Are there any shock dynos available for public use in the Tampa area?

-Joel

 

Pletcher Racing should have one

 

wtf is a shock dyno?

 

A shock dyno is basically what it sounds like - a dyno for your shocks. You put your shocks into a machine that puts the shocks under the type of loads you expect it to see, then you check the results and tune from there. Most people with your average street production cars wouldn't need to use one of these becuase the shock manufacturer has already done these tests. We're building a Formula SAE car, and we'd like to get some data on the shocks we're using, and get some good tuning on them. Since a good shock dyno can cost anywhere from $5000 to $20000, we'd just like to borrow one for a day.

Dragula, thanks for the lead, I'll have to look them up.


-Joel

 

I built one at USF for my senior engineering project. Don't have acess to it now though.

 

wow thats not somthin you hear everyday pretty cool

 

That's funny, because I probably have your shock dyno sitting right in front of me in the SAE garage here at USF. The problem is that we can not use this for the high speed testing that we need to use it for. It uses pnuematics, which you can't really get that accurate of results with. It's still pretty cool though.

Anyone else heard of any other places that would have a shock dyno available?

 

I know for a fact Dave Pletcher has one, call and see if you can use it.

Dave Pletcher Racing
4470 63rd Cir, Pinellas Park, FL
(727) 525-3536

 

BTW, I just called Pletcher Racing and they were VERY friendly and willing to let us use their shock dyno. We'll see how it goes. Thanks for the recommendations.

-Joel

 

must of not been drinking