Last Millennium (about 17 years ago) I had a computer system that looked at
the tachometer pulses off an engine (or motor) and would plot the RPM as a
function of time. If you entered the gear ratios and the weight of the
vehicle, the system would also calculate the torque and horsepower curves
during that acceleration. I built this for a friend that said " I would give
someone $100 to tell me the optimal shift points for my car." I only charged
$25 for the service and $1 for each printout of results.

About 12 years ago, I upgraded the system to use a gAnalyist for input
device instead of the tach signal to work better with non-lockup torque
converters.

The original software is in my archive somewhere and could be updated to get
it to run in a currently supported operating system.

If it were ported to Windows, the only special resource needed to run the
software would be a sound card to input the tach waveform.

Is there any interest in doing this?

Joe Smalley
Rural Kitsap County WA
Fiesta 48 volts
NEDRA 48 volt street conversion record holder
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----- Original Message -----
From: "George Tylinski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 10:13 AM
Subject: RE: Dynamometer testing

> I wonder if a "traveling dyno" exists that could be transported to NEDRA
> events...
>
> - GT

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