In the mid 1980's, I worked at a very prestigious auto racing manufacturer (Drake Engineering), where I ran the high performance street car division. While employed I witnessed the meticulous design and testing methodology that helped them win Indy-500 twenty-six times. Using standard scientific methods were the hallmark of their design and testing methodology. Every design was dyno tested on a 1000hp Henan-Freud dyno. I learned the advantages of real motor dynos, and learned why roller (inertial) dynos did more to guess horsepower than to measure it.
Continue reading Dyno Testing Methodology -- Explained.
My name is Robert Collins, and I’m
"PencilGeek" on the popular BMW car forum -- M3Post.com. I decided to
start my own BMW blog because it offers me more freedom to post what I want to
post without the restrictions of the online car forums. The online car
forums are great up to a point. But when they become too heavily
moderated, then it's time to leave and find another place to post. Most
likely, I will transfer all of my research and dyno tests from M3Post to this
blog. However, I haven't yet decided how much more information I'm willing
to share beyond that. 
