darrenjlobb's Rolling Road Chassis Dyno Project

[darrenjlobb]

Dug a hole in the workshop the other evening, just slightly bigger than the frame of the dyno, to allow to bolt it down / route some pipes in front of it. Dug by hand etc but had kango for the concrete, although typically we ran into a bloody foundation underneath!

The hole appearing:





And then this evening I have shuttered up a level area and mixed / poured concrete in it. Bit tricky with the workshop levels being all to cock, but luckily when we built the pit, we built it level, so I am putting the dyno in level in front of it, and square to the pit, so cars should track correctly, but will obviously look a bit "wrong" to the levels in the workshop as it wont be quite the same, but its important its level!



Will let it set off for few days and then remove shutters / fill the edges up, and then ready to start building the frame in the hole. Due to the weight of the thing fully assembled, we are going to have to build it in the hole, as we have no means of getting over the hole with tractor and loader, and theres no chance we are dropping it in by hand, these things are severely heavy!!

Progress may slow for few weeks as have just pulled the tdi out landrover and nearly ready to drop a cummins in:

300TDI motor swinging:



Sat next to the cummins, which is now attached to box and transfer box:



I think the blower says it all really 2.5 4 cylinder vs 5.9 6 banger