Power on the dyno vs. Power on the street

It's real easy to "get away with things" on the dyno that you can't get away with on the street. For example, making 900whp on the dyno, doesn't mean you can necessarily run your car at 900whp on the street and not have problems. The dyno is a quick few seconds and the street is MUCH more stressful. So for example...saying a sleeved motor is fine because we made a couple of dyno pulls, and checked it out, doesn't mean it will be fine when you stress it on the street in real world conditions...as Marcus can attest to.

also doesn't it make a pretty big difference on what type of dyno is used? some dyno's can't properly "load" the engine right?

hobbit382 wrote:

also doesn't it make a pretty big difference on what type of dyno is used? some dyno's can't properly "load" the engine right?

Yes, a loaded dyno will fail parts quicker than a non loaded dyno.

a mustang dyno will load it up pretty good. I made 477rwhp on a dyno (dont know model. not mustang i know that for sure) then threw it on my buddies mustang dyno and only made 400rwhp

Shawn_robinson wrote:

a mustang dyno will load it up pretty good. I made 477rwhp on a dyno (dont know model. not mustang i know that for sure) then threw it on my buddies mustang dyno and only made 400rwhp

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