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Old May 19, 2006 | 07:22 PM
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got dyno'd today and I'm pretty sure the numbers are way off. I' running a hotcam kit setup with coated longtubes no cats. K&N intake, all the usual mods. Anyway I dyno's today at 385RWHP. My torque number was even farther off. 473.30. What the hell anybody know what coulda went wrong?
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Old May 19, 2006 | 07:43 PM
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yeah I've never heard of any body getting that high on a hot cam
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Old May 19, 2006 | 08:17 PM
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WOW! I thnk everyone would really be getting the hotcam kit if that was true! You can tell your buddies those #'s hehehehe
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Old May 19, 2006 | 08:26 PM
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what gear was the car in when they dyno'ed it... and is it a manual or auto??? that helps...
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Old May 19, 2006 | 08:27 PM
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It was an auto with 2:73's
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Old May 19, 2006 | 08:29 PM
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what gear did they do the pull in??
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Old May 19, 2006 | 08:36 PM
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pulled in 3rd
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Old May 19, 2006 | 08:52 PM
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odd...
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well they did it in the right gear... maybe they thought you had a different gear ratio.. or something.. or maybe its just screwed up...
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Old May 19, 2006 | 10:13 PM
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ehh post the sheet and brag anyway

sounds like you're making about 350 rwhp if u have stock heads
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Old May 20, 2006 | 12:04 AM
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sounds like possibly a torque spike, wrong input data, or dyno operator error
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Old May 20, 2006 | 06:16 AM
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I guess I'll have to wait till monday and I'll call a different dyno shop to see if they can make sense of it. Will probably have to write it up as a loss of money and take it to a different shop
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Old May 20, 2006 | 06:22 AM
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If I get that I might have a heart attack, hahaha.
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Old May 20, 2006 | 06:51 AM
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I nearly did. I will have the graph up in an hour or so. Where is the tourqe measured? rear wheels or through the device on the spark plug. I think its the spark plug cuz I know thats how its done on a bike anyway.
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Ask around and see if anyone else in your town has had the same experience on that dyno.

I know of a dyno in my town that produces similarly high numbers so a lot of newbies go there instead of a more accurate dyno.
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Old May 20, 2006 | 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by silvr002001
I nearly did. I will have the graph up in an hour or so. Where is the tourqe measured? rear wheels or through the device on the spark plug. I think its the spark plug cuz I know thats how its done on a bike anyway.

Rear wheels, horse power is a product of torque. They spark get your RPM from the spark plug lead.
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Old May 20, 2006 | 12:01 PM
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heres the graph
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Old May 20, 2006 | 12:22 PM
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Where is the tourqe measured? rear wheels or through the device on the spark plug.
wow, you really dont have a clue......

maby you car has some stuff you dont know about. you could have a 383 or somthign and not know it

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Old May 20, 2006 | 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by aggiez28
wow, you really dont have a clue......

maby you car has some stuff you dont know about. you could have a 383 or somthign and not know it

brook

Thanks for stating the obvious. Look at the graph. the HP peaks after the rpms drop off
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After seeing the graph everyone please place thier penises back in thier pants. He's not even making 300rwhp.
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