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67 Marlin
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My 1967 TSM mentions "taxable horsepower." For the 343 with 280 hp, it says 57 taxable. When I saw that, I figured it meant 223 hp at the wheels.
Sounds like an appropriate term if they're using it to go from crank to wheels, but I don't know if that's exactly what it meant, or if so, how precise the "tax rate" was. If this is an appropriate tax rate, can I use the 390 intake that was in the trunk when I bought it as a tax deduction
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rogue_66
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I've never run the car on the strip as we built it to drive across country to shows & such. My wife & I drove it from Denver to Kenosha & back in 2014 without incident or breakdown. 18 MPG with the AC running the whole way. Yes on altitude Ken...& thanks everyone for sharing info...the dyno run was at 5280 ft. The main purpose of the dyno run was for tuning purposes as I was wanting to know how close the car was jetted for this altitude. We'll be moving to sea level within the next 4 months & I thought it might be a good way to get an accurate AFR under load as a baseline. Per the video I shot, it took 3 seconds on the first run to accelerate from 2000 to 5000 RPM & 4 seconds on the second run to accelerate from 2000 to 5200 RPM. The drivetrain is as follows...T5Z World Class tranny with 2.95 first gear & 37% overdrive 5th gear mated to 354 AMC Twin Grip rear end gears. Torque links & stock 1972 Gremlin diameter tires...10.5" in width. The runs were done with the transmission in third gear. On the highway at 2200 RPM in 5th the car cruises @ 75MPH. IIRC fourth gear in that tranny is a 1 to 1 ratio. Could it be possible the operator entered the wrong parameters not knowing it was a five speed? BTY...I can't imagine the car weighs more than 2800 lbs full of gas with me in it but haven't verified that yet. Here's the printout for the second run mentioned above if it helps get to the bottom of this mystery. Cheers & Thanks, Dean |
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motorhead_1
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the type of dyno will make a difference. dynojet will read the highest IIRC.
mustang ~12% lower then there's the heartbreaker dyno, the dyno dynamics reading lower yet. |
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Ken_Parkman
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Never been on a mustang, but have heard they give a lower number. Wonder what the reason is if true. Power is a basic engineering definition, so it should not be hard but it is.
Also sorta humbling sometimes. Not knowing how the mustang calculates a dynojet would give a lower number in 3rd gear so that is some of your story. You should make the pull in 4th. The concern with OD is wheel speed, and in 5th at 5200 rpm would be a whole lot. Tires do come apart on chassis dynos (been there done that - not good) so you don't want to be too far outside the tire speed rating. Use it for tuning, then go to the track and you really know.
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motorhead_1
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forgot about the dyna-pack hub mounted dyno, no need to worry about blowing up tires. takes the weight of the wheel and tire out of the equation, so will read slightly higher.
all different dynos aside, they are just a tool to aid in tuning. for accurate before and after shots use the same dyno, same operator etc. unless you are bench racing and want to brag about 5 more hp than the next guy. tune the engine on the dyno and the chassis at the track...
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69 SC/Rambler tribute 401/th400, 68 Rebel SST LSA, 66 F100 460/c6, 88 Merkur Xr4Ti, 71 Jaguar XJ6 LS1, 08 Supercharged Tundra
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BassBoat
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Dyno results can be humbling. I was quite proud of my AMX but on a low barometer muggy day I could only get 283 HP through the mufflers and 294 with open exhaust to the wheels on the dyno at GAD. That car would typically run 110 to 112 in the quarter and on that day my 283 HP would only get me to 106. I had a very close to stock AMX with BW automatic and 3.15 gears that ran 14.50's at 94 mph. So that is what I think a 315 HP factory rated AMX is good for if you want to plug numbers into one of those calculators.
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BassBoat
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Oh, and your dyno readings will be different/wrong if the operator doesn't put the right gearing in or if you maybe ran it in 5th gear instead of 4th...
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amxdreamer
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Your numbers on a track will tell the truth. Take her over to Bandimere before you move!
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Tony
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rogue_66
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Makes sense! I failed to mention that my original post in pictures included concerns about jetting at my altitude...http://theamcforum.com/forum/gremlin-x-dyno-run_topic93460_post826726.html?KW=#826726 ...so the primary reason for the dyno run was for tuning purposes, as I wanted to know how close we were tuned for 5280 ft. The operator was baffled by the extremely low HP/Torque numbers...but he did say the reading indicated that we were jetted way rich which is cool...because we're moving to sea level in a few months . Tony...To be quite honest, I've never made a pass down the track nor am I qualified to do so..but it's on my bucket list now that I'm officially a "geezer" . Dean |
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tomslik
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Geez Dean, how qualified do you need to be? I could be talked into driving if ya want..... |
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