EQ Tuning Dyno Day + BBQ - Nov 21st!
#139
I think a big part of the reason the SS read so low are those giant heavy wheels
-- Ed
#140
The dyno definnitely is a body breaker lol. It seemed the higher you are in hp the less it read. The zr1 is rated at about 630hp and only put down 450whp. Although it was an amazing dyno graph I think it questions that the dyno was really a body breaker lol. I think normally those put down around 500-520 on a mustang dyno. I know one other evo that was tuned by gst there put down 308whp and he was saying he put down 340ish whp at gst. Anyways it was a great day and nice people. It's only numbers at the end of the day.
#141
The dyno definnitely is a body breaker lol. It seemed the higher you are in hp the less it read. The zr1 is rated at about 630hp and only put down 450whp. Although it was an amazing dyno graph I think it questions that the dyno was really a body breaker lol. I think normally those put down around 500-520 on a mustang dyno. I know one other evo that was tuned by gst there put down 308whp and he was saying he put down 340ish whp at gst. Anyways it was a great day and nice people. It's only numbers at the end of the day.
-- Ed
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Yea I was definitely expecting more out of the SS, but I don't think the dyno is THAT much of a heartbreaker. Stock 2004-2006 STI's do about 215whp. The 2009+ WRX's do about the same.
I think a big part of the reason the SS read so low are those giant heavy wheels
-- Ed
I think a big part of the reason the SS read so low are those giant heavy wheels
-- Ed
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Here's my car getting set up when we realized we needed to pull the ABS fuses..
My car's second run - watch the tailpipes about half-way through:
My wheel on the 3rd pull:
Just silly!
Big tires on the rollers.. The combo of tall, new off-road tires and a torque converter made this one somewhat hard to get a reading:
ZR1 on the dyno...
So wicked..
Let me know when we can bring the V8's back!
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Yea I was definitely expecting more out of the SS, but I don't think the dyno is THAT much of a heartbreaker. Stock 2004-2006 STI's do about 215whp. The 2009+ WRX's do about the same.
I think a big part of the reason the SS read so low are those giant heavy wheels
-- Ed
I think a big part of the reason the SS read so low are those giant heavy wheels
-- Ed
I remember the last dyno day I was at with a DynoJet. Big numbers make the customers seem really excited, but myself - I raise an eyebrow when I see a bone stock car roll on a dyno and report spec crank hp as it's measured WHP. On that dyno, my '97 WS.6 T/A M6 supposedly put down ~285whp/315lb/ft with only a flowmaster and a 4" Mufflex mainpipe when it was rated at 305/320. Doesn't make sense, but it seems to make ignorant folk stoked. Most of the stock, brand new LS1 cars (this was 1999) were in the 295-320whp range, and one of them rolled over from the dealer with around 200 miles on the odometer.
Just like when a guy at work here saw my graph for the Camaro and shook his head saying "see that's exactly why I don't want to dyno my car - they tell you it's X amount of horsepower but really they are screwing you." I tried to explain drivetrain loss and I think he thinks I am really dumb now.. Heh..
I guess all this really means is I owe it to myself and to further EQ's research to pick up a CAI and some sort of exhaust for my SS...
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but it has 20's of chrome Ed!! got to ride dirty haha, regardless the dyno day had lots of great cars!! I kinda wish I took mine but I don't think I would be happy when it cant back 250whp on that bodybreaker dyno lol. I'll do work on that dyno when I get my e85 tune haha
What tripped me out was how the ZR1's wheels shock the crap out of the dyno at-speed. My wheels are the same diameter (though I think the ZR1 wheels are wider). My thought was it was the totally trashed tires on there creating a bad balance situation... On that note, the only thing cooler than seeing the ZR1 was seeing that it gets USED. It's got nearly 10k miles and plenty of track days already..
I wonder what the smallest wheel I can fit on the back is.. I know weight does a lot on the road, but part of me wonders if the heavy wheels wouldn't help to smooth the curve out a little..
#147
Hey guys, I started a new thread with the results:
https://www.i-club.com/forums/bay-area-15/eq-tuning-dyno-day-results-225719/
Please post any pics and videos you have there.
Thanks
-- Ed
https://www.i-club.com/forums/bay-area-15/eq-tuning-dyno-day-results-225719/
Please post any pics and videos you have there.
Thanks
-- Ed
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