Cant win..
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Cant win.. OK. I posted after my last dyno tune, which was a disappointing 354 rwhp. Now, I dynoed on a dynojet, but They would only do a pull in 2nd gear. I know 3rd gear is THE gear to do on an a4, so I will never figure the rwhp figure 
. It turned 363 rwhp in 2nd, unlocked(he couldnt lock the converter), and he said that IF he ran it in 3rd that it should be around 375 rwhp, but he thought that it may damage the drivetrain doing a third gear dump if he couldnt lock it in. 
WTF. I just didnt want to drive 6 hours and spend $500 to get it dynoed correctly. my mistake. This winter i will be throwing a f14 in, and will take it to someone on the eastcoast that deals with our cars ALL THE TIME. the guy who worked the dyno seemed really knowleageable, and he was not tuning my car, just dynoing, but I am frustrated and am not sure the dyno issue is really worth the hassle unless I am tuning it. Next time, cam, dyno, tune, ls1shop, 1 time.
. It turned 363 rwhp in 2nd, unlocked(he couldnt lock the converter), and he said that IF he ran it in 3rd that it should be around 375 rwhp, but he thought that it may damage the drivetrain doing a third gear dump if he couldnt lock it in. WTF. I just didnt want to drive 6 hours and spend $500 to get it dynoed correctly. my mistake. This winter i will be throwing a f14 in, and will take it to someone on the eastcoast that deals with our cars ALL THE TIME. the guy who worked the dyno seemed really knowleageable, and he was not tuning my car, just dynoing, but I am frustrated and am not sure the dyno issue is really worth the hassle unless I am tuning it. Next time, cam, dyno, tune, ls1shop, 1 time. 
well that sucks to hear about your experience but it has taught you for next time to deal with a shop familiar with ls1 s its worth the drive to one of the sponsors to have it done correctly
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Originally Posted by SsZERO
If you're not getting it tuned, forget the dyno. Take it to the track and run it, see what you get. That's what really counts.
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Originally Posted by boomcase
So am i reading this right , you are mad because your car didnt put good #s down on the dyno , but you had no one tune it for you..
