It was exciting news. Gerald Williams of Mid-State Machine called and informed us he had secured a dyno for a day. It was located at the Statesville, North Carolina, shop owned by the legen-dary ...

Dynamometer tests are used to measure a car's torque and rpm response. But how do they get that information? And how reliable is what they get?

How much power do you lose through the drivetrain? The "experts" claim about a 1517-percent power-drop "at the wheels" with a manual trans compared to flywheel numbers; as high as 27 percent with an ...