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					Originally Posted by tholyoak
					
				 OK well I really didn't believe that in transplanting my 2.5L engine for my 3.6L X51 motor that it takes 15 more hp to get the power from the crank to the wheels.   
 I think I found the answer.   It turns out that the 15% loss has to do with the rate of acceleration of the large drums on an inertial dyno.  On a load control dyno, you assume a constant amount of parasitic drive train loss.
 
A good explanation can be found here for those that are interested.
http://home.earthlink.net/~spchurch/churchautomotivetesting/id12.html 
Todd | 
	
 
That's accounted for and subtracted out when you get the dyno sheet so it's not part of the loss we're talking about.  You're stuck with 15% man.