AiM SOLO GPS Lap Timer and Data Logger

AIM Solo
From Anonymous of Virginia Beach, Virginia on 4/2/2013.

Easy to use, easy to read, easy to hook up.

Easy, Imperative
From Jason Crist of Forest, Virginia on 9/12/2012.

Simply, easy and effective. Predictive laptime feature is an addiction. Try something new on track and get immediate feedback, nothing like it. Operation is crazy easy, download the track files and the unit does the rest. Software is more complex than TraqMate - and that's a good thing. Time to put on your big boy pants and learn to do it like the pros!

AiM Solo
From Anonymous of columbus, Ohio on 6/25/2012.

Nice unit, easy to use , recomend playing with the device to explore all the features , AIM software instructions not the greatest but plenty of videos on the web to explain

Plug and play for lap times, other features take a little work but results worth the investment , Suction cup mount means easy to move from car to car

Love the Solo DL
From Frank Gorse of Glen Allen, Virginia on 11/23/2011.

I’m extremely pleased with the AiM Solo DL, which I bought for HPDE use in my Z4M.

Though I haven’t yet used it on-track myself, we literally took it out of the box, slapped it on a buddy’s vintage race car, and got useful, instant timing info and tons of data for post-race analysis. Plenty of battery life, secure mount, solid and rugged, and easy to see, configure and operate. It consistently saw 9 to 11 satellites at VIR, so GPS accuracy was excellent.

I accomplished the ECU connection on the M, and though splicing into the ECU wiring (2 wires plus power and ground) was a little daunting, it was in the end simple and problem-free; took less than an hour. Just as advertised, with the ECU connection the Solo DL streams and logs RPM, throttle position, brake pressure, steering angle, and more which can be integrated with the speed and accelerometer plots in RaceStudio (the included analysis software) for enhanced analysis. Don’t think you can get to this stock ECU data through anyone else’s data logger product.

My only criticism of the product is that the manuals’ translation from Italian is not stellar. Suggest you consult supplemental online info from AiM to ensure that your ECU is indeed supported and the precise connections, and also check out various RaceStudio guides and tutorials on the internet to help with the analysis software—it’s inherently a complex activity so be prepared to invest in learning how to interpret the data, as well how to manipulate the various views and tools in RaceStudio.

While RaceStudio doesn’t have video integration capabilities, there are inexpensive and easy-to-use applications out there (e.g., DashWare) that let you overlay AiM data on your videos shot with other-than-AiM camera hardware, so don’t let the lack of that feature dissuade you.

Summary—really cool, really robust, and a heck of a value for either the base Solo or the higher-end DL. It would really be hard to do without this technology—racer or track-day enthusiast—at this price point.