damage from a dyno?

[ticopowell]

So a guy I was talking to last week told me that he has heard stories about cars engines blowing up because they were running them on a dyno, something about the load on the engine is different from normal driving, has anyone heard of that?

[Jackpine]

I imagine it's possible to abuse a vehicle on a dyno just as easily as it is to do so on the road.

The one thing I see missing on a dyno is the effect of air cooling due to vehicle motion. I would guess you could overheat a vehicle fairly easily.

- Jack

[ticopowell]

Well I hope he gets to bed before midnight... it is friday!

[Power Hungry]

I've not seen anything to indicate that running on a dyno is any more dangerous than running on the street, provided that precautions are taken to provide adequate airflow for cooling. The one thing I will say is that people will sometimes tend to push a vehicle harder on a dyno than they will on the street and that may be the cause of some engine failures. However, in 15 years I've never personally witnessed an engine failure on a dyno.

[cleatus12r]

Starting your engine on fire during a dyno run is a hoot.

Good thing Bill has a calm head on his shoulders or my 2000 would look like a marshmallow that was held over a campfire too long.

[cleatus12r]

Little update..
Still running the same high pressure oil hoses. Where is the "living dangerously" smilie?

I'm not running injection pressure above 2400 PSI anymore either though and I really don't have any spikes when the IPR has to open up quickly since making low 3-hundos for powah with 250/200% isn't pushing it past 25%.

[Power Hungry]

THAT was a fun day.

Fortunately, only minor damage. Basically cosmetic on the harness wrapping.

Going to be interesting when we get the new engine dyno installed!

[cleatus12r]

Originally Posted by Power Hungry

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Going to be interesting when we get the new engine dyno installed!

Need a co-host for an Engine Masters spin-off?

[Power Hungry]

Originally Posted by cleatus12r

Need a co-host for an Engine Masters spin-off?

Sure! Whenever you're ready to move down this way. Actually going to be looking for an engine builder soon. Once things get situated with the dyno, we're going to construct a "clean room" to build engines.

I doubt we'll get any interest in a series out of it, but we can do our own podcasts.