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alfred e numan

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Question. Are the engine dynos that are used on our hobby motors -- how do i word the question-- Is there an industry standard?- certified? I have seen lots of power claims- torque-horsepower- OBR seems to be the only one out there that shows the charts- This will open a can o worms- If there is no industry standard- a dyno that all the builders dynos are set to- calabrated to, who can we believe? Many common things are required to be tested and calabrated - Torque wrenches- all the gasoline pumps for our cars trucks-- No i an not ragging on OBR or any one else- I applaud OBR for showing the numbers- -- ---. I am simply sayin ---???
 
They all use a dyno to say they have the best. Perhaps if there where a standard some of them would be out of business.
 
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I was just thinking of hooking my RC to 5 horses for a tug of war and see how it does.

LOL JK!
 
There will be a report coming out soon by a guy who tested all sorts of pipes and engines. He is just a hobbyist and doesn;t work for any of hte shops.
 
RampageHopUps said:
There will be a report coming out soon by a guy who tested all sorts of pipes and engines. He is just a hobbyist and doesn;t work for any of hte shops.
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That will be very interesting. That will start some serious debating by the engine and pipe builders. I look forward to seeing his results.
 
alfred e numan said:
Question. Are the engine dynos that are used on our hobby motors -- how do i word the question-- Is there an industry standard?- certified? I have seen lots of power claims- torque-horsepower- OBR seems to be the only one out there that shows the charts- This will open a can o worms- If there is no industry standard- a dyno that all the builders dynos are set to- calabrated to, who can we believe? Many common things are required to be tested and calabrated - Torque wrenches- all the gasoline pumps for our cars trucks-- No i an not ragging on OBR or any one else- I applaud OBR for showing the numbers- -- ---. I am simply sayin ---???
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Exactly! If they make these high HP claims, they need to be able to back them up, accurately.
 
RampageHopUps said:
There will be a report coming out soon by a guy who tested all sorts of pipes and engines. He is just a hobbyist and doesn;t work for any of hte shops.
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That's awesome. Curious to see how all of these engines stack up.
 
RampageHopUps said:
There will be a report coming out soon by a guy who tested all sorts of pipes and engines. He is just a hobbyist and doesn;t work for any of hte shops.
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That is good news. And it long overdue too. I see all these really high horsepower claims. question is, at what -or how narrow of an rpm range? There was some full size racer builder- Carrol Shelby? He once said- Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races.
 
Gotta say, I have bills to pay. 4-5-6+hundred dollar engines are just out of my reach. I assemble engines from pull off parts-top ends. So far the one that clicks best for me is the CY 29. 990, .75 stack jet pro end bleed. It pulls hard and revs too- gizmo flywheel also bolted up. My "seat of the pants dyno. "
 
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