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Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 14:21:48 -0500
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Dale: back in about 60 or so, I and a friend built one from an old elevator 
motor that would generate power. It was not chassis either. I do not 
remember how we absorbed the power and/or even guestimated the results.  It 
has been so long ago, I don't remember anything but that we finally made it 
work.  I think we had more fun there than we ever did with the chevy v8 
engines we were building for everything either of us could put one in. 
Surely, in this day and age, someone can build something similar, if not 
cheaper. You may be the one, just keep us informed. There's still lots of 
junk out there. <g>  jofarr

----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Rogers" <dale.r@cox.net>

>   Thank you very much for the idea.  It isn't directly
> applicable to my situation, because I don't have a car
> to use as a "chassis" test bed.  However, it did give me an
> idea - using a gang of disc brake assemblies, for creating
> an engine dyno that might come in at under $1000.
> (Actually, a direct coupling to the truck rear-end might
> do the job - if the brakes are big enough and I can figure
> a way to take the strain reading directly from the axel
> housing.)