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Old 09-30-2014, 06:23 AM   #1
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Default a little off topic?

What do you suppose is the equipment under the drive on lift?
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Old 09-30-2014, 07:26 AM   #2
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Early drive on Dyno.
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Old 09-30-2014, 08:59 AM   #3
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Be my guess also.Nice color treatment.
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Yeah - I see a big flywheel . . . seems like a dyno of some sort. Or, they're using the car to pump water!
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I've always assumed it was something like that, but I don't see anything to absorb the car's output. Looks like chains going forward from the driving drums to a smaller sprocket but nothing up there? Even for 30 HP there needs to be some kind of radiator to dissipate the heat absorbed by the dyno.
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Picture is from Shorpy, where it is called out as a chassis dyno.
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