This equipment consists of a 1.9L engine in its own mounting fixture that bolts to the input shaft of the transmission under test. The output from the transmission is connected through another adapter to the eddy current dynamometer. The capacity of the testing is limited to that of the dynamometer or 80 bhp. This setup has been used to map the efficiency of a Subaru CVT transmission. The two laboratories are in different buildings one block apart located in the engineering complex on campus.
Some equipment is shared between the laboratories such as a four-gas combustion analyzer.
Both laboratories have an adequate compliment of electronic test equipment such as power supplies, oscilloscopes and multimeters. This laboratory is immediately adjacent to the dynamometer laboratory and shares the common 10 foot door for vehicle access. It has a conventional compliment of hand and power tools, floor jacks and stands, etc. This laboratory and the dynamometer laboratory have next door access to the main shop in Mechanical Engineering. In the same general area, the Mechanical Engineering Department is installing several high end networked PCs running Windows NT, and the students will have access to this facility for such programs as Pro Engineer.