Method and apparatus for testing automotive components

An apparatus for testing an automotive component, the apparatus including:

• a drive device;
• at least one sensor operable to sense a first operating parameter of an automotive component and provide a first output signal indicative of a measured value of the first parameter over time;
• a data collection system operably connected to the sensor and operable to receive the first output signal;
• a data processing system operably connected to the data collection system and operable to correlate the measured value of the first parameter to an independent variable and compare the measured value of the first parameter to a stored value envelope providing predetermined maximum and minimum values for the first parameter as a function of the independent variable;
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• an output device operably connected to the data processing system operable to expose results of a comparison of the measured value of the first parameter to the stored value envelope.

An apparatus for testing an internal combustion engine, the apparatus including:

• a drive device;
• at least one sensor operable to sense a first operating parameter of an internal combustion engine and provide a first output signal indicative of a measured value of the first parameter over time;
• a data collection system operably connected to the sensor and operable to receive the first output signal;
• a data processing system operably connected to the data collection system and operable to correlate the measured value of the first parameter to an independent variable and compare the measured value of the first parameter to a stored value envelope providing predetermined maximum and minimum values for the first parameter as a function of the independent variable;
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• an output device operably connected to the data processing system operable to expose results of a comparison of the measured value of the first parameter to the stored value envelope.