What, or how was the best way that your truck was dynoed. ex: what gear did they have it in etc.... I believe that Wyldman or Lightningtunerg might have some info on this??? Any tips you can give us would be great, thx in advance

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99' SVT Black Bolt NLOC #392
PSP Filter/chip
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Painted Calipers
Autometer Boost & Air/Fuel ratio Guages
best run 13.54 @ 101.35

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Yoda,

The tech I worked with shut off the overdrive and ran up the rpm's slowly until it was just starting to bog in 3rd gear. At that point, he triggered the dyno to record and twisted her tail till she screamed. My last set of numbers came up as follows:

Avg HP: 379.5 rwhp Avg Torque: 469.8 ft-lb.
Max HP: 428.3 rwhp Max Torque: 538.6 ft-lb.

Those numbers are a bit anemic, it was a cold day and the bottle pressure was only about 650 psi. I put a pressure regulated bottle warmer on the next day. Bringing up the bottle temp really woke her up at the track. I have to go make another pull to get corrected numbers after factoring out environmental variables (i.e. the cold).

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Chuck 'Wyldman' Shelton
wyldman@houston.rr.com
Black 99.5 Lightning Build # 1273, DOB 5-14-99, NLOC #315
Best run to date 12.857 @103.48
CD Changer; Tow Pkg.; Lojack; Sal's custom nitrous chip; G-Tech/Pro; SnugLid; BedRug; Invinca-Shield, full kit; NOS KIT 100 hp shot (currently); Clear and smoke Lexan fog light covers; 3M Ti Window Tint; Bel radar detector (shouldn't be an accessory); PowerStack cone filter (a.k.a. supercharger waker upper); American Auto Designs ram air hood; Cal-Tracs traction bars; Bassani headers;Goodrich T/A Drag Radials; Muth Signal Mirrors, inbound

 

Exact same routine here in Ga.

Course, mine was 100 hp light compared to
Wyldman!!!!
Bill

 

thx guys! ya wyldman those are pretty darn chincy #'s! I could probabaly get on the dyno with my own 2 feet & pull those #'s ----- j/k I wish I could pull those (will within the year though)

[This message has been edited by Yoda (edited 02-08-2000).]

 

Hey Don, Sal here. The best way to dyno, is in 3rd gear, with the lock up on. That is direct drive, and the output shaft of the trans is spinning at the same rate as the flywheel. What you really need to do, is get the truck to about 60-70 in 3rd and then go WOT. The problem with this is that it will downshift to 2nd. When I dyno, I reset the chip so that it won't downshift on the dyno, but that's just something I can do. Most guys will start WOT in second, and let it shift into 3rd, which is acceptable.

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SAL
13.35@103mph
All stock with PSP 99 Lightning Chip and Filter Kit

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