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Black Box Data Logger (acquisition)

Electronics to Record Flow Bench Data, Cam Measurement Data, and Much More.

  

Black box shows with hoses for reading 3 pressures, with two temp sensors (not connected, which plug into 2 of the white connectors on front of box).  Two pressures is typical of a system for reading from an SF300 or SF600 (tm) flow bench.  The third pressure would be for pitot tube port velocity measurements.  Two temp sensors would be needed for SF 110 (tm) type benches.  The Black Box II can be set up to read both positive and negative pressures, which can greatly simplify your building of a custom DIY flow bench.

The less expensive Black Box II MPX shown on the right above can do everything the full Black Box II can do except read both positive and negative pressures.  It is well suited to be installed on standard SuperFlow benches.

Performance Trends’ Black Box is the data logger for several jobs around the shop. It can be used for:

Flow Bench Testing
Cam Measurements
Weather Station Readings

 

Weather Readings for Throttle Stop Prediction in Drag Racing Analyzer Pro

As a Weather Station, the Black Box comes with one barometric pressure sensors, one internal temperature sensor, one internal humidity sensor and a recirculating fan for fast response.  Wind speed and direction for Drag Racing also available. 

For Flow Bench Testing, the standard $519 Black Box II MPX comes with two 1.45 psi (40" water) sensors and a swirl meter input. This is enough to do data logging for SuperFlow’s (tm) SF 300 and SF 600 benches, or custom benches which operate on the same principle as these benches. You simply "tee" in the pressure lines shown above into your benches manometer lines and then do a quick calibration with our Port Flow Analyzer software (either Basic or Pro versions). Now you are ready to make a huge jump in time savings and data accuracy when you flow your heads.

The more flexible Black Box II is ideal for custom benches or our EZ flow system which do not have valving to switch the manometer pressures when you switch flow direction.  

The Black Box can be also be fitted with popular options should you need them:

Air Temperature Sensors (2 max at $65 each). These are required for SF 110 style benches.

3rd pressure sensor ($100, $80 for the Black Box II MPX) for recording port velocity with a pitot tube or carb vacuums.

Swirl Meter input standard for recording swirl or tumble RPM from Performance Trends’ Swirl Meter and Tumble Fixture.

Hand or Foot Switch input, to allow recording from a switch input rather than a keyboard input.

Black Box internal temperature and humidity sensors ($200) and recirculating fan.

3rd pressure sensor ($100) for recording Barometric Pressure. Note that you can not purchase both the pitot tube pressure sensor and the Barometer sensor, just one or the other.

 

What You Need:

For Flow Bench measurements, our Port Flow Analyzer v3.5, either Basic or Pro version.

For Cam Testing, it comes with out CTS, Cam Test Stand and various retro-fit kits.

For Weather Station measurements, use it with our older 4 channel DataMite or current DataMite II for dyno testing, or Drag Race DataMite packages, or Road Race/Circle Track DataMite packages, or with our Drag Racing Analyzer Pro for drag racing ET, Dial-In and Throttle Stop predictions.

 

More Information, Download Demo:

Click here to go to our Demo Downloading page to download a FREE demo of the Port Flow Analyzer program, Dyno DataMite Analyzer program, or Drag Race DataMite Analyzer program.

To Order:

Call 248-473-9230 for information about your particular applications and options you may want or need.  We accept Visa, MC, AmExp or Discover card.