Thread: My Dyno Numbers....ok???

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Sounds like very respectable numbers to me!!! Friend of mine has a chassis dyno in his shop, what a fantastic way to tune on a new engine!!!! This winter when we get new engines ready for the circle burner, we will go up there for an entire day and tune both engines on the dyno. When racing starts in the spring it's just one thing to take off the list of things to get right in order to go fast.. Money well spent IMO.

Thanks Dave, Like I just mentioned to Eric, I was just being unrealistic. You know, in my mind, my engine was going to be this "wow, I can't believe it put out THAT much power" motor. I would be the featured article in Hot Rod with the title 'Unbelievable HP/TQ out of a 413 small block'..... ha,ha,ha...... But my main reason for wanting it Dyno'ed was to make sure it would run ok before shipping back to Kansas {from Calif}. If something is wrong I wanted to know it before it got installed in the car....
One more question; Does it really take a whole day of dyno time to hook up {flywheel dyno, $750 a day} & tune a small block???
Thanks again Bill

Originally Posted by billlsbird

Thanks Dave, Like I just mentioned to Eric, I was just being unrealistic. You know, in my mind, my engine was going to be this "wow, I can't believe it put out THAT much power" motor. I would be the featured article in Hot Rod with the title 'Unbelievable HP/TQ out of a 413 small block'..... ha,ha,ha...... But my main reason for wanting it Dyno'ed was to make sure it would run ok before shipping back to Kansas {from Calif}. If something is wrong I wanted to know it before it got installed in the car....
One more question; Does it really take a whole day of dyno time to hook up {flywheel dyno, $750 a day} & tune a small block???
Thanks again Bill

For a "street tune" I would not spend the $750.
I would ask what it would cost for say 2-3 hrs.Take a couple carb's, intake's.
Play with jetting,ign. timing,cam timing if you have the chance and call it good.

Originally Posted by erik erikson

For a "street tune" I would not spend the $750.
I would ask what it would cost for say 2-3 hrs.Take a couple carb's, intake's.
Play with jetting,ign. timing,cam timing if you have the chance and call it good.

.....Eric & Dave, hummm, well I'll find out exactly what's up tomorrow when I go by the shop. I was under the impression that I was being charged $750 for a day on the dyno, but then maybe he just meant $750 a day broken down into the time used. Or, and I hate this 'or', it's the one when you learn that you didn't ask enough question & you pay more than you should.... But anyway, the motor has ALREADY been tuned on the dyno so I guess what ever it is, it is..... So I just hope & pray that it's not $750 for a few hours on the dyno...... Thanks guys, Bill

Did $750 sound good when you agreed to it? Go listen to it run and enjoy it.