The 2 Types Of Dynamometer for Your Car

When it comes to your attention that you want to measure your horsepower for your car. You will want to consolidate with a tuner because almost every tuner or tuning company has dyno. Dyno is a machine that simply measure the horsepower of your car and also used for tuning up the car. The two types of dynos are engine dynamometer and chassis dynamometer.

Engine Dynamometer: The engine dyno is basically done while the engine is remove out of the car. The engine dynos can depict an accurate horsepower reading because they measure the power at the flywheel. So what this means is that the power from the engine is consistent and no interruption from the transmission or the driveline. This dyno is not the suited for the regular customer because it is expensive. It is usually used by the car manufacturer and oem tuners. Car manufacturer use them to test the engines longevity and also performance wise. A racing team would used it for their engines durability and power. So this is not for the aftermarket tuner whose looking to get his car check up for horsepower readings.

Chassis Dynamometer: The chassis dyno is the one that you normally see on the tuners shop. This is the ideal dyno for the car since you don't have to remove the engine from the car. When measuring the horsepower of your car for the chassis dyno. Its as simple as driving your car to the rollers and then strapped it down so it wont fly when the tuner puts it pedal to the metal. This dyno also has it disadvantages because unlike the engine dyno that measure at the flywheel. This dyno measures it in the wheels, so the driveline, transmission, and tires are affecting the horsepower reading of the car.

So next time your talking about how your car has a lot of horsepower, put it in a dynamometer to see if your claim can be justified. Its good to know the real horsepower of your car so you wont have to pretend to your friends that you claim 400hp when clearly you had less.