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      08-20-2014, 12:29 PM   #401
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Originally Posted by jnat View Post
As we all know, a dyno is a tuning tool, every dyno reads differently. Everything I've read or talked about with hot rodders (for lack of a better word) is the only thing that matters is what your baseline was before mods and what the result is after each or all mods. With that said, if you plug in 12.6 @ 109 in a drag times calculator with a guess at vehicle weight of 3750 with driver you get 304 hp at the wheels. If you post those same numbers into another calculator you get different numbers. My only point is that all these dyno numbers are mudding up the waters, I think the old adage is true, time slips are the true indicator of power and dynos are tuning tools period.





Read more: http://www.dragtimes.com/horsepower-...#ixzz3Ave3ahjH
so... head over to the drag slips thread?
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