My good ol' Turbo (108'000 km) got 'dynoed' last week. The results are pretty cool: 424 HP (DIN) and 591 Nm!... Peak values of course, but the measured torque is impressive. And yes, the engine is stock.
Hi. I can't read the chart well... Can you tell me what drivertrain loss percentage was assumed (or measured)? In other words, I don't expect you got 424hp to the wheels, but that whatever you got to the wheels was multiplied by a factor tp compensate for drivetrain losses, and I am wondering what that was. Was this a 4-wheel dyno, ot a 2-wheel? thanks Joe
Joe, this was a 4-wheel dyno. The power at the wheel was 305.3 HP (see 'Radleistung'). The loss ('Schleppleistung') was 89.7 HP, and this got normalized to 424.3 DIN HP.
Ok. So they found/calculated/assumed a 23% drivetrain loss meaning that the motor was producing 395hp at the crank to give you your actual 305hp. Then they adjusted the numbers for the less-than-ideal conditions, to state that under ideal conditions you'd get another 30hp at the crank, for 424.
I am interested in the 23%. I hear mostly of 2-wheel dynos here. They disconnect the front drive shaft before testing. The measured drivetrain loss I hear about in those cases is about 15%, so 23% would seem to indicate a significant further loss from the front driveshaft to the front wheels.