for a race car should be fine, remember you will need to start up the laptop each time you use it- would be a hassle in a daily driver, not so much in a race car
carkitter,
Apr 14, 8:08am
Windows 7 tablet!
sr2,
Apr 14, 8:20am
I've run aftermarket ECU's in race cars for many years and have yet to find an instance where having a laptop plugged in permanently would be of any benefit, (apart from the obvious ???toss factor???). Attempting to tune your car on the fly is a recipe for catastrophic engine damage; it would be totally impractical to attempt to upload programme changes when racing!
jsbike,
Apr 14, 8:49am
be a good ida, some of the new laptops/notebooks boot up in just a few seconds. easy enough you make it automaticly boot straight up to the program your using to show your dials.
bitsy_boffin,
Oct 28, 12:04am
Aircraft have been using glass cockpits for many years.
Recently, some light sport aircraft have even been co-opting consumer tablets (eg, iPad) for this purpose.
Don't see much difference in doing it with a car.
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