Horsepower Lies and Damn Lies
03-09-2010, 07:35 AM
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the car is not moving when its on the dyno, so how does that effect the dyno results. momentum is mass x velocity. if velocity is zero then momentum is zero. the losses are a product of bearing drag and viscous shear.
03-09-2010, 07:43 AM
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wrong....
the weather may effect the engine in the car but not the dyno. hopefully the owner of the dyno gets a calibration done once a year. i don't think the weather can effect how eddy currents flow all that much. a good design would compensate for temperature.
the weather may effect the engine in the car but not the dyno. hopefully the owner of the dyno gets a calibration done once a year. i don't think the weather can effect how eddy currents flow all that much. a good design would compensate for temperature.
03-09-2010, 08:12 AM
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wrong....
the weather may effect the engine in the car but not the dyno. hopefully the owner of the dyno gets a calibration done once a year. i don't think the weather can effect how eddy currents flow all that much. a good design would compensate for temperature.
the weather may effect the engine in the car but not the dyno. hopefully the owner of the dyno gets a calibration done once a year. i don't think the weather can effect how eddy currents flow all that much. a good design would compensate for temperature.
Point being, you could dyno your car on a Monday, then return on Friday to the same place, and receive two entirely different dyno results. Dyno's are tuning tools not performance measurement standards.
03-09-2010, 09:03 AM
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SOMETHING THAT I KNEW ALREADY BUT THATS WHY THERE IS A REMAP SERVICE AVAILABLE............
BUT 50 BRAKE IS A BIT OBSESSIVE, MINE WAS 6BHP OFF THE STOCK, IMMEDIATELY AFTER I BOUGHT STOCK. THEN I REMAPPED
BEFORE IT EVEN MADE ITS FIRST TRIP HOME IN THE GARAGE
BUT 50 BRAKE IS A BIT OBSESSIVE, MINE WAS 6BHP OFF THE STOCK, IMMEDIATELY AFTER I BOUGHT STOCK. THEN I REMAPPED
BEFORE IT EVEN MADE ITS FIRST TRIP HOME IN THE GARAGE
03-09-2010, 09:13 AM
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Dude, not like I can do this being an officer in the Army and applying for a Federal Agent job right now, but sounds to me like you need to go smoke a joint and relax a bit. Geesh. Are you an engineer? I mean right or wrong, as others have said, if its not enough power for you then upgrade or mod the hell out of the engine.
03-09-2010, 09:25 AM
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wrong....
the weather may effect the engine in the car but not the dyno. hopefully the owner of the dyno gets a calibration done once a year. i don't think the weather can effect how eddy currents flow all that much. a good design would compensate for temperature.
the weather may effect the engine in the car but not the dyno. hopefully the owner of the dyno gets a calibration done once a year. i don't think the weather can effect how eddy currents flow all that much. a good design would compensate for temperature.
http://www.caranddriver.com/features...ng_-tech_stuff
03-09-2010, 10:12 AM
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Dude - your sig looks to show a Plymouth Arrow. If you can upgrade to the Fire Arrow, you will get a 2.6 liter, large displacement 4 cylinder which incorporates hemispherical combustion chambers. This engine was basically 'half a hemi' and was quite the rocket in 1980. Just in case the economy thing doesn't work out for ya... 
03-09-2010, 10:21 AM
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03-09-2010, 10:28 AM
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