Got a new engine? Want the most power? Read on.

Plug the thing into a laptop while it's on the dyno and automate the whole
process, plus setting up the mixture, mapping etc, so you don't need to
stand over it for 90 minutes and it's not only run in, it's set up and ready
to /very/ rock...

 

I was thinking piston, but I'd be interested to hear about the turbines too.

 

That's a very IBM answer, correct but a little less than useful.

 

Ok, I see that I'm going to have to google for the answers, or it'll be
rather like watching paint dry.

 

What next eh, a robot to ride your bike for you.

 

No

 

That's one word for me.

Sounds like a specialist job that does, do you ever get any engines fail
on the test bed?. I'd like to visit a place that makes jet engines, if I
decide to go for aeronautical engineering.

Someone once told me, that if it wasn't for synthetic oils, the jet age
would never have happened.

Or runs shiteoldbikes / planes / other.

 

At last: someone to blame.

 

7 million miles between overhauls would be ok for bikes, just think how
long it would take on a CG though.