Dyno in Fargo?!?! Interested?!?
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DaveH wrote:
It's good to see that you (TM) are looking at the big picture. When this thread started, the first thing I thought of was that something would need to be different from the way Performance Auto ran the dyno when they had one in town. As we all know, they didn't give up on the idea without a reason. That said, I don't know much about these Dynopak dyno's. It seems hard to believe that the little box on the floor doesn't try to flip over when you put some serious HP into them. What is the max HP of the dyno you were thinking of getting?http://www.dynapack.com/products/4wd/
This webpage will give you a good reference. Each of the adaptor pieces weighs around 300-400 lbs.... There has not been an issue as of yet with any car, of any power, 'flipping' the units... This is from the words of dynapack as we wondered the same info.
Jason
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MisterCMK wrote:
Is that dyno somewhat mobile? If so, would it make sense to bring it to events such as the Street Legals, or car shows, things like that and tune?The dyno is mobile... As posted before please visit http://www.dynapack.com/products/4wd/ and you can see that each item isn't very large, but they are heavy.... So would they be present at the legal drags?? YES Car shows?? YES Every little event in town?? No they are too heavy to go everywhere, but where we can get it and get good use of it, we will try and bring it!
Good Question!
Jason
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94NDTA wrote:
So, if I got LT1 edit, or Tunercat....would you let me tune it, bring someone in who knows more about it, or refer me to another place?I am sorry to beat a dead horse, but everyone needs to listen when I say WE ARE LOOKING INTO THE IDEA OF BUYING A DYNO, WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF: WE WERE QUALIFIED TO WORK ON YOUR CAR, WOULD YOU USE IT? HOW OFTEN?
Boyz, we don't have the dyno yet, and we don't know what all needs to be done AFTER we get the dyno, but when/IF the order goes in, we will discuss certain direct questions of this nature. As I stated before, we plan to obtain enough education and educated people to tune nearly everything that is brought to us. It may never work that way, but we want very badly to help everyone acheive success in their tuning efforts... Whether V8, 4 cyl, turbo, supercharged, N/A, etc... we want the ability to help!
That being said, please keep the technical questions aside until we decide on the dyno, and then, IF it happens we will post a thread on which software/products people are using the most, and that will be where this question can/will be answered. Thanks for the question though!!
Jason
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First off, hell yes, a local dyno.
Second, I would be very interested in using it, once I get more serious beyond bolt ons for my car, which should be coming up at the end of next summer, budget willing, b/c you know us AF guys don't make all that cheese.
Once I start doing headwork and start building the motor, I can forecast about 3-4 dyno trips a year while it's being worked on.
-Peter
1991 240SX
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BTW, I am 100% behind you guys getting a dyno. I KNOW I would use the service several times a year. I was mostly bringing up the "What if" scenarios if for no other reason than to make you think about them ahead of time. Yes, I know you guys have done more subaru work than any shop in town....hell, you know for a fact I ask you guys for advice from time to time as well because of this. You also nailed it in that I am looking for every ounce of power/torque I can get, I know I'm not the typical "tuner", I'd rather increase power by tuning than throw a bigger turbo on it. I like to think we have a good working relationship with each other, a working relationship that I respect and greatly appreciate. So to conclude, yes, I think it is a good idea. I can't predict the market response to a dynamometer, but I suspect it could be a good thing IF it was promoted well. If there is anything I can do to help, let me know.
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i would be all for it. id for shure dyno my jeep just for the hell of it. and my 240 id be loving a good dyno place in the area, i can see 3-4 times a year on a dyno with as more and more toys go on.
my dads shop gets alot of people looking for diesel performance that dont believe what you can get, my dad would refer people to go dyno there trucks overthere
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If your making restrictions on people not being able to tune their own vehicles or bring in their own tuner then that will be your major downfall. For instance those of use who are very big into this scene/racing would want to be doing our own tuning. For instance if i were to dyno i wouldn't want to be letting someone else do it who may or may not even be qualified to do it.
And yes Dynapacks usually read way high. If i were in the market i'd go Dynojet in the floor and be done w/ it.
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PSI2HI wrote:
If your making restrictions on people not being able to tune their own vehicles or bring in their own tuner then that will be your major downfall. For instance those of use who are very big into this scene/racing would want to be doing our own tuning. For instance if i were to dyno i wouldn't want to be letting someone else do it who may or may not even be qualified to do it.And yes Dynapacks usually read way high. If i were in the market i'd go Dynojet in the floor and be done w/ it.
You can make a dyno read any way you want. All it takes is modifying that field that says "weight".
Also, the general consensus from the "tuning community" is that dynojets read the highest.
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BUY IT UP !!! and they will come...
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First off I think the choice of the Dynapack dyno is excellent. It's highly mobile (for a dyno) and being able to dyno any driveline configuration is huge (all this you know already). As far as how high it reads compared to my grandma's dyno who gives a crap. It's all in the baselines and percentages of change. As far as how many times a year I would use it, honestly I don't know. I'm 95% sure I'm going Hydra so that kinda of puts me out of the picture (for now). In closing, having an AWD capable dyno in Fargo would be a godsend. I hope you guyz decide to do it, and even more than that make it work well for you.
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PSI2HI wrote:
And yes Dynapacks usually read way high. If i were in the market i'd go Dynojet in the floor and be done w/ it.Higher than what....other dynos? So which one is "correct"....and why? I can have you talk to the creator of "Factory" dynos and he will tell you what a pile of shit Dynojets are. Is he right? Who cares? Just like Steve-O said, dynos can be manipulated. Hell, change the temp in the room = instant HP increase/decrease. Dynos are tuning tools.
2wheeler posting under tntmstr
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tntmstr wrote:
Higher than what....other dynos? So which one is "correct"....and why? I can have you talk to the creator of "Factory" dynos and he will tell you what a pile of shit Dynojets are. Is he right? Who cares? Just like Steve-O said, dynos can be manipulated. Hell, change the temp in the room = instant HP increase/decrease. Dynos are tuning tools.2wheeler posting under tntmstr
Really air temps cause changes in power levels, damn now i know what i've been doing wrong all these years, FUCK!!
Every dynapack graph i've seen records flywheel power as well.
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PSI2HI wrote:
Really air temps cause changes in power levels, damn now i know what i've been doing wrong all these years, FUCK!!Every dynapack graph i've seen records flywheel power as well.
Explain to me how it can measure flywheel power from the drive wheels...
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