diy flow bench

[Bruce Plecan]

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Boland <m.boland at cat.csiro.au>
To: diy_efi at esl.eng.ohio-state.edu <diy_efi at esl.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 7:23 PM
Subject: diy flow bench

Popular Hot Rodding had 2 articles about doing that several years ago, add a
MAF sensor, and you got a state of the art bench
Bruce


>Does anybody know if anybody has built a diy flowbench ? I had an idea
>that you could use an electric motor with an air pump on it and measure
>the current drawn by the motor. You could use it uncalibrated in just a
>good, better mode or maybe you could calibrate it by flowing known
>items. It would be easy to hook up a PC and have a proffesional looking
>display. The bench part would be easy to build and you could mount the
>motor/pump underneath. Any thoughts?
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>Matt Boland                                     m.boland at cat.csiro.au
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