Redneck dyno

O.K. I can’t take it anymore. Tell us which NASCAR team owns the dyno.

 

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Actually I'm impressed. This may be redneck engineering, but if I broke down in the middle of nowhere, I think I'd like to run into these guys. Basic dynos are not that complex engineering-wise but the calibration is a bear. Actually doing a WOT pull on a system like this is also a bear.

Actually, I think I've just talked myself into Pete's position. I second Pete's nomination of these guys for the Darwin award. Trying to do a WOT pull while you car is chained to the ground and running on a clapped out, welded together truck axel is nuts. I wish them luck but it is kind of like watching a guy play chicken with a brick wall.

Art S.

PS. Most common last words of a redneck - "hey guys, watch this!"

 

Art, it's "hey, Y'ALL, watch this"...

 

I stand corrected.

Art S.

 

OK, after reading his post, it is clear you were right, he had no clue how to do the math. And after seeing the graph, it's clear he has no clue how to use excel either....and I just noticed the pipe he's got the car chained to looks about 10 sizes to small for the distance it's sticking up in the air....I see bad things coming his way very soon.....

I just did a graph for my car in excel to merge the dyno data with the ECUs data log file, I think it came out a little better than his.