Starting engine dynamometer pulls at low rpm is hard on the dyno and hard on the engine. Today, engine dynamometer testing is an integral part of many HOT ROD engine buildups and product tests.
Testing carburetors on an engine dyno can sometimes be misleading. We've all seen tests showing large-cfm carburetors making more power—even on a small engine that nobody in their right mind would run ...
Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...
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BMW M135i F40 dyno test

In this video, a brand new BMW M135i is tested on the dyno to measure its real-world power and torque in completely stock ...
Testing a car on the dynamometer is a common activity for performance car enthusiasts, but strapping a 6,500-lb (2,950-kg) truck on a dyno is a different matter. After much effort to find a suitable ...
Engine science isn’t quite a lost art, but it’s something that is much more understood than it used to be. Now, engines are incredibly talented at everything thanks to innovations in combustion ...
Bringing both a hybrid powertrain and a form of all-wheel drive to the Vette lineup for the first time in the Bow Tie sports car’s seven-decade history, the 2024 Chevy Corvette E-Ray offers meteoric ...
Unless you can get your hands on one of the ultra-rare suicide-door examples, the tenth-generation Lincoln Continental was never a particularly cool car. Heck, even with the suicide doors, it's really ...
In this video, we put the new BMW G90 M5 on the dyno at MSL Performance to find out whether it truly delivers BMW’s claimed ...
Alina has been enthusiastic about vehicles her entire life, and even from an early age found herself itching to get behind the wheel. Through high school and college, she could be found reading ...
The new BMW M2 isn’t what most of us would call particularly attractive but it should still be an outstanding performance machine. Now, one independent group has strapped one such G87 generation M2 to ...
We've had some requests for Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck dyno tests, but there hasn't been a whole lot of good coverage out there. Eventually, perhaps InsideEVs or one of our friends will get ...