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• Re: Battery article and portable option.
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 30 Jul 2021 08:50:53 -0700
  ...a dynamo or similar machine for converting mechanical energy into electricity.<< Rob vwrobb@gmail.com On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 7:46 AM...
• Re: Engine to auto-tranny match and the Indy 500
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:02:48 -0400
  ...When a car is put on a dynamometer, it is power which is measured (the amount of work needed to turn a weight or...
• exhaust quality questions
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 8 Nov 2002 15:04:54 -0500
  ...My seat-of-the- pants dynamometer told me we had a bit more power than before the change and I head less trouble staying...
• CA new gas formula info
  Historical mailing list
  27 May 97 08:45:30 PDT
  ...KGO-TV asked if we would conduct a dynamometer test using a reformulated and non-reformulated fuel. We gladly g accepted the challenge. They...
• Re: Arizona emissions test
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 16:35:37 -0600
  ...Now they have added a dynamometer which lets them "drive" the car in gear at 30 mph or so. Anyway, they told me to...
• Re: Battery article and portable option.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 1 Aug 2021 08:46:53 -0600
  ...a dynamo or similar machine for converting mechanical energy into > electricity.<< > > > Rob > vwrobb@gmail.com > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 7:46 AM...
• Re: My Mechanic's Odd Reaction
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Fri, 17 Oct 2003 09:46:55 -0600
  ...Propylene Glycol Base Engine Coolant) and in the Ford BL2-2 Dynamometer Test. Additionally, SIERRA Antifreeze meets all the corrosion performance requirements of ASTM...
• Re: Battery article and portable option.
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sun, 1 Aug 2021 12:17:38 -0700
  ...a dynamo or similar machine for converting mechanical energy into > > electricity.<< > > > > > > Rob > > vwrobb@gmail.com > > > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 7:46 AM...
• Re: Local gas prices
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Sun, 23 Apr 2006 13:57:21 -0600
  ...they don't look worth stealing, w/ full fenders, bike rack, dynamo powered lights, bell, 8 speed internal digital shifter, bigger street tires, built...
• Re: any room for one of these?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Mon, 6 Sep 2004 06:58:10 +0000
  ...Actual dynamometer results >for > > select vehicles will be posted this summer on this website" > > > > Hmm well I dont know about you guys but I...
• Re: Battery article and portable option.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Sun, 1 Aug 2021 11:31:48 -0400
  ...a dynamo or similar machine for converting mechanical energy into > > electricity.<< > > > > > > Rob > > vwrobb@gmail.com > > > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 7:46 AM...
• Syncro Stuck in ditch!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jon B Kanas
  Sat, 7 Jul 2001 22:30:40 -0600
  ...syncro is working properly; when the Vanagon was put on the dynamometer for the Colorado emissions test, the front wheels are used to drive...
• Re: Tips on passing emissions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:59:03 -0700
  ...They didn't > listen to me though. > > > > These were the days before we had dynamometer testing, so YRMV. Syncros are > not dyno tested though...
• Re: Emissions Test Failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 24 Sep 2017 14:39:25 +0000
  ...There are idle only tests, test at some other RPM such as 2,500 rpm, and then there are also the loaded tests (dynamometer...
• Re: Battery article and portable option.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 1 Aug 2021 09:57:31 -0600
  ...a dynamo or similar machine for converting mechanical energy into >>> electricity.<< >>> >>> >>> Rob >>> vwrobb@gmail.com >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 7:46 AM...
• Re: H2 Power Via Fuel Cell /25 mins left of FRIDAY...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 14 Nov 1998 22:04:18 -0600
  ...by putting 12v into a carefully constructed ring of permanent horseshoe magnets, you can spin a generator (dynamo) and get 240 volts (about 30...
• Re: 84 CA Vanagon Smog questions
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 12 Apr 1998 11:57:15 -0700
  ...are different) using the dreaded Smog II system (required with a dynamometer). Where I live, it is not yet required (Northern Calif.), so we...
• Re: New Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:10:45 -0700
  ...Engine has been tested with fuel and air motoring on our Dynamometer." I wasn't sure what to make of that so I googled...
• Re: re; smog sympathies
  Historical mailing list - Scot Douglas
  Mon, 2 Mar 1998 06:54:05 -0500
  ...I started out wrenching on german cars to put me through junior college, I moved up to operating an engine dynamometer to help out...
• Re: Tips on passing emissions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 23:41:19 -0400
  ...They didn't listen to me though. > > > > These were the days before we had dynamometer testing, so YRMV. > Syncros are not dyno tested though...
• whether Joy is going to BusFusion, and lots of thanks! (was E: Message for Barb Cotton
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 31 May 2005 08:19:20 -0400
  ...wait till Keagan can read, he's going to be a dynamo on this list!) Banjo Dews, my favorite dog in Michigan. (Sorry, Madison...
• Re: Digifant question...fuel pump effect?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 28 Apr 2014 19:13:40 -0700
  ...Chassis dynamometers are the great truth tellers....I had friends in the racecar world spending thousands of bucks on the latest and greatest mods...
• Re: BioDiesel
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Taberski
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 00:18:52 -0500
  ...I could go on and on about energy policy, economics, emissions, dynamometer testing, advantages/disadvantages of different types of vegetable oils, fuel processing, carbon...
• Re: Emissions, Was: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Richard Duvernay
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:36:47 -0700
  ...The test at the smog check stations shall be performed in accordance with procedures prescribed by the department and may require loaded mode dynamometer...
• FW: [Audi-VW-Diesels] all wheel drive and emissions testing? - Answer
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Fri, 8 Aug 2003 21:11:39 -0700
  ...An ASM test on equipment with a 2wd dynamometer is NOT suitable for a subset of vehicles (non-disengageable traction-control, full time AWD...
• Demographics
  Historical mailing list - Scot Douglas
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 12:40:33 -0400
  ...European sports car shop (Alan Christian Motorcars, Holland MI) and a dynamometer technician. I graduated with a BSME from the university of michiagn and...
• Re: VW Customer Relations & reality check
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 22:03:10 -0700
  ...the car pass. I've not heard of such a thing. Dynamometer tests are not required in California (yet). >Another point is that an...
• Re: Digifant question...fuel pump effect?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Mon, 28 Apr 2014 20:33:58 -1000
  ...modifying something doesn't necessarily always make it work better. > Chassis dynamometers are the great truth tellers....I had friends in the > racecar world...
• Inspections and traffic laws was Re: HIDs?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:19:46 -0500
  ...when I came and a few years ago shifted to a dynamometer test; now on OBD-II vehicles they simply query the ECU. Rhode...
• Re: knocking sound in tranny
  Historical mailing list - Wayne Hagan
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 23:19:57 -0800
  ...I guess when on a dynamometer with all for weels at speed and no load, the drive train alone makes all sorts of sloppy...
• Re: Engine to auto-tranny match and the Indy 500
  Historical mailing list - Rolf Lockwood
  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:11:53 -0400
  ...HP / 5252 / RPM = Torque.    When a car is put on a dynamometer, it is power which is measured (the amount of work needed to...
• Re: NVC Re: VW gave diesel drivers what they wanted! Tailpipe Emissions!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 2 Oct 2015 15:01:33 -0400
  ...So your van passed easily! What were the requirements? Was it a dynamometer test? All the state emissions test look for the gross polluters...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Arnold Schultz
  Sat, 22 Mar 1997 02:10:43 -0800 (PST)
  ...Male engineers reach their peak of sexual attractiveness later than normal men, becoming irresistible erotic dynamos in their mid-thirties to late forties. Just...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  96-03-05 18:39:09 EST
  ...The I/M ENHANCED EMISSIONS >TEST, in which an operator "drives" your car through a simulated >dynamometer road test, is DESIGNED TO FAIL 60...
• Re: NVC Re: VW gave diesel drivers what they wanted! Tailpipe Emissions!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 2 Oct 2015 17:58:13 -0500
  ...So your van passed easily! What were the requirements? Was it a dynamometer test? All the state emissions test look for the gross polluters...
• Re: Decisions..
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:45:40 -0700
  ...They differ in ways that can't be measured by dynamometers. And, since they are not equal, they can't be compared fairly. So...
• Pointing out the Facts on Vanagon Diesels
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:17:34 EST
  ...Including more than a million miles in variable load dynamometer testing, and more than 250,000 km in the Sahara desert and the Swedish...
• Re: Decisions..
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:20:43 -0400
  ...Zetech. > >They differ in ways that can't be measured by >dynamometers. And, since they are not equal, they >can't be compared fairly...
• Re: visit to GEX
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Tue, 7 Nov 95 11:41:27 PST
  ...In the room with the milling machines they have the engine dynamometer, we didn't get to see it operate though. On the more...
• Re: Pointing out the Facts on Vanagon Diesels
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:41:19 -0800
  ...development cycle. > Including more than a million miles > in variable load dynamometer testing, and more > than 250,000 km in the Sahara > desert and...
• Re: Decisions..
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:15:03 -0400
  ...Zetech. > > > >They differ in ways that can't be measured by > >dynamometers. And, since they are not equal, they > >can't be compared fairly...
• Re: Decisions..
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:45:16 -0700
  ...Zetech. > > > > > >They differ in ways that can't be measured by > > >dynamometers. And, since they are not equal, they > > >can't be compared fairly...
• Re: Decisions..
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:02:05 -0400
  ...Zetech. > > > > > > > >They differ in ways that can't be measured by > > > >dynamometers. And, since they are not equal, they > > > >can't be compared fairly...
• Re: Decisions..
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:56:47 -0400
  ...Zetech. > > > > > > > >They differ in ways that can't be measured by > > > >dynamometers. And, since they are not equal, they > > > >can't be compared fairly...
• Re: Decisions..
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:50:53 -0700
  ...Zetech. > > > > > > > > > >They differ in ways that can't be measured by > > > > >dynamometers. And, since they are not equal, they > > > > >can't be compared fairly...
• Re: Decisions..
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:01:16 -0700
  ...Zetech. > > > > > >They differ in ways that can't be measured > by > > >dynamometers. And, since they are not equal, > they > > >can't be compared fairly...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:19:33 -0400
  ...This is why many emissions programs required the dynamometer testing, (IM240). This is where the cheap cats fail. Since we had this test in...
• Re: Engine choices:was You Never Know: A Story
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 23 May 2022 22:40:37 +0000
  ...depends on it.  If all good, then you proceed to the Dynamometer...and hopefully all good after that.  (I even went the extra mile...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:10:24 -0600
  ...This is why many emissions programs > required the dynamometer testing, (IM240). This is where the cheap > cats > fail. > Since we had this test in...
• Re: Engine choices:was You Never Know: A Story
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Mon, 23 May 2022 19:41:59 -0700
  ...If all good, then you proceed to the Dynamometer...and > hopefully all good after that. (I even went the extra mile to a Smog...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:40:04 -0400
  ...This is why many emissions programs >> required the dynamometer testing, (IM240). This is where the cheap >> cats >> fail. >> Since we had this test in...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:40:58 -0500
  ...This is why many emissions programs > > required the dynamometer testing, (IM240). This is where the cheap > > cats > > fail. > > Since we had this test in...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:54:38 -0500
  ...This is why many emissions programs > >> required the dynamometer testing, (IM240). This is where the cheap > >> cats > >> fail. > >> Since we had this test in...
• Re: Engine choices:was You Never Know: A Story
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 24 May 2022 13:10:42 +0000
  ...depends on it.  If all good, then you proceed to the Dynamometer...and > hopefully all good after that.  (I even went the extra mile...
• for you early busers: a little entertainment ... (kinda long)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 01 Jun 94 12:50:33 CDT
  ...your coche does not function correctly?" "The problem is in the dynamo, Don Manolo. Or so it appears." "No matter," he said with a...