Reincarnate your shop’s old “DYNOsaur”!
Why not pull that obsolete, dust collecting analog dynamometer out of the corner? You can bring it back to life with 21st Century data acquisition and controls. More importantly, it can start making real money for your company again!
Land & Sea’s Data Acquisition Dynamometer Conversions allow upgrading older analog and hydraulic dynamometers with state-of-the-art computerized data collection and engine control. DYNOmite Data Acquisition Computers, transducers, and control electronics deliver a price/performance ratio formerly unheard of in professional dynamometer test systems.
For as little as $3,495, we can supply analog dynamometers with the latest DYNOmite Data Acquisition Computer conversion. This includes an appropriate style load cell, multiple RPM sources (with magnetic pick-up module), temperature sensor, full function data acquisition harness, RS-232 serial printer port, and instruction manual.
Expansion options are also available to monitor exhaust gas temperatures (EGT), fuel flow (with Brake Specific Fuel Consumption), manifold vacuum, pressures, Air/Fuel ratios, or almost any other analog signal. Electronic Load Control is even available for many brands of water brakes or eddy current absorbers.
If you have a Windows PC available, you can take advantage of DYNO-MAX 2000 “Pro” software. It provides graphical real-time monitoring, control, recording, etc. With the right selection of controls and sensors added, it is possible to run completely automated break-in sessions or test runs (using equipment originally only capable of manual “paper and pencil” testing)! Imagine outputting full color graphs and reports, with everything from transient air/fuel ratios to brake mean effective pressure (BMEP), from equipment you had written off as history!
Pre-delivery Break-In guarantees performance
Proper engine run-in on a dynamometer assures your customers of the promised performance of every engine that leaves your shop. DYNO-MAX 2000 provides an Automated Test Set Up “Wizard” that makes it a snap to generate sophisticated computer controlled routines. These are programs that automatically cycle the engine’s RPM while varying the throttle load for the best long term engine performance.
For example, below we've created a test that runs the engine for the first three hours in the 1,000 to 3,000 RPM range, while adjusting the throttle between 10% to 40% open. During the next 10 hours
the engine will intermittently accelerate to slightly higher RPM using stronger 50% throttle bursts. For the final 10 hours, we run it to 4,500 RPM with occasional five second bursts up to 60% of wide-open-throttle.
The above test required less than two minutes to create and could have just as easily been coded to run for minutes or days! With automated control you do not waste valuable time creating and monitoring boring break-in sessions. DYNO-MAX can even handle the startup and shutdown of the engine, making engine run-in a one button process. Adjustable alarms are also available to warn of temperatures getting too hot, pressures falling too low, or other vital parameters going off the charts. Alarms can be visual, audible, or even shut down a test altogether.
Similar Wizards are available for programming Sweep or Step Tests, Life and Road Cycles, Drag/Shift Runs, etc. Further, with DYNO-MAX 2000 "Pro", any test can be edited down to the individual fraction of a second. Programmability includes relay control, load and throttle servos, and recoding functions (including if-else conditional formulas with looping).
After a session completes you can print out a full report (with color graphs) for every engine. DYNO-MAX 2000 “Pro” even prints your company logo on these reports. Knowing their engines will receive this kind of detailed attention instills confidence in customers that your engine’s deliver what you promise!
DYNOmite Dynamometers shine at industry trade shows.
Again Land & Sea, Inc exhibited its popular line of DYNOmite dynamometers at the Automotive Engine Rebuilders Association (AERA) Expo in Orlando, FL. On hand were many of the industries top engine builders and re-manufacturers, as well as a full compliment of machinery manufacturers.
From November 29th through December 1st we will be displaying a variety of dynamometers at the Performance Racing Industries (PRI) show. PRI East is now the racing world’s largest trade show
� both in terms of attendance and displays.
In recent years, the DYNOmite exhibit has become one of the most popular booths in PRI’s “Machinery Row.” One of the reasons is its attractive price and portability. For growing companies, where floor space is already strained, both are especially important.
Are you considering up scaling your company’s capabilities to include dynamometer testing? If so, we invite you to stop by our Booth #3637 and check out what we can do to help you.
Micro-Eddy beefs up to Mini!
Meet our latest air cooled eddy current absorber. It’s an all new “Mini” DYNOmite absorber that could only look beefy next to our even smaller “Micro” units! Available with or without a separate electronic power supply & controller, their unique design delivers a price/performance ratio formerly unheard of for high RPM eddy current absorbers.
The above photo above shows a Mini brake integrated with our unique torque reaction cradle dynamometer frame. This one is built for precision testing of small weed cutter and chain saw class engines. These systems are ideally suited to emissions and endurance testing of OEM industrial applications as well as ¼ scale Radio Control racing projects.
Available accessories include everything typically found on “big” dyno systems. This includes DYNO-MAX 2000 “Pro” integration with 5-gas exhaust analyzer benches, electronic throttle control, etc.
If your company has a need for its own unique type of dynamometer, e-mail: tech@land-and-sea.com or, call us today at 1-866-DYNOMITE.
Customer Spotlight
Hank Scott Racing
Hank Scott Racing, located in Concord, North Carolina, was
founded over 16 years ago. Hank’s history in racing is extensive,
having 17 National Wins under his belt in the AMA Dirt Track
National Series. In 1980, Hank was runner-up (by just 1 point) to
Harley Davidson’s factory rider, Randy Goss.
Currently, Hank Scott Racing is the #1 Legend Engine Builder in
the world. Five different National Dirt Track winners have
recently won Nationals using Hank Scott Racing engines.
A short time ago we got this mail from Hank, here is what he had
to say:
“The Land & Sea Dyno has helped me achieve horsepower gains in area’s that I already thought I had complete control of! Best money I ever spent to accurately gain positive horsepower without the question marks.
(The Land & Sea Dyno) lets me give the customer an engine that doesn’t have the dreaded question mark involved. I only wish I had bit the bullet and purchased my dyno sooner. It has helped me gain better control of engine development and the direction I’m headed.”
With over 3,000 engines built and numerous championships
(including more than 1,000 wins) Hank Scott Racing is a prime
example of the value customers derive out of our dynamometer
systems.
Average, dampen, or filter?
Computers can record engine information at an incredible pace, but humans still absorb it slowly. To maximize a test’s value, raw data can be mathematically processed (in DYNO-MAX 2000) by one or more of these methods.
Averaging: Takes anywhere from two to thousands of consecutive data points and combines them into a single data point. It is analogous to driving cross county, taking MPH readings every second, then reporting this data as a single average speed for the entire trip (or alternatively as a daily MPH average).
Dampening: Unlike simple averaging which reduces the quantity of data points, dampening does not condense data. Rather, it reduces the significance of any single data point by averaging it with one or more sets of adjacent points on either side of the center reading. This is equivalent to using an oil filled pressure gauge in order to get a steady reading from a pulsating source.
Spike Filtering: Occasionally large transient pulses (either real or artificially induced) creep into data. Such “noise” needles in a graph or data listing are distracting, especially to novice operators. Filters use algorithms to “intelligently” strip the high frequency pulses out of otherwise meaningful data.
Contact Us
Land & Sea, Inc. PO Box 96North Salem, NH 03073(603) 329-5645
www.land-and-sea.com
sales@land-and-sea.com
Making more money...
Think your business can’t afford a dynamometer? Actually, it now costs you money going without! Today's potential customers know which shops dyno in-house and associate dynoing with engine building expertise. All else being equal, shops with dynamometers have more credibility...period!
Dynamometer experience raises a shop’s status enough to sustain a higher hourly rate...even for non-dyno work! Customers that balk at paying for traditional diagnostic time willingly pay extra when dyno testing is involved.
Like hospitals with CAT scans or Professionals with Ivy League degrees, high tech equipment and knowledge commands premium fees. Even work that never gets near the dyno bills at the higher rates! By prominently displaying the dyno in your shop and by freely discussing what you learn dynoing, you gain customer credibility. This builds a client waiting list (which supports raising your prices).
This is a proven route to extracting profits from your dynamometer investment! Want to see it on paper? Have your accountant run a pro-forma financial analysis using your existing hourly rate vs. a 20% increase. Your bottom line will grow a lot more than you might guess!
