What would you do if you had to dyno tune your new engine?
10-12-2010, 05:33 AM
#1
What would you do if you had to dyno tune your new engine? Soon I'm gonna have pretty much a brand spankin new car from the fuel tank to the engine, still have much to finish, but spoke to Brian from Kaltech over the phone and he's pretty much going to need my car for a few days for tuning. Not a big deal.
The problem is he doesn't have the setup for a basic desktop tune and I want to make sure I have no fluid leaks and nothing pisses out when I start this thing up for the first time.
So does it make sense to get a mail order tune just so I can get it up and running before I hand it over to Kaltech for a few days? Plus the engine is going to be brand new. Does it get broken in on the dyno or what?
New to this dyno/tune part so gimme some input on this. Thanx
The problem is he doesn't have the setup for a basic desktop tune and I want to make sure I have no fluid leaks and nothing pisses out when I start this thing up for the first time.
So does it make sense to get a mail order tune just so I can get it up and running before I hand it over to Kaltech for a few days? Plus the engine is going to be brand new. Does it get broken in on the dyno or what?
New to this dyno/tune part so gimme some input on this. Thanx
10-12-2010, 05:57 AM
#2
On a street motor, I would hit up a mail-order tune first, break it in (just enough to seat the rings), then hit the dyno. I did the same thing for my motor, except I ran it on a mail-order tune and still ran terrific times (in sig).
When doing a race motor, my builder will fire it up for the first time ON the dyno. Grumpy Jenkins is notorious for this - having build a motor, set it on the engine dyno, and running it right out of the box at 6,000rpm for 5 minutes straight. His mentality was "if it's going to break, I want it to break NOW."
When doing a race motor, my builder will fire it up for the first time ON the dyno. Grumpy Jenkins is notorious for this - having build a motor, set it on the engine dyno, and running it right out of the box at 6,000rpm for 5 minutes straight. His mentality was "if it's going to break, I want it to break NOW."
10-12-2010, 07:58 AM
#3
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Most important thing to do with a new engine is to seat the rings. In order to do this you want the PCM tuned so you have accurate timing and fuel.
Here is one suggested way:
http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm
Here is one suggested way:
http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm
10-12-2010, 08:05 AM
#4
On a street motor, I would hit up a mail-order tune first, break it in (just enough to seat the rings), then hit the dyno. I did the same thing for my motor, except I ran it on a mail-order tune and still ran terrific times (in sig).
When doing a race motor, my builder will fire it up for the first time ON the dyno. Grumpy Jenkins is notorious for this - having build a motor, set it on the engine dyno, and running it right out of the box at 6,000rpm for 5 minutes straight. His mentality was "if it's going to break, I want it to break NOW."
When doing a race motor, my builder will fire it up for the first time ON the dyno. Grumpy Jenkins is notorious for this - having build a motor, set it on the engine dyno, and running it right out of the box at 6,000rpm for 5 minutes straight. His mentality was "if it's going to break, I want it to break NOW."
