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Vracer111
post Aug 17 2005, 01:12 AM
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Arrived home to a surprise today... the Race Technologies DL-1 data acquisition system came in a day earlier than it was supposed to... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Anyways there is one little issue - the GPS antenna is a magnetic mount while the camaro's roof is "plastic" over metal backbone, I just tested it and the magnetic field is too weak as is. I have an idea what to do though: I want to powder coat and epoxy a thin steel plate (0.0625" to .125") shaped to the receiver outline onto the roof. Has anyone done this before? Anything in particular I should watch out for when doing this?
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Vracer111   How to mount GPS reciever for Data logging system?   Aug 17 2005, 01:12 AM
trackbird   You can probably strap it down with non metallic t...   Aug 17 2005, 01:56 AM
98_1LE   http://www.pro-fit-intl.com/mount.htm http://www....   Aug 17 2005, 03:41 AM
severous01   just get some 3M auto adhesive tape...you don...   Aug 17 2005, 11:07 AM
trackbird   QUOTE (severous01 @ Aug 17 2005, 06:07)just g...   Aug 17 2005, 11:55 AM

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