)
· Differential gear Ratio
· Outside temp


Preset value
Select body type
Coupe: Cd value 0.30 Frontal area 2.08 m²
Sedan: Cd value 0.32 Frontal area 2.16 m²
Hatchback: Cd value 0.31 Frontal area 1.96 m²
SUV: Cd value 0.37 Frontal area 2.70 m²
Minivan: Cd value 0.34 Frontal area 3.13 m²
Wagon: Cd value 0.32 Frontal area 2.16 m²
Pickup: Cd value 0.39 Frontal area 2.71 m²
Van: Cd value 0.40 Frontal area 3.17 m²

Select rolling resistance performance
AAA: 6.500
AA: 7.150
A: 8.400
B: 10.500
C: 11.300

Notes
A large error may occur in the measurement result unless the following conditions are satisfied during measurement
· The road surface is flat and there is no gradient
· No strong wind is blowing
· Fix the device (iPhone, iPad) to the vehicle
· Good reception of GPS (not possible inside tunnel)
· Do not shift from the measurement gear (lock up the gear and do not kick down)

Other
· The GPS measurement interval is about 1 second according to the specification of the device. Measurement results become rough in vehicles where acceleration is too fast. In that case, please measure with a higher gear.

* For safety, please do not use this application on public road
* An error may occur in the measurement result depending on various conditions
* The developer assumes no responsibility for any damage caused by using this application

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