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Old Feb 5, 2019 | 02:23 PM
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My dyno guy won't put my C3 on the dyno. He says that he won't dyno a car with a carburator. What? Is this true? there's gotta to be a way ??
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Old Feb 5, 2019 | 02:30 PM
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find an other dyno
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Old Feb 5, 2019 | 02:38 PM
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No kidding....you do not want that guy anywhere near your car. Especially since he says he "can't".......

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Old Feb 5, 2019 | 03:03 PM
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He's an idiot. And he's cut his potential for business in half.
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Old Feb 5, 2019 | 03:05 PM
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Do you mean dyno tune or just get the current readings?
Either way, go to some one who appreciates your business.
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Old Feb 5, 2019 | 03:16 PM
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I own a Dyno... he is full of poo... or is just a lousy mechanic..

yea.. go some place else and never look back...
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Old Feb 5, 2019 | 03:26 PM
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Thanks guys. IvI' had two Z06s that I spent a bunch of money on. He dynoed both of them. I didn't want him to curve the timing, I just wanted to know what I'm putting down at the rear. What an idiot.

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Old Feb 5, 2019 | 04:00 PM
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I don't get it. Strap down, 4 gear and vroom.
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I will echo the other's comments. Go to another dyno. I have had my 68 convert with NOM 454 and 750 cfm carb dyno-ed six times last year.
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Sounds like someone who doesn't understand how a carb works...and that means he may be able to push buttons on a computer to "tune" but that means he doesn't likely understand truly what he's doing there either. Concepts are identical....

Find a new guy....


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Old Feb 5, 2019 | 06:17 PM
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I had mine dyno'd after rebuild. My little 327 put out 387hp/434tq. Nice to know.. Go to someone else.
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Echoing this again....YES...this guy is limited on his ACTUAL MECHANICAL knowledge on how make a car perform. I know many mechanics that IF they cannot plug a scanner in the cars system...they have NO CLUE. Heck...even some of them HAVE NO CLUE even with a scanner and the car not putting up a trouble code.

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Old Feb 5, 2019 | 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by 427Hotrod
Sounds like someone who doesn't understand how a carb works...and that means he may be able to push buttons on a computer to "tune" but that means he doesn't likely understand truly what he's doing there either. Concepts are identical....

Find a new guy....


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Originally Posted by DUB
Echoing this again....YES...this guy is limited on his ACTUAL MECHANICAL knowledge on how make a car perform. I know many mechanics that IF they cannot plug a scanner in the cars system...they have NO CLUE. Heck...even some of them HAVE NO CLUE even with a scanner and the car not putting up a trouble code.

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exactly

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Originally Posted by jhopper408
My dyno guy won't put my C3 on the dyno. He says that he won't dyno a car with a carburator. What? Is this true? there's gotta to be a way ??
He admitted he doesn't know the old systems. He was honest.I would give the guy credit for that.
Find someone who does.
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Originally Posted by twinpack
I had mine dyno'd after rebuild. My little 327 put out 387hp/434tq. Nice to know.. Go to someone else.

To the wheels???


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Old Feb 6, 2019 | 02:13 AM
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Originally Posted by twinpack I had mine dyno'd after rebuild. My little 327 put out 387hp/434tq. Nice to know.. Go to someone else.
To the wheels???


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WOW! For a 327? That would be one stout running 327 and hard to believe that it put out 434tq at the rear. Are you sure it wasn't 287hp?
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Originally Posted by 427Hotrod
To the wheels???


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at crank.
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Originally Posted by Buccaneer
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WOW! For a 327? That would be one stout running 327 and hard to believe that it put out 434tq at the rear. Are you sure it wasn't 287hp?
this was at crank. Not rear wheels.
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Originally Posted by twinpack
this was at crank. Not rear wheels.
What cam did you use? My last cam desk topped about 355 HP. The new one I just ordered, Superchevy got up to 460HP out of. Im hoping to get 420-450 hp.
http://www.superchevy.com/how-to/eng...62-horsepower/
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[QUOTE=Rescue Rogers;1598827167]What cam did you use? My last cam desk topped about 355 HP. The new one I just ordered, Superchevy got up to 460HP out of. Im hoping to get 420-450 hp.
http://www.superchevy.com/how-to/eng...62-horsepower/[/QUOTE

is that right on how low the torque is down low?

Edit nope was reading that wrong red line is modified and blue is L-76 I guess

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