Homemade Engine Dyno

[brentry]

Watch slow mo youtube videos of cd spining at extreme rpm. They eventually shatter

[brentry]

Corse with a good metalurgist and different kind of heat treatment available. Anything is probably possible now days. Someone still has to twist throttle and find out.

[jcisworthy]

Sorry I was absent on replying to this. I have been so busy I honestly forgot I even posted it.

This link is what got me thinking about the subject

[BCjohnny]

What is the reasoning for sweep? I can see how it applies to drag racing.

Most forms of 'competitive' engine testing, and not just 'drag' racing, have moved over to 'sweep' or gain testing, where there exists the capability, to the best of my knowledge

As Larry Widmer, amongst others, espoused decades ago it's the engines ability to gain rpm, or regain it after a shift, that was far more important than pure bhp & torque figures alone

I don't think you will see any sort of sweep on a large industrial engine dyno system, as well as the previously mentioned WW2 Aircraft engine dyno systems, it is a huge no no to sweep the rpms of a large aircraft recip engine.

I mostly agree, and am not quite sure where you got the idea I was suggesting otherwise ...... maybe crossed wires

[jcisworthy]

Here is a link with more explanation

[Big Speed]

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