Title pretty much says it. I'm looking for an in-car camera setup for taping track days and would like to hear about your setup. Or about a setup you've seen.

 

I was wondering the same thing myself. Thanks for posting.

 

http://www.autoxcam.com/ cool stuff

 

I went with the home depot special;

Aluminum bar secured to headrests with U-bolts.
Just used this setup last weekend at Infineon with great results.

 

Looks like nice equipment. The 4 processor one is awesome, but a little pricey.

 

What type of camera do you use?

 

McGiver special here to to mount on my Avalon racing harness bar. Two 2" U-bolts through a 3"x4" Aluminum plate. 1 bolt with camcorder compatible pitch and I've got a great setup for AutoX.

I use the camcorder's remote to initiate recording while staging and have the display screen facing forward so I can see the picture in the rear-view camera.

When properly aligned, I can see the course, steering input, and a bonus of of the tachometer. It's a great tool for improving driving skill.

 

What kind of camera?

 

Whatever mount you choose, I suggest you mount it to a BCR harness bar!

I would be concerned about the lense's height.

 

BCR bar is getting near the top of my list Bruce. This month was brutal for expenses. Two track days, R&P, Trans/tow package/header/chip for the Pathy, not to mention the 2 weeks I spent under the b*tch fixing the holes in the heads and top it off with a replacement rear caliper for my Z. I'm broke for a little bit. :-(

BCR/Seat/harness and camera setup is next up. Oh yeah, I'm looking at transponders too. Any suggestions?

Right now I'm looking into cheapy cam setup. Bullet cam with sound and a ZR40 MiniDV video recorder. I can get into the setup for around 300.00. Some of the digital stuff is really cool, but its pricey.

 

http://www.amb-it.com/ for your transponder.

 

My camera height is perfect with my simple bar attached to the headrests. I also have a zr40 camera.

 

would you happen to have a pic of your setup??

 

Search is your friend...



https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....threadid=84183

 

Easiest setup possible (doesn't mean it's not cool)

 

How cool is that? thanks, never even thought to hit a search for that - doh!

 

Pics of my first camera mount location. This one would be good for turn-in & track-out. I have two other possible mounting locations. One on the windshield wiper post on the driver's side and another under the passenger mirror. I have not completed all of the hardware setup for the other two locations yet though. I plan to run a small piano wire tether on the cam so it doesn't get thrown if the mount comes loose.

For camera, I went with a Sony Ex Bullet Cam w/ 480 lines of resolution and a microphone. Skullcamz.com

For recording, I went with a portable MINI DVR. (dgital video recorder) http://www.pimall.com/nais/dvr6.html

Some pictures.

 

The DVR records 45 minutes of highest resolution or 3 hours of low resolution video onto a 512mb compact flash or SD card. File comes out *.asf and ready to go into the computer.

 

Also, came up with a fourth location to think about. The rear wiper stud for rear facing applications.