Re: Rolling Dyno Question

[Donald Fujihira <donf@Ascensionet.com>]

There are four wheel dynamometers in the U.S.  A friend of mine at Slipstream in
Boulder (303-449-9843) specializes in Audis and is installing one now.

Don Fujihira
91 200Q
88 80Q


Ramana Lagemann wrote:

> Mark Nelson wrote:
> > Due to the nature of how extremely expensive four wheel dynos are, I would
> > doubt that a state government could afford one.  There is only one that I
> > know of in the country (on the west coast), owned by a major Porsche tuner,
> > that I can't remember the name of (no, it's not Andial...they use a REAL
> > dyno; i.e. an engine dyno ;-).
> >
>
> Chris Hanlon wrote:
> > I believe that it may be PowerHaus.  They have dyno'd a 993 turbo.
> > Whether or not they actually own the dyno I don't know.
> >
> > Mark is probably correct in saying that state governments can't afford 4
> > wheel dynos.
>
> I still maintain that there is no 4 wheel dyno in the Americas.
> These are my thoughts exactly... way too much cost involved... a two wheel dyno
> would be much more plausible, but my friend is "positive"... (I am having less
> and less faith in his "positivity"...)
> Can anyone in CT positively support or refute this claim???
>
> btw, the dyno which Powerhaus uses is a Dyno Jet Model 248E (two wheel)
> on the AWD turbos they dyno, they remove the front drive and get the reading off
> of the rear wheels...