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Old 10-21-2015, 04:59 PM   #6 (permalink)
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in-cylinder sensor

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Originally Posted by RustyLugNut View Post
For roughly 10,000 USD, you can purchase an array of pressure sensing spark plugs and the attendant data logging. A set of well thought out acceleration runs will get you most of what you desire.

If you are doing a single cylinder engine, you can purchase the sensing spark plug for about $1K and cludge your own data logger using slower commonly available electronics and do multiple cycle overlays.

But, that's just what I would do.
The thing about the dyno though,is that you can get BSFC data as you go,which is of great importance,and a dyno's the only place to scientifically acquire the data directly that I'm aware of.
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