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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 10:36 PM
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I'm sure many of you have not seen something like this yet. I learned about it because i went to my uncle's machine shop to work on my barstool racer () and met a guy that was in charge of building these things. I looked at the parts he was having cut and couldn't figure out where they went in a dyno and had to step in and ask. Here's a video from their web site of the "new style" of dyno...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTTGI97FgNw

Seems pretty interesting to me. My uncle is cutting the large aluminum boxes and the hubs that bolt to the axles and various other pieces.

And I was invited to be a "guinea pig" once some of the dynos are put together. What are y'all's thoughts on the new portable dynamometers?
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 11:13 PM
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Dynapack is extremely similar and has been out for years...



AWD in action
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 11:14 PM
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yea i was going to say that style has been around for at least 5 years easily. not sure about the handheld read out though.
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 11:16 PM
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I feel lame. Never seen one of those dynapacks. Pretty cool.
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 11:23 PM
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You don't feel as lame as me. I started a thread on it. I figured they had been around a while, but still I've never heard of them. And no one else I asked has heard either.

It's a company based out of ft. worth also. I forgot to mention that.
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 02:38 PM
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You don't feel as lame as me. I started a thread on it. I figured they had been around a while, but still I've never heard of them. And no one else I asked has heard either.

It's a company based out of ft. worth also. I forgot to mention that.
one here local somewhere. We used it at Madmans shop on Pains car. We did 617 hp to the rear wheels. It worked really nice. $500 dollars to tune the car.
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 02:58 PM
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I cant see youtube, but from the looks of it, did they remove the wheels and bolt them onto the box?
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 03:06 PM
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pretty cool stuff... good info
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Corvettes of Houston has a Dynapack.
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This pics I posted are from SGP racing (I think closed now) in Houston.
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Yeah they jack up the drive axle, take off the rims and bolt "hubs" to the wheel studs and connect the hubs to the dyno.
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that camera guy makes me wanna
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