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Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:29 pmby Sandra
I have a rolling road with a thelma. I control it with a ordinairy dimer. I am now looking for a software to the computer that can read the BHP. Does anyone have any idea what software I schould use??
Posted:
Thu Jan 26, 2006 5:23 pmby Jesse Lackman
What brand is the rolling road?
Does it have a load cell for torque measurment?
If it has a load cell output there would probably be a way to input that to a PC and calculate/display in real time using a program like the GSCalc Mouse mentions
Maybe Mouse will chime in.
Posted:
Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:52 amby Sandra
The rolling road is homemade but I do have a load cell connected to a display thats show the torque. I also have a display for the RPM. The problem is that I have to do the calculation myself, I want it to show in the computer...
The software you talked about seemed good, do I got to have any special hardware to make it work?
Posted:
Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:39 pmby Jesse Lackman
Homemade rolling road dyno, that is very cool.
I don't know how the RPM and TQ would be input to a program like GScalc, but I think if that connection were made it would work.
I know someone who owned a newer car factory equipped with a torque sensor on the engine somewhere, it would pick up misfires and record them for later maintenence. He was able to tap into that load cell output, input to a laptop, and record/display TQ and HP while driving. He would drive the car up a hill at wot and generate TQ/HP curves much like one would see from a engine or chassis dyno.
Maybe I can get him here to help.
Posted:
Fri Jan 27, 2006 5:34 pmby Tony
Something like this perhaps: