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[Monster]

Dyno Daddy said, to paraphrase, "Torque gets you going, but horsepower KEEPS you going." Whatever that means.

Time for some more schooling ... understanding the results of a dyno run and the chart. As your man said; "Torque gets you going, but horsepower KEEPS you going" and in road racing when you slow down for a curve, torque is what gets you back up to speed coming out of the turn apex quickly, not horsepower. Horsepower is at the top end of the rev and keeps you going all out, but you never do that on a road course. It's all get up to speed and then slow down, repeat, repeat, repeat ... over and over and over again.

[pdub]

Screw the HP.......#403 of torque.......now we're talking!

I was studying the dyno screen after a pull. I said, "I sure don't know about all of this, but it looks to me on this graph that I should shift at about 5800. Upward from there, the torque falls off like a rock."

Dyno Daddy said, to paraphrase, "Torque gets you going, but horsepower KEEPS you going." Whatever that means. He said run it to the redline. The pull in the video is not the last pull, he made one more adjustment and did another pull. He lowered the rev limiter. He saw that the fuel pump(s) start falling off at around 6300, he fixed the rev limiter so we don't run it lean when it needs it the most. Lemme tell ya'll, this guy is GOOD. He's done this before. Lots of times on lots of different cars. GYAH Red is ready.

[STINEY]

Screw the HP.......#403 of torque.......now we're talking!

Very nice. Red's a hot number now for sure.

[pdub]

The dyno computer said he got Red up to 140 MPH right then, sitting still. Yep. Red's Reddy. Whatta deal. GYAH, this is why we did that, y'all all said the whole time, this is why. Easy to forget along the way. There it is. Yep! There it is.

EDIT: Finally!

[pdub]

Hope you and Sue get some free time to put some worry free miles on Red and enjoy.

[RideTech_Ryan]

Awesome! Hopefully mine will come back to life this saturday. I finally found a free weekend to wrench on it. I just need to finish a little wiring, plumb up the heat exchanger, and change over the supercharger pulley, oh and double check the fuel pump modifications(no pun intended).

Now that im really thinking about it there are a few more things to add but im just excited I have some free time to spend in the shop!

Hope you and Sue get some free time to put some worry free miles on Red and enjoy.

[pdub]

He said he'll send me the power curves readout, he has no printer at the time....

[silver_bullet]

looks like time for a lot of fun!!! I could only put like once on the video...damn....

[pdub]

The guy said it's a good thing I didn't drive Red like he was out of the box, it was about 6 times too lean, it woulda burned a piston very soon. And WOW, I'm going to have to learn how to shift smooth again at throttle, a whole new ballgame. WOW, just WOW.

We're going to pass somebody on the track with that, we sure are.

[74NovaMan]

Nice!

[pdub]

438 HP at the wheels. He said he could get a lot more out of it if it was a drag car, but being as to how I'm going to pound on it a half hour at a time on road courses, he went for a more conservative setup for longevity and reliability.

[SuperBuickGuy]

Red is THERE. Stay tuned for the tune!

you're a punny one, aren't you?

[sueunit]

Red is THERE. Stay tuned for the tune!

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[Monster]

Today's the day .....