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Originally Posted by Jake Raby

The dyno has its place. The issue is most people have no idea how to read, or comprehend a dyno plot. When I hand a graph to someone and I watch their eyes go straight to peak power output, I shake my head and generally become disgusted immediately.

When my wife was Land Speed Racing her 996 the dyno kept her away from 3 records on two different occasions. I made changes to the car that I knew made it faster from the way it drove, and responded. The car LOST 6 HP at peak with these settings, but she smashed all those records in one weekend after that was done. They all still stand today.

I make more average power as an overall goal. Its really easy to make peak numbers, but increasing power at every RPM point is not a simple task.

Retaining drivability, longevity, reliability, and fuel economy while making more power is the big challenge. Rick will find that his MPG has increased by at least 3-4 MPG as long as he can keep his foot out of it, I have had some of these increase more than that.

When Jake and I first started talking about engine builds he was very up front that the engine would make great power but would be very drivable. This car is not my daily driver however I want it to be civil enough to be so if need be. I did not want to sacrifice daily driving comfort for peak horsepower just for bragging rights. To be honest I am just as curious to see the dyno figures as anyone else but I'm more curious to see the torque figures and at what rpm's . My butt dyno tells me the torque curve will have a nice linear curve because it is very strong from idle right up to 7000 rpm's that's as high as I have spun her being new. I'm also not planning on spinning her much past 7k anyway there just is no reason to do so. When I say she's a beast that is not to imply hard to drive or finicky she's a beast because of the power curve idle on up. Plus that exhaust sound ! In regards to Jakes comment about mpg's I don't see how I'll be able to keep my foot out of it