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Old 11-14-2003, 10:10 PM
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When I wanted to build my last motor locally, Pat Buckley took me to a very reputable builder (very slow, but reputable).

We talked about this and that, and as soon as I mentioned Dyno, the man told me, he will build me the best engine with the tricks of the trade he knows to work for many years he has been doing this, but couldn't promise HP numbers and wouldn't mess with Dynos.
He said pretty much, if I wanted to put it on a Dyno to find what she'll do, I could go do that after wards on my own.He wasn't interested.

Somehow he sounded believable and convincing.

The other two engines were built by George, and the HP and Dyno figures never came to play.
I am beginning to see a pattern here.
however if you are fine tuning the carbonation etc, wouldn't a dyno come in handy providing you used the same one and the first set of numbers were to establish a base line?

Most Dyno figures I see are not chassis dyno #s, but an engine dyno #s. How useful are those numbers?

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