Good timing, just ordered that issue not five minutes before reading this thread. Among other articles there's this one: "Insight: NITROMETHANE PERFORMANCE - Ian Bamsey reports on a sensing system that allows the maximum power of a drag bike to be determined" about the design and workings of a torque measurement system on Ian Kings 5-second fuel bike.
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