by Stomp » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:38 pm
bgilbert wrote:
Stomp I think someday you might get your chance. Since Dunbar is becoming 'worldwide' so to speak, the measuring stick for dyno numbers, he's broadening his event travels. I know they went up to New Hamphire and Michigan this year. He lives in Georgia iirc. Not sure how far west he's going to this point, but I bet eventually some national event will pay him to come to California.
I don’t mind traveling, but going clear across the county is almost out of the question just to get on the dyno. We will have to see what happens next year. Currently I am in Utah and have put almost 2000 miles on the wife’s new car. Fuel isn’t all that cheap and I don’t see it going down much. For diesel in California where I live it was $5.20 when I left. I don’t even drive my pickup anymore unless I am going out to the ranch. There is a guy with a portable dyno that will be at Ponci’s event and I want to say that it is pretty much the same set up as Dunbar’s, but I will look into that. I wish we could have a level playing field then all of this nonsense would stop, but I don’t think it is going to happen. I will tell you this much I know my pickup runs way better that any 400+hp pickup that I have ridden in. SOP meter feels real good too. I guess I will have to sit back and be the low man on the totem pole until I can prove it on Dunbar’s dyno. I am ok with that. I have 250,000 miles on my motor and I would imagine that I will have a new one before I head back east.
Ok back to the subject at hand tire size will help only on some dyno’s like on light weight dynojet it will load the motor a little bit more. I however have not had a problem with the light weight rollers on some dynojets. It seams that the VE pump will flow down low and some of the p-pumps wont. I was real close to a friend of mines p-pump until we went to a dyno day with a light weight roller dynojet he lost almost 100 hp from the dyno that he tuned his motor on. He couldn’t even get it to spool his best run was with the emergency brake on because he forgot to pull the lever.
Stomp
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