Anybody know a good place to dyno my truck in Southern California, Near San Fernando Valley, I live in Chatsworth.
Need to get AF ratio .

F150 Ironhorse

 

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hey i need to find a dyno place in the valley too! let me know who MT recommends....inquiring minds in Reseda want to know

 

Same here... I live in the inland empire (so Cal), and I'd love to know of a local dyno.

 

Hey guys. These guys rock.
tuning technologies
472 Fogg Street
Colton, CA 92324
Phone: (909) 783-1200
Fax: (909) 783-1200

 

Go to dynojet.com and they have a directory. There's alot in CA I'm going to try the one in Northridge. it's only couple of miles from me.

 

yeah i was going to hit up that place in northridge too (Hardcore Performance). if you have a good experience with them let me know....i need to find a shop that i can consult on my L swap too, i'm hoping that they might be able to offer some direction since they do perf. engine builds (looks like it may be strictly import stuff though). i've never thrown my truck on a dyno before so i am curious to see how much power i'm NOT making right now

 

He everyone,

In general, any time you are looking for a dyno facility to get your A/F's, you can just drop by www.dynojet.com and see where their closest facility is - that is usually the most commonly found dyno as it's the least expensive.

Import shops generally are *not* the place to go for dyno pulls, as they usually have dynos that are set up for the much lighter weights of imports - or they use the type where you have to take the wheels off, I don't care for the accuracy of those on these heavy trucks with an automatic transmission. They can sometimes be OK, but a traditional Dynojet or Mustang dyno would be better, just speaking in general. If you are looking at an import shop, talk with them about what kind of dyno they have - if it's a typical 2500 lb inertia load type of dyno, forget it, that's not enough load to get good datalogging info on these heavy trucks.

I would *not* be asking any import shop for advice on performance mods for these trucks - unless you specialize in these trucks, you just aren't going to have the knowledge necessary to give the best advice & get the best results - that's *not* a "knock" on those guys, it's simply a different knowledge base - just like I would not be the best guy to go to for Honda advice. I would be "OK" maybe, but certainly not the best as we haven't done Honda stuff in years. Just FYI............

For zombiemachine - if you need some solid advice, you might want to give us a call, we're happy to help. Remember that your 4.6 has a different deck height than a 5.4 - now if you are just going to drop a complete Lightning engine & transmission in, thats' fine, you will need the PCM from the Lightning as well as yo cannot control a 4R100 tranny with a 4R70W PCM - which is what you have now.

If you are just going to drop in a Lightning engine, it will bolt up, and we can certainly tune it with your original factory PCM - just remember that the transmission will not stand up to the torque of a Lightning engine for any length of time unless you baby it, the 4R70W just isn't made for that kind of torque input over the long haul without a good performance build put on it. You can try getting by with a good shift kit for a while, until it breaks, and then put a good performance build with more clutches, etc in that 4R70W later on.

That's just some quick brief and very generalized info - call us if you need help!

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That is who will be doing my dyno and A/F for my datalogging when the Xcal2 arrives.
AND THEY CAN DYNO YOUR TRUCK IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE!

 

thanks for the valuable input mike. in regards to the "import" shop, the reason i was going to approach them is b/c 1) they are close to home and 2) to see if they know any shops in the area who specialize in high perf. mustangs or lightnings. if they only deal with acuras and soobs, etc. then i certainly won't waste my time there. the valley is a small world though...sometimes ppl know other ppl who can help so it can't hurt to drop in and say hi

not to change the subject (i'll save the L swap ?'s for another section) but that is interesting to know about the computer not being compatible b/w the two models. in terms of the Xcal2 i ordered, will you be able to send me a different tune for that when i am ready to pull the 4.6L and drop the built 5.4 in? i've read some discussions on here about using the Xcal2 for different vehicles but i haven't seen any posts yet that directly address engine/pcm upgrades

btw i will definitely be calling again when the time is right to perform the L swap....i need parts galore!!!

 

The place in Northridge I was looking at has the small dyno that is portable and they have one that is drums built in to the ground , does anyone now if the built in one is enough. Or which model dynojet should be used for the trucks. Thanks for the referrel tn colton , but I'm going to try to find someone closer to me , since I live brithplace of hot rodding there's got to be some around here some where. I was hopping someone would post from around here that has had the dyno's done as per TP spec.'s.

 

did you try contacting those other two shops in chatsworth? i may stop by Strictly Dyno in Reseda this weekend since they are only a couple blocks from my house. if i lived in torrance still i would take my truck to Swanson Performance. my shop was right behind theirs and they dyno'ed L's and mustangs all day long. one morning they dyno'ed a shelby cobra that shook the whole building.....sounded like the space shuttle taking off! if it wasn't a 40 mile drive down the 405 i'd go there

btw does anyone know what the going rate is if you just need to log your A/F ratio as opposed to doing a "comprehensive" dyno session? do shops normally charge by the hour or just a flat fee, how does it work? only 4 more days til my Xcal2 arrives, hooray for the UPS man

 

zombiemachine
Here is a link to the Tuning Technologies that lists their prices and services.
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The one in colton looks pretty good but maybe expensive 3 pulls 100 we need to do aleast nine right? Maybe I'll check out the one's in Chatsworth this week end if there open.

 

Try EXTREME auto in chatsworth. I believe there on canoga blvd. TAlk to shawn. thare the same shop that did the monte carlo for overhauling. I talk to him and he said he had a dyno and also does tune.