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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 04:06 PM
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Automatic is okay right?
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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 04:36 PM
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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 06:45 PM
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yea i just got mine dyno tuned...6spds dyno numbers are better than autos and if you have a stall it wont be very good at all but it will run better at the track than most 6spds

mine was 316HP to the wheels and he said if it was a standard it would be like 360
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Originally Posted by red-_-z28
Automatic is okay right?
why wouldnt it be ok?
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Only cars with 3 peddles are worth it I hear...
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This thread makes me laugh. Again and again.

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dont do it bro!!
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by jays97 t/a
yea i just got mine dyno tuned...6spds dyno numbers are better than autos and if you have a stall it wont be very good at all but it will run better at the track than most 6spds

mine was 316HP to the wheels and he said if it was a standard it would be like 360
so what you mean by that is that you really have about 360HP but it says you have 316 right?
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 05:29 PM
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If you dyno 316 that's what you're making. It's not hiding horsepower. SAE correction might change it, but you can't dyno a number and pretend it's higher cause you have a stall.

It doesn't work that way.

A stall will only make you dyno like 10whp less at that level. Nothing crazy. If you want higher dyno's then lock the converter or buy a manual.

A dyno tune is good FOR ALL CARS, regardless of tranny.
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 05:46 PM
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Ya, what you need to do is go to the store and buy Irish Spring bar soap and cake the rear tires. This will allow you to run an auto on a dyno. If a store is not close, the other way is to drop the tranny, remove the converter, put it back together, and push it on to the dyno.

Works great every time!
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Originally Posted by fuzzyjk
Ya, what you need to do is go to the store and buy Irish Spring bar soap and cake the rear tires. This will allow you to run an auto on a dyno. If a store is not close, the other way is to drop the tranny, remove the converter, put it back together, and push it on to the dyno.

Works great every time!
if you were trying to be funny what a FAIL!
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 12:11 AM
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^^Yea I'm trying to figure that one out aswell..

Originally Posted by whytryz28
Only cars with 3 peddles are worth it I hear...
That's Pedals fool..


You'll be fine, a good shop will hook it up.
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by red-_-z28
if you were trying to be funny what a FAIL!
It worked before. I guess I should have quit while I was ahead...Weak atempt at a funny!

You'll be fine for the dyno with an auto.
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Originally Posted by fuzzyjk
Ya, what you need to do is go to the store and buy Irish Spring bar soap and cake the rear tires. This will allow you to run an auto on a dyno.
Na man..that stuff's to clean up your Muffler Bearings to help install them properly. You then set the pre-load with some good ole Elbow Grease and torque down the Retaining Plate the same spec as the Cap for the Head Light Fluid Resivior.

Then you adjust the Flux Capacitor and go on your way.
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 01:07 AM
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auto will be fine. these guys r just bustin *****. they forget they were new too once!
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no i was saying that if i did the same thing to a car that was a 6spd it would dyno more because you lose power through an auto
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by LSWHO
If you dyno 316 that's what you're making. It's not hiding horsepower. SAE correction might change it, but you can't dyno a number and pretend it's higher cause you have a stall.

It doesn't work that way.

A stall will only make you dyno like 10whp less at that level. Nothing crazy. If you want higher dyno's then lock the converter or buy a manual.

A dyno tune is good FOR ALL CARS, regardless of tranny.
Quite a bit more then 10rwhp difference. Even bone stock an auto will dyno around 20 less then an M6.
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 01:33 AM
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No way will the m6 (we are talking camaros) is going to dyno nearly 50 more hp than a stock stalled auto, apples to apples. At these levels.

Yes you can dyno tune an auto.
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 02:28 AM
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I was quite surprised myself, but don't know enough to disbelieve it....although he does have a 3000 stall, not stock.
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and my converter was unlocked
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