Quite a few years ago, When my company owned Jaguar, Aston Martin, and a Japanese company, we did some Boost Studies on Oil flow in an engine and flow to the connecting rods.
So we needed a Test Rig that would allow us very accurate RPM Measurements and where the Piston/Connecting rod actually was in the cylinder bore. The only way to do this was with a laser. Lasers are big pieces of equipment so how do you actually read the Piston Position on a engine where the pistons are actually moving at normal engine speeds? So I designed and built a test rig where we could do the testing.
Here are some images of the test rig, the Laser equipment, and the "Dyno" that we used to spin the engine to max rpm. a 120 HP Motor and the Dyno measurement device. Click on the picture for a larger image.
We have a 160 HP electric motor mounted on a movable test rig bench. That bench was 27K but was a work of art.
A local company built it for us along with several more of them.
Tom V.
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