Date with a dyno (first time ever)
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Date with a dyno (first time ever)
I am going to get my car dyno'ed before I start doing anything to it. Anyone want to take a guess at what I should expect?
I am hoping for 280rwhp but being an A4 (3.23s) I am thinking thats a stretch.
Only thing I am changing between now and then is new plugs and wires (TR55GPs).
So what do you guys think with the stuff I have done (not much) in my sig?
Supposed to go to the dyno on 6 Dec, so once I do Ill post back up and let you all know what it ended up pulling.
I am hoping for 280rwhp but being an A4 (3.23s) I am thinking thats a stretch.
Only thing I am changing between now and then is new plugs and wires (TR55GPs).
So what do you guys think with the stuff I have done (not much) in my sig?
Supposed to go to the dyno on 6 Dec, so once I do Ill post back up and let you all know what it ended up pulling.
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I believe its a Dynojet 248x. 280rwhp? on a bone stock auto? That gives me a little bit more hope of breaking that, but from what I have been reading on here seems like these cars are all over the map stock with power output give or take 15-20rwhp from one to another. So who knows maybe Ill get lucky and have one on the higher end of the scale.
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Mine was 265rwhp through just a built trans with 4.3 V6 torque convertor (2200ish stall speed). They had the convertor locked and other than the trans, the car was bone stock. I'd say 250hp.
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So the average range on a completely 100% stock auto is somewhere around 240rwhp +or- 10?
Wow I thought it was a little higher than that.
What is the average range on a bone stock M6?
Wow I thought it was a little higher than that.
What is the average range on a bone stock M6?
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Its only going to cost $45 for 3 pulls and I like to know what I am starting out with before I start modding.
I have only had the car for a little over a year and the previous owner (I am the 3rd owner) hadn't modified the car at all but he told me the original owner had. He thought the pushrods had been replaced with hardened ones but he couldn't remember exactly what all had been done. He handed me a superchips handheld programmer (its crap so I took that off the car when I got it). After digging around on the car some I noticed an aftermarket catback (looks like a flowmaster to me, but I can't tell for sure).
The car was making a ticking sound from the day I got it and thanks to LS1tech and some good advice I decided it was probably my rockers out of align on one of my cylinders (#1 specifically). So a friend and I decided to adjust it and when I took the valve covers off I noticed a shiny set of Crane gold 1.6RR sitting there much to my surprise. We tightened the rocker up...noise went away.
The fact that the rockers had been replaced makes me wonder if anything else had been. Doesn't sound cammed (but also didn't sound like it had different rockers except for the annoying ticking). This is primarily why I want to get it dyno'ed before I start making more plans in case there are any other surprises I don't know about.
I am leaning towards getting some mid-tubes (emission reasons) and around the same time get a mail order from either Ion or Bryan.
My inital goal is I want to get to around 300rwhp, but for right now I might be already making that if there is some mild cam in the car that I am unaware of. Never been to a track or dyno with it to find out. The car feels strong but I haven't driven any other LT1s (or any other car with something bigger than a V6 for that matter) to compare it with.
Thanks for all the input...keep the guesses coming.
I have only had the car for a little over a year and the previous owner (I am the 3rd owner) hadn't modified the car at all but he told me the original owner had. He thought the pushrods had been replaced with hardened ones but he couldn't remember exactly what all had been done. He handed me a superchips handheld programmer (its crap so I took that off the car when I got it). After digging around on the car some I noticed an aftermarket catback (looks like a flowmaster to me, but I can't tell for sure).
The car was making a ticking sound from the day I got it and thanks to LS1tech and some good advice I decided it was probably my rockers out of align on one of my cylinders (#1 specifically). So a friend and I decided to adjust it and when I took the valve covers off I noticed a shiny set of Crane gold 1.6RR sitting there much to my surprise. We tightened the rocker up...noise went away.
The fact that the rockers had been replaced makes me wonder if anything else had been. Doesn't sound cammed (but also didn't sound like it had different rockers except for the annoying ticking). This is primarily why I want to get it dyno'ed before I start making more plans in case there are any other surprises I don't know about.
I am leaning towards getting some mid-tubes (emission reasons) and around the same time get a mail order from either Ion or Bryan.
My inital goal is I want to get to around 300rwhp, but for right now I might be already making that if there is some mild cam in the car that I am unaware of. Never been to a track or dyno with it to find out. The car feels strong but I haven't driven any other LT1s (or any other car with something bigger than a V6 for that matter) to compare it with.
Thanks for all the input...keep the guesses coming.
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I say 250ish , most people start with boltons before they decide to cam it, so I would not think it would be cammed , and even if it was a mild cam without the suporting mods like headers and such you wouldnt be at 300rwhp, but good luck.
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