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I posted this question a few weeks ago & got no response, maybe because I
was asking specifically about the Detroit area. Now I'll widen the search:
Has anyone had their carbureted vehicle tweaked on a dyno? Can the
distributor be curved this way or only on the bench? Is dyno tuning
expen$ive?

--Mark
70 Mach 1 351W

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Varied experiences
Put the Falcon on one gained 25 hp at the rear tires, swapped carbs,
tried different configurations, 2 hours/$400.00 - 285hp/rw
Mustang, gained .5 hp, fine tuned A/F mixture, did nothing for WOT
brek-up that was/is still occurring. $500/2.5 hours. All kinds of
carb/dist adjustments on and off of the car. - 310hp/rw

Same tuner in both cases

Peter
69 Mustang Convertible, 372w - C6
64 Falcon Convertible, 302 - T4
98 Jaguar XJR

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I posted this question a few weeks ago & got no response, maybe because
I
was asking specifically about the Detroit area. Now I'll widen the
search: Has anyone had their carbureted vehicle tweaked on a dyno? Can
the
distributor be curved this way or only on the bench? Is dyno tuning
expen$ive?

--Mark
70 Mach 1 351W

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In a message dated 7/30/01 9:58:36 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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> I posted this question a few weeks ago & got no response, maybe because I
> was asking specifically about the Detroit area. Now I'll widen the search:
> Has anyone had their carbureted vehicle tweaked on a dyno? Can the
> distributor be curved this way or only on the bench? Is dyno tuning
> expen$ive?
>
> --Mark
>

Mark, I have done both Chassis and Engine Dyno tuning. Both gained anywhere
from 20 to 30 horses. Cost for Chassis time (rwhp) was $69.95 for the 1st
hour and then $55.00 an hour after that. 4 weeks ago I had the new 347
stroker on the engine Dyno for a total of 10 hours and we made 36 pulls. The
net result was a gain from the first pull at 586.7 HP to the 18th pull at
604.6 HP. That was from 2:00 p.m on a Friday until around 6:00 pm, back at
7:30 am till just after 1:00 pm. We tried a different intake on that
Saturday. Between runs I was changing jets, timing, with or without spacers
and so on. Cost for that session was $500.00 plus tax.

To me it was worth the cost...I was trying to tweak out every HP I could, and
there would be no way it could be done at the track. You can rent the track
as well for $1000.00...minimum of 6 cars, maximum of 10.

Ron

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 <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I posted this question a few weeks ago & got no response, maybe because I
 was asking specifically about the Detroit area.  Now I'll widen the search:
 Has anyone had their carbureted vehicle tweaked on a dyno?  Can the
 distributor be curved this way or only on the bench?  Is dyno tuning
 expen$ive?
 
 --Mark
 </BLOCKQUOTE>
 
 Mark, I have done both Chassis and Engine Dyno tuning. Both gained anywhere
 from 20 to 30 horses. Cost for Chassis time (rwhp) was $69.95 for the 1st
 hour and then $55.00 an hour after that. 4 weeks ago I had the new 347
 stroker on the engine Dyno for a total of 10 hours and we made 36 pulls. The
 net result was a gain from the first pull at 586.7 HP to the 18th pull at
 604.6 HP. That was from 2:00 p.m on a Friday until around 6:00 pm, back at
 7:30 am till just after 1:00 pm. We tried a different intake on that
 Saturday. Between runs I was changing jets, timing, with or without spacers
 and so on. Cost for that session was $500.00 plus tax.
 
 To me it was worth the cost...I was trying to tweak out every HP I could, and
 there would be no way it could be done at the track. You can rent the track
 as well for $1000.00...minimum of 6 cars, maximum of 10.
 
 Ron
 
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I have had a couple of motors done on a dyno... however these were engine
dynos not in the car chasis dynos. It's really the only way to go.

It's a good way to get an extra 20-30 horsepower.

It ran me $500.00 per day, but I got a good 8 hours on the dyno to tweak stuff.

At 08:57 AM 07/30/2001, you wrote:
>I posted this question a few weeks ago & got no response, maybe because I
>was asking specifically about the Detroit area. Now I'll widen the search:
>Has anyone had their carbureted vehicle tweaked on a dyno? Can the
>distributor be curved this way or only on the bench? Is dyno tuning expen$ive?
>
>--Mark
>70 Mach 1 351W
>
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Excellent responses so far. More, please. Wow, what a price
range...Others??
Also...who does the jetting, curving & such? Me (who has no parts or
experience in this) or the dyno tech (and if so, do I provide the parts or
just pay for what I use?)?

--Mark

>Has anyone had their carbureted vehicle tweaked on a dyno? Can the
>distributor be curved this way or only on the bench? Is dyno tuning
>expen$ive?
>
>--Mark
>70 Mach 1 351W
>

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For the Falcon I took a mechanic familiar with the engine and he worked
with the dyno technician - best results
Mustang just the dyno technician - .5 hp gain, hotter running
temperature, net/net no gain. This may be because we had set it so well
to begin with. I've been working on the Mustang combo for 20 years.

Peter
69 Mustang convertible 377w
64 Falcon convertible 302
98 Jaguar XJR 4.0
Everett, WA

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Subject: [CM] Re: Anyone tried dyno tuning?

Excellent responses so far. More, please. Wow, what a price
range...Others??
Also...who does the jetting, curving & such? Me (who has no parts or
experience in this) or the dyno tech (and if so, do I provide the parts
or
just pay for what I use?)?

--Mark

>Has anyone had their carbureted vehicle tweaked on a dyno? Can the
>distributor be curved this way or only on the bench? Is dyno tuning
>expen$ive?
>
>--Mark
>70 Mach 1 351W
>

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In a message dated 7/31/01 10:02:25 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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> Also...who does the jetting, curving & such? Me (who has no parts or
> experience in this) or the dyno tech (and if so, do I provide the parts or
> just pay for what I use?)?
>

I brought the mechanic whose shop I use. As far as jetting, I ended up buying
a jet pack from Holley, that has a full range of jets. I did all of my own
jet changing...fairly easy..at the direction of the Dyno guy, my mechanic set
up the timing when needed.

Ron

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 <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Also...who does the jetting, curving & such?  Me (who has no parts or
 experience in this) or the dyno tech (and if so, do I provide the parts or
 just pay for what I use?)?
 </BLOCKQUOTE>
 
 I brought the mechanic whose shop I use. As far as jetting, I ended up buying
 a jet pack from Holley, that has a full range of jets. I did all of my own
 jet changing...fairly easy..at the direction of the Dyno guy, my mechanic set
 up the timing when needed.
 
 Ron </HTML>

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