auxilary Posted July 18, 2004 Share Posted July 18, 2004 redneck style http://www.josephthompson.net/austin/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RCNSC Posted July 18, 2004 Share Posted July 18, 2004 I wonder if that shit works and if its anywhere near accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 2slo4u Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 It looks like some type of pull sensor between the car and the post but how it translates pull into hp? I'm just wondering how those truck wheels aren't falling off without lug nuts? Maybe they're welded on? 81zxturbo rustybutrunning hopefullyfastersoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwink25 Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 That's an electronic "load cell". It's whats used to weigh things. I used to build and test them. Not sure what brand that is but it looks really close to the ones we made at Cardinal Scales. So, he is using that to get some sort of pulling measurement in pounds I guess. Would that be how he is getting his foot lbs of TQ reading? I don't know a whole lot about how a dyno really works. But I do know that is a load cell...the thing that is shaped like a "Z". Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop N Wood Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Boy. I could just imagine the look on the homeowner's association guy's face if he saw THAT contraption in my back yard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillZ260 Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Working or not, it's just plain weird to see that think in the middle of nowhere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strotter Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 There's a long thread over at 3rdGen.org about this. The guy is getting good, repeatable numbers at this point (from the load cell), and is trying to figure out how to translate force in the loadcell to horsepower/torque. Check out http://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/showthread.php?s=&threadid=249330 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Did you see the graph...ha ha ha my eyes are tearing in laughter: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RCNSC Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 It looks like a bunch of scribble to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 2slo4u Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Looks super accurate, eh? Ha Ha 81zxturbo 95slobaru impreza1.8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeizm Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Its got a bart simpson head in it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluto Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 As for the lug nuts... Thats the inside only wheels of a semi drive axle, the studs that you see are also the nuts for the inner wheel(they are removed with a square drive socket thats fits over the very end of the stud, not sure on the exact size)... The outer wheel would have normal'ish looking wheel nuts. Looks like he also using the brake chambers/shoes to put a "semi" repeatable load on the vehicle with a given psi.. not too shabby Sam Sounds kinda weird saying stuff like that outside of work.. hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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