Old Feb 2, 2007 | 08:56 PM
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Default Re: Someone on XF has a 'particularly strong' C32/SRT-6 Motor. [Dyno - SI Stage I]

Originally Posted by C_Plunkett
The correction accounts for power loss through the drivetrain. The dyno measures torque and HP at the rear wheel. The correction then applies a percent drivetrain loss to derive the flywheel torque and HP. The original poster stated that they were using a correction of 1:1, so what is reported as flywheel on the charts is actually what is measured at the rear wheels.
I know a chassis dyno measures horsepower and torque at the wheels as apposed to an engine dyno that measures at the flywheel. This is the first time I have seen anyone use a form of "correction" to those figures to obtain flywheel measurements.
 
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