Another neat feature is that you can ‘gate’ the warnings – meaning the alarms will only function when the engine is running. If your pressure dropped that low, a warning light would go off, and the face of the MFDL would read ‘Low Oil Pressure’, and also give you a numeric value right on there on the dash.
Ericson tells us, “Let’s say you wanted a warning if your engine dropped below 20 PSI of oil pressure. In addition to the ability to log almost any aspect of your car that you choose, one of the biggest advantages to using the MFDL over traditional gauges is being able to set up user defined warnings. You can choose what info is most important to you to log and monitor – fuel pressure, oil pressure, water temp, wideband – and it’s all accessible right from your dash board. So, you could realistically take the expansion module and mount it out in the engine compartment if you needed to, or even in the back if you needed it to say, monitor your shocks.” You could take both the MFDL and the expansion module, fire them up and dump them in a bucket of water, and they will operate fine. And the nice thing is that the expansion module can be mounted anywhere in the car. You just hook it up to the logger itself, and you can run 10 extra channels. You can add pressure sensors, flow sensors, speed sensors, MAP sensors, temperature sensors – and the list goes on.Ī big advantage to using the MFDL is that it can grow with the needs of your car, or easily be adapted if you needed to make changes to what specific data you need to monitor.Įricson tells us, “If you really wanted to go crazy with this, we also offer a 10 Channel expansion module that is a simple 1-wire hook up. These are only the basic sensors that the MFDL comes with, but there are literally dozens of other sensors available from Auto Meter.
The driveshaft sensor picks up its signal from magnets embedded in the circular mount, which bolts right around the driveshaft. It can also act as a speedometer in conjunction with the available wheel speed sensors for the MFDL. This is the MFDL's driveshaft sensor - which can help you identify clutch slipage or too much converter loss. The internal voltage meter will tell you the voltage during an entire run, and is a very useful tool if you are having fuel or ignition problems.”Ericson continues. If it’s still pulling, you can raise the shift point, and if it laid over then shift point needs to lowered.
You can tell by looking at the g-meter if the car is still pulling, or if it laid over when the car was shifted. The biggest thing they are used for is setting shift points. “The internal g-meters will tell if the car experienced tire shake or if you moved out of the grove, and how hard the car left. Ericson told us that, “Eight of the channels are completely user definable – you can choose what info is most important to you to log and monitor – fuel pressure, oil pressure, water temp, wideband – and it’s all accessible right from your dash board.” Three of those channels are internal G-Meters, one internal voltage channel, an engine RPM Channel. “The MFDL is a meant to be a complete dash replacement,” explained Marc Ericson, Director of Motorsports at Auto Meter, “not just a a fancy set of gauges.” The MFDL features an analog tachometer and shift light, a digital display panel and warning lights, and 13 built-in data input channels that can be monitored and logged. The MFDL represents an all-in-one, fully customizable and expandable solution for both gauges AND data logging for your race car. That’s why we recently got interested in Auto Meter’s Multi-Function Dash Logger (MFDL). Today, gauges aren’t just about giving warnings they can also provide all the data you need to wring every ounce of performance potential from your race car. Thankfully gauges and data logging capabilities have steadily progressed, and today they are more advanced and capable than ever before. Back in the muscle car era of the 60’s and 70’s, enthusiasts were lucky if they had anything more than the aptly named “idiot lights” giving them a soft glow from the dash as a vague warning that something was wrong. Gauges are the racer’s and tuner’s best friends.
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