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I am about 80km north of Canberra. Got into the workshop while it was still a bit cool.

Did some more testing using a multi-turn pot to give finer control. It also seems to be working. If you change the pot fast, the reaction time of the ...

Yes total power supply cost is only about AUD$250 - ie US$177 plus box and little transformer. I'll try to do some more testing today - but it is goin...

No, I cannot find who made the dyno. There is not maker's badge or markings, but it looks quite professional, not a home built job. It uses metric fas...

Car has full undertray so those positions aren't easily accessible. I loosened all the straps tonight and it climbed onto the front roller by about 20...

I then bought the components for a proper power supply - mains filter, United Automation AFM-11 trigger module, IXYS VHF28-16I05 SCR module. Power sup...

I built a test/temporary power supply from four 12V batteries and an eBay 60V motor speed control. It provided enough load to allow me to work on crui...

I modified some ramps that I had made to make them suitable for the dyno.

I put my car on the dyno. The car is a tiny Honda Insight that I have turbo'd and run on programmable MoTeC management. I did all the mapping from scr...

I bought a fan that had been used in a bakery to cool baked bread. I rebuilt and painted it.

I got it to my home workshop and off the trailer. Very heavy!

😀 Maybe on weather we should hear from Norway? When I was in Norway around this time of year: IMG_5395.JPG

My suggestion? Keep it simple and world-wide universal in terms of the used input/output board. I'd like to be able to control dyno fan, dyno 'get-off...

My suggestion? Keep it simple and world-wide universal in terms of the used input/output board. I'd like to be able to control dyno fan, dyno 'get-off...