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Old May 28, 2008 | 07:22 PM
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Default A little article about dyno jets.
This will hopefully clear up some stuff and make people understand that every dyno is different and even the industry standard is just a fuged number to make people happy.





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Old May 28, 2008 | 07:34 PM
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good article...
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when we see car ads on tv and they claim an amount of hp is that to the wheels or to the crank?
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when we see car ads on tv and they claim an amount of hp is that to the wheels or to the crank?
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crank,
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usually crank horsepower
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u werent joking when you said little....I cant read it
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Mike...

Just cuz your small doesn't mean the article needs to be the same... blow that sucker up so we can read it
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Mike...

Just cuz your small doesn't mean the article needs to be the same... blow that sucker up so we can read it
I was gonna say, how come everyone else can read it and i cant.

what up wes?
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Originally Posted by WS6_Suicide_Machine
I was gonna say, how come everyone else can read it and i cant.

what up wes?
hey bro... notta lotta...

I've been clamping down lately... we got finals going on at my school right now so the next couple of weeks are gonna be hell... but then I'm out for about a month, of which i'll be able to finally go and pick up the car around the beginning of July sometime from CMS

not much else going on... watching the friggin gas prices rise faster than a hooker at a phrat party. So once I get my car back it'll be parked and rarely driven
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Originally Posted by Soul TKR
hey bro... notta lotta...

I've been clamping down lately... we got finals going on at my school right now so the next couple of weeks are gonna be hell... but then I'm out for about a month, of which i'll be able to finally go and pick up the car around the beginning of July sometime from CMS

not much else going on... watching the friggin gas prices rise faster than a hooker at a phrat party. So once I get my car back it'll be parked and rarely driven
Ya i gotta regester for school this friday, I think its time I went, cant run away forever.

and no joke about the gas prices,
sunday it was 3.95 for reg.
Monday morn 4.01
Monday night 4.07
Tuesday 4.11
Today 4.13

i swear to god they make it seem like theres no more left...
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i'm putting regular in the mustang right now... once I get the TA back, nothing but premium can go in it, especially with the higher compression and the heat that we have here in AZ. So... I'm gonna have to get a 2nd job
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i'm putting regular in the mustang right now... once I get the TA back, nothing but premium can go in it, especially with the higher compression and the heat that we have here in AZ. So... I'm gonna have to get a 2nd job
ya im quiting my job, gas prices is my #1 of 2 reasons why, its 32 miles a day. i wanna get a job within 5 miles of my house. i dont make much so it wont be that hard to get a job that pays the same.

but still idk what ima do when it hits $5.00 but an S10 for a DD?
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Originally Posted by m6ttop
u werent joking when you said little....I cant read it
Aww come on! Right click save as use the magnifying glass!!!
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Originally Posted by Mike @ CMS
Aww come on! Right click save as use the magnifying glass!!!
friggen computer pwned.
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Even with the magnifier I can't read it. All I read was "bullshit meter." lol
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Aww come on! Right click save as use the magnifying glass!!!
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