Originally posted by dant98@Jun 22 2004, 07:36 AM
hey Alberto, what does it cost to get a quick dyno run down there at Amazon Racing? It would be interesting to dyno your program.
-Dan
I wouldn't do it at Amazon Racing. They use a Mustnag dyno, which will dyno a lot lower than a dynojet. The people whose cars we are woking on this Saturday do not care about numbers, so we are just using the dyno to get a/f anfd timing right.
When people, as yoruself, care abotu numbers, I have another palce I work at that has a dynojet...
Fose those that are not familiar with a Mustang dyno here are some concepts:
Mustang dyno shows 6-7% lower.
Once a car begins moving, there is less resistance at the wheels when you overcome the polar moment of inertia, but the Mustang Dyno keeps applying this force acting against you. If you were on a Dynojet you would only have to overcome the polar moment of inertia.
The Mustang Dyno MD250 dyno is a true loading dyno, because it uses an inertia weight as well as an eddy current motor that is attached to the rollers. This eddy current motor creates a drag on the shaft by way of electricity that causes a magnetic field to try and overcome the torque going through the roller shafts. This current is controlled by software that is always trying to simulate load as if the car is driving in real world conditions. The real benefit from the loading dyno is the ability to maintain a load that allows a tuner to properly go through a fuel map or ignition map and tune the chip for optimum horsepower and torque. It has the ability to also simulate the IM240 emissions test as required in some states. It can check 1/4 mile times as well as times for 0-60 MPH and 0-100 MPH. It can also be used for road testing and simulation for drivability problems. As a result of the loading capability, the dyno numbers from a mustang dyno will come out lower than the inertia (dynojet) dyno.
The Dynojet 248C is actually an accelerometer whereby it uses a 3000-3200 pound drum that is used to create an inertia load on the vehicle being tested. The vehicle's horsepower (HP) and torque try to overcome the weight/inertia of the drum to accelerate it. As a result the software and electronics try to measure the horsepower and torque that the vehicle is developing to overcome the drum's weight and inertia. The resulting horsepower and torque will be higher than a true loading dyno because once the drum starts rolling not as much power is needed to keep it going. Example -- When pushing a car on a flat road, once the car starts moving not as much power (effort) is needed to keep it going. The software does not ask for vehicle weight or anything like horsepower needed to maintain 50 MPH (a number that is actually put out by E.P.A. and N.H.T.S.A.).
