Dynamic Auto Test Engineering Corp

Description

While managing a sales territory and a thriving service business, Mac spent one day per week at the Allen factory as a consultant and many weekends at home designing new testing concepts. The logic board in the Smart Scope became known as "Mac's brain". Many of the ideas presented at the engineering meetings were considered valid and feasible, but not profitable to the company shareholders. This frustrated Mac to no end and as a result DATEC was born. The name "Dynamic Auto Test Engineering Corporation" and the logo came from the need to develop a road load simulator to test vehicles indoors. Most of the dynamometers were so over-designed for the racing industry and muscle cars that the price was out of reach for the average repair facility. On the other hand, the lower priced units were dangerous and very limited in functional capabilities. With the help of a brilliant self-made engineer, Brad Huntley, the first DATEC Computerized Dynamometer, with full torque and HP readings was...

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