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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by pa_sjo
What.

If the dyno Cylinders are lets say 17" in diamiter and you go on there in your car with 15" wheels - you'll get a power reading of XXX

Then you take the same car, on the same dyno, with the same setup, except change your wheels to 19", then you'll get a different power output reading - this is becuase the mechanical drag that the dyno uses to convert to tourq has been affected by the increased rolling diamiter of the wheels.
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