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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 03:24 PM
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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 03:58 PM
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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by SBNova
Here is the link to the ThirdGen.Org discussion with its builder;

[URL=http://http://thirdgen.org/techbb2/showthread.php?s=&threadid=249330[/URL]

Yup, he is using the air brakes to apply a load to the "dyno", impossible to get any kind of results with that. Complete waste.
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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 12:22 AM
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Originally Posted by BigC4
With all of the power that race car is making, I hope the tube that is attached to the strain gauge that is attached to the car is strong enough or see above threads. Would hate to see that car fall of the "dyno" sideways. I wonder how the guy got around his neighborhood convenants.

Am I blind or are all of the lugnuts missing of the truck wheel in the last picture?
I believe those wheels the lugs screw onto other lugs to hold the first wheel on, then you put the outer wheel on and screw the lug nuts to them.
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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 02:44 PM
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must be parts from the scale that used to weigh the truck axle.actually,thats it! the truck scale flipped with his truck on it so nothing left to do but make a dyno out of it!
lol no,i have to agree,no matter what its using for measurement,without a fixed vehicle placement i dont see how it can come close to producing consistant result.
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 10:08 PM
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I believe those wheels the lugs screw onto other lugs to hold the first wheel on, then you put the outer wheel on and screw the lug nuts to them.

Good thing, for a second I thought this was a bad idea.
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Old Aug 18, 2004 | 11:17 PM
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here's a link to the first one that he built:

http://www.josephthompson.net/austin_pictures/

I've gotta respect this guy for being inventive but I think I'll just drive on over to a shop with a dyno and plunk down my $75 and put my car on the dyno and get a dependable printout and then drive home to my backyard without holes and concrete and semi tractor axles lying around. just my $.02

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Old Aug 19, 2004 | 06:41 AM
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That's a disaster that I believe has found a place to happen. Far from NY at least.
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Originally Posted by loiq


http://www.josephthompson.net/austin/

How fitting - there's a Camaro strapped to it.
Bubba out done himself this time!
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Old Aug 19, 2004 | 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by loiq


http://www.josephthompson.net/austin/

How fitting - there's a Camaro strapped to it.
ROFL!
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Old Aug 19, 2004 | 12:04 PM
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here's a link to the first one that he built:

http://www.josephthompson.net/austin_pictures/

You don't think that mound of concrete with the nail looking thingy in it is where the dog is?
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Old Aug 19, 2004 | 01:28 PM
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Verrrrrrrrrrry interesting. Also very scary.
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