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Originally Posted by Cam
I feel like I should go back to english class....and take some automotive engineering classes while I am at it...  -------- |
Cam,
The guts of it --- A change in engine speed is/would be the easiest/simplest way of judging any improvement in engine power.
In tuning the engine a constant load would be applied via the retarder. (The engine would think that it was in a car steadily climbing a hill.) If the engine speed increased with the no change in throttle position/opening, this would indicate improvement. (If the car went faster without putting the foot down, something else must have happened.)
If a cruise control (or something similar based on RPM.) was operating, the car would not go any faster and all that would be obvious would be a change in throttle opening, i.e. (that is) something not so easy to measure.