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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.)
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