Thread: dyno'd the 300tdi yesterday

Originally Posted by stig0000

im no expert at dynos,, but have a basic idear how they work,)

No, your not and no, you don't

As has been explained its tractive effort kiddies, not torque

Originally Posted by rovercare

No, your not and no, you don't

As has been explained its tractive effort kiddies, not torque

the units of tractive effort are kN at a certain speed as it is actually a Force which is quoted at a given speed. The terminology appears to have come from the rail/locomotive engineering community. [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tractive_force"]Tractive force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Schematic_tractive_effort_curve.JPG" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Schematic_tractive_effort_curve.JPG/500px-Schematic_tractive_effort_curve.JPG"@@AMEPARAM@@co mmons/thumb/e/e3/Schematic_tractive_effort_curve.JPG/500px-Schematic_tractive_effort_curve.JPG[/ame]