One such event is the ever incredible dyno contest. On the dyno five iconic American muscle cars took to the dyno to see ...

The 2020 Chevy Corvette C8 was the latest test subject to visit a dynamometer—a machine that measures a car's power using rollers spun by its drive wheels. The numbers we recorded were inflated ...

Confirm this with your contact before agreeing to anything, though. The car goes through three tests on a dyno, which for those who don’t know, is basically a treadmill for cars. As Toyota ...

An inertia dyno works only when the car is accelerating. It uses heavy roller drums of known mass mounted on bearings that allow them to freely rotate. A vehicle is placed in position on the dyno ...

If we had a heavier car, we would need more horsepower to move it one foot. So, how exactly does one measure torque and horsepower? Well, engineers use a device called a dynamometer, of which ...

Both cars were run to empty ... running in the garage we were able to get the temp into the low 60s. Getting a dyno reading with the 2014 was simplicity itself. Just turn traction control off ...

Eye opening, isn't it? Got an early muscle car you'd like to have dyno tested for our articles? Shoot us an email at [email protected]. Include a photo of the car and all the pertinent info ...

Getting the car custom-tuned was more of an exercise in satisfying my curiosity rather than increasing peak power. But a session of E-tuning and another on an actual dyno was hugely beneficial to ...

Over the last few days, there have been a lot of reports of Tesla owners activating “dyno mode,” a mode that disables safety systems for the purpose of testing the car on a dynamometer.

Luckily, Middleton Ford has a six-speed car gearing up for a dyno run of its own, which has a 1:1 ratio in fourth gear. That should make it a bit easier to get proper figures for the car ...

Turbo engines are great and all, but nothing beats a huge, naturally aspirated V-8.

While dyno testing a motorcycle is not all that different from doing the same with a car, it's effectiveness depends solely ...