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Tire Temperature Monitoring

by Per Schroeder  

Hot Lap Motorsports has a new onboard tire temperature monitoring system that could help racers and autocrossers get the most out of their tires. Their Optigrip has a dash-mounted LCD screen that displays data from four wheel-well-mounted infrared sensors. The sensors read the temperatures of each tire’s tread face in real time.

Compared to the traditional method of taking tire temperatures—cruising down the pit lane and then waiting for someone to use a pyrometer at all four wheels—the Optigrip yields more immediate results. The complete system retails for $549 and includes everything needed to monitor tire temperatures at speed. Hot Lap’s Web address is hotlapmotorsports.com. You can also get in touch with them by calling (973) 997-9016.

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Reader comments:

  1. dsycks: — Oct 19, 2009 6:06 p.m.

    LOVE the Optigrip! No matter how quick you can get into the pits and check your tire temps you just do not know what they are doing at different points on the track without this sort of device. Even better, this is simple, easy to install and affordable.

    I do feel the need to admit that I do know Kyle of HotLap but do NOT have any personal interest in this product aside from being a fan of its use and function.