Back in October, Motor Trend wrote that, during its dyno testing, a 2020 Chevrolet Corvette had made horsepower and torque numbers well above the rated 495 horsepower and 470 lb-ft. The publication ...
Last month, Motor Trend made big news when it revealed that the C8 Corvette Stingray Z51 that it hooked up to a dyno produced a ridiculous 558 horsepower and 515 pound-feet of torque at the wheels - ...
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 ...
We talk about dynamometer numbers all the timeso often, in fact, that they are treated as absolute truth. But should they be? Or are all these numbers we speak of meaningless? As it turns out, dyno ...
Real-World Showdown: We put Don Hicks' Ford 393-Cleveland Stroker Motor to the Test on Westech Performance's Engine and Chassis Dynos. The Results May Surprise You. How much power do you lose through ...
Last month, Motor Trend published from frankly unbelievable dyno results for the 2020 Corvette C8. The numbers raised a lot of eyebrows and the publication quietly started an investigation to ...
For many electronics engineers, motors fall into the “can’t-live-with-them, can’t-live-without-them” category. A compact dynamometer and motor setup that engineers at the University of Minnesota’s ...
We all know the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat is rated at 707 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque, making it the most powerful muscle car ever to enter production. But could the car be ...
Remember those unbelievable horsepower claims made by Motor Trend? Well, they’re unbelievable for a reason. Apparently, in the rush to get the car on the dynamometer, some figures were incorrectly ...
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 ...