>Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 19:58:33 -0500
>To: Mark Palmer
>From: Ralph Steinberg <ralph@cloverleaf-auto.com>
>Subject: re horsepower
>
>Yes it appears to have opened a very lively can of worms. I asked because
>we are thinking very hard about putting in a dyno set up that will due I/M
>testing plus all our tune up work. I was also thinking perhaps I could
>sell some "dyno" time to people with performance cars or race cars looking
>for an edge in the real world. Engine dynos are great when you are chasing
>the mythical "extra" horse but nothing can beat a chassis dyno for setting
>up the whole package. The state required dyno does a 150 hp at 100mph max.
>The other one available to me that will still meet state requirements for
>I/M is rated at 500hp and a max speed of 125mph. Both would have full
>diagnostics including graphable miss recall with a 5 gas analyzer hooked
>up to it. Settable load and road inclination. I could equal the load of a
>hill climb if I wanted. Needless to say there is a fair difference in
>price between the two. Though with most of the opinions seeming to be
>around 15% the state minimum dyno would not really cut it for many cars. I
>could do fantastic tune ups but I could not really chase high end work.
>Then again I am not sure how much work I could generate telling people we
>could tune their cars to produce maximum usable horsepower under a wide
>range of conditions. How many "hobby" racers will spend money to tune
>their cars to the Nth degree? Most seem to want to spend as much time
>under their hood at the track as in the seat. Or they are very impressed
>with the supposed dyno sheet saying they have 185hp from there 1.6 liter
>engine!
> Ralph
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