Ford 2013 - Page 18

Mustang
Performance/Handling
18
January 2012
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Mustang
Track Apps cont’d
2013
Acceleration Timer
• Bringsupaselectionofteststhatthedrivercanrun
• Oncethetesthasbeenselected,thedrivercanselect
from two different starting methods:
– Countdown Start
 •Providesaracing“ProTree”(thered,yellow
and green staging lights found at drag strips)
style of starting
 •Driverwillbepromptedtopulluptothestarting
line and then be prompted to start the countdown
 •Colorswillflashahalf-secondapart,andifthe
start is successful it will end in green
 •Ifthedriveracceleratedearly,thecolorwillbered
and no data will be recorded
– Automatic Start
 •Usefulifthereisanexternalstartingmechanism
 •Oncethedriverpresses“OK,”thetimerwillwait
until the vehicle starts moving and then the time
will begin
• Oncethetimerstartissuccessful,thescreenwill
change to show an elapsed time and a progress bar
to show how close to the end of the test the driver is
• Whenthedatacollectionfinishes,thescreenwill
display the results
• Timerwillattempttofillinasmanyofthetimes
and speeds as it can. For example, if the customer
picks a 1/4-mile test, all the results should be filled in
provided the vehicle exceeded 100 mph
• Therecordedtimesandspeedsaresimilartothe
results that a drag strip would provide at the end
of a run

• Bringsupaselectionofteststhatthedrivercanrun
• Driverisinstructedtoaccelerateabovethespeed
requested in the previous screen
• Oncetheproperspeedisattained,thedriveris
instructed to apply the brakes
• Thescreenswillthenchangetothedataacquisition
screen
• Dataacquisitionscreenshowstheelapsedtimeand
a progress bar showing how close to the end of the
test the vehicle is
• Whenthedataisacquired,theresultswillbe
displayed

• Bringsupamenuofdatamanagementactionsthe
driver can take
• TrackAppswillstorethreesetsofdata:LastRun,
Saved and All-time Best
• DrivercanclearAll-timeBestdataseparatelyfrom
the Last Run and Saved data
• SelectingViewAccelerationTimerwilldisplay
the results from the last acceleration run and the
saved data
• Drivercanselectanyresultandsaveit.Savinga
result will overwrite the previous saved result
• Resultswithmorethanonedataparametercanonly
save all the parameters together
– Selecting View Brake Results will display the
results from the last brake performance run and
the saved data
 •Drivercanselectanyresultandsaveit.Savinga
result will overwrite the previous saved result
– Selecting View All-time Best will display the All-
time Best results
  •TrackAppsautomaticallysavesAll-timeBest
data any time it sees a result that is better than a
stored result
– All-time Best data is from the Acceleration Timers
and the Brake Performance Runs