It used to be that if you were serious about making power and doing real tuning, you took your engine to the dyno shop and bolted it to the engine dyno. It wasn’t cheap, but well worth it because you got real power numbers, could make sure nothing leaks, and then know that the engine was right before putting it in your car or truck. And then chassis dyno tuning became the thing because it was cheaper, easier, and quickly became more and more available. In recent years jillions of folks test and tune vehicles on a chassis dyno and Wheel Horsepower has become the number everyone cares about.
So what do you do if you bolt on parts that make power on the engine dyno, but don’t on the chassis dyno? Richard had that happen recently, and he’s going to show you what he did to see gains at the tire.
Video Description:
HOW MUCH POWER IS A CAM SWAP WORTH ON THE CHASSIS DYNO? HOW MUCH POWER IS A CAM SWAP WORTH ON THE ENGINE DYNO? DO POWER GAINS ON THE ENGINE DYNO WORK IN THE REAL WORLD? ARE ENGINE DYNO RESULTS JUST A BUNCH OF BS? IS THE CHASSIS DYNO THE BEST PLACE FOR CAM TESTING? DO LS CAMS REALLY ADD POWER? WHAT CAN GO WRONG WHEN TESTING THE GAINS OFFERED BY REPLACING THE STOCK LS TRUCK CAM WITH A TRUCK NORRIS CAM FROM BRIAN TOOLEY RACING. CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO WHERE I COVER THE PROBLEMS WITH PERFORMING A CAM SWAP ON A SILVERADO ON THE CHASSIS DYNO. THE GAINS WERE NOT WHAT WAS EXPECTED, SO WATCH AND FIND OUT HOW WE SOLVED THIS PROBLEM.
