Tire engineers are quick to extol the virtues of testing new designs in the lab using calibrated test fixtures, including dynamometer wheels. Others argue that real world service conditions are the ...

It's not often that you reveal the punch line in the opening paragraph of a story, but this is one of those rare occasions. While there is still no substitute for real-world track testing, chassis ...

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 ...

Given a choice between spending $500 for a day on the dyno and upgrading to a trick set of cylinder heads, most hot rodders on a budget would opt for the hardware. But a different view should be ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—For two decades, the dynamometer at Mississippi State’s Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems has powered ...

Horse Sense:Modular GTs have come a long way since 1996, but considering the 4.6 debuted in the Crown Vic in 1991, it's taken the aftermarket quite a long time to get excited about modular performance ...

Motor Trend stirred the pot last month when it strapped a 2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8 to a dynamometer and published results supposedly proving the mid-engine sports car was far more powerful than its ...

It's true what they say about your first time in that you never forget it. For me, the magical moment took place in the wee hours of the night in the last driveway of a deserted industrial park. All ...

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 ...

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 ...