What are all of your thoughts on engine dyno's. Do you think it is a good idea to break in a engine on a dyno and see the numbers it will pull? I am about done rebuilding my engine and I am very curious to know what it produces. I don't know what to think about doing this. The obvious benefits is that I will know what it produces as far as torque and horsepower, and I will be able to tune it at the same time(jets and timing). But I am also curious about damages that will result from not breaking the engine in gradually before running it hard. Any thoughts? Also I live close to St. Louis but I am unable to find a engine dyno. I looked on the internet and in the phone book, don't really know where to start to look. Any help on locating the closest one to me would be appreciative, that is if you recommend I do this.
Engine dyno
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moper
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An engine dyno can be good if you need to break in the cam, then swap in inner valve springs, or when you want to have a good idea of what it can do for power, and when. That's helpful in choosing a convertor set up too. Most dynos around me are well know to performance machine shop owners. Because they will have used them at one point or another. A dyno is only a tool. A big, cool one, but thats' it. The only way to see really what it will do, is accelerate a mass down the 1/4 and see how it does. Also, like flow benches, results are heavily dependant on the place the dyno is, the operator, the exh system and air system in the testing cell, etc. Great tools, nothing more.
halfaed
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Break it in how your going to drive it.
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