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Aglet Racing, Formula 500 Team
Friday, January 27, 2006
  It's a Concept Thing - originally posted 6/29/05
I finally sussed out how the brake bias bar functions and now I can actually lock the front wheels. Maybe I'll spin less on course now. :-)

I also installed a Digatron DT-34 instrument that I got used from another F500 driver. It took some work to get it working, the electronics inside were set up for a different type of tach input so I had to send it back to Digatron for some work. Since they are in Spokane, when it was done I towed the car over there to do the install. Good thing I did as it needed to have a resistor changed and we had an o-scope on the tach output for a while to ensure that everything was working right. I had up to three techs out there at any time, including the owner, and the service cost for the instrument repairs (it also needed a new display and faceplate) and help ont he install was ~$70. With the sensors I got from them, the total bill was only ~$130; add the instrument and some almost new EGT sensors I got from another F500 driver and I have about $200 into an instrument that would cost me at least $500 to get new. I can highly recommend Digatron, tell them I sent you!
 
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