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Offline John Yates

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Home made dyno ideas
« on: September 12, 2016, 09:11:07 am »
Hey guys, I'm looking for ideas on how to make a home made dyno of sorts. I'm not looking for extreme accuracy. Just a way to test motors to see which ones are stronger.

I am thinking something like a treadmill maybe with something like a car altenator attached to it and a read out of how much voltage the alternator  is putting out. In theory stronger voltage would be more hp.
Not sure if that is a valid idea. Let me know what you guys have in mind.

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Re: Home made dyno ideas
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2016, 02:34:09 pm »
Hydraulic pump, flow meter, bunch of hoses and a reservoir. Pulleys and belt, clutch able. Needle flow control. That's all you need....lol.
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Re: Home made dyno ideas
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2016, 05:42:31 pm »
Bert always relied on my patented "butt dyno".
Accuracy was not guaranteed, but it was always spectacular.
I also believe he had a formula to calculate horsepower and torque based off how hard my impact with the earth was upon crashing.
Those where typically spectacular as well.
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