real time dyno?

[George M. Dailey]

At 08:25 PM 8/26/96 -0700, you wrote:

>Will makes a good point which has plagued me over the years... how does 
>one go about calibrating a home-made dyno?  
>-- 
>My other Triumph doesn't run, either....
>


For the in vehicle mounted dyno (strain gages on the motor mount), how about
connecting a torque wrench to the motor and plotting a graph of torque vs
resistance? You would probably need a 1" unit with one hell of a cheata pipe
or you could use the lever equations and apply a known force.

GMD