Tire Temperature Sensor - Formula SAE

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Hello all,

I've recently joined the Formula SAE (racing) of my university, and was curious if you could develop an temperature sensor that could accurately measure the tire temperature with the use of non-contact infrared sensors? Keep in mind the formula car under-development is using a suzuki 600cc (R) 4 stroke engine (88hp), weighing in around 450+ lb.s , so it goes a wee bit fast. I've seen tutorials on arduino based infrared temperature sensors, but as said previously, we would want to achieve accurate constant data collecting to the AIM Evo4s datalogger we're using. If I'm not providing enough information, my sincerest apologies, just trying to do some research and get any leads into the right directly. Appreciate any assistance.

Regards, Picassoalbo

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What readings do you get when you point a standard non-contact temperature sensor at a tire?

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jremington:
What readings do you get when you point a standard non-contact temperature sensor at a tire?

Well essentially we want readings/data from it when the FSAE car is in motion, so the temperature when prior and after a run aren't as relevant.

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Hang out the car window and point the sensor at the spinning tire. What do you get?

Hint: it is usually a mistake to assume that you need to reinvent the wheel.

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What's wrong with the existing non-contact IR based temperature sensors? Hang one of those in each wheel well, and connect them to your data logger, and problem solved.