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Old 08-11-2014, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by blykins View Post
That's kind of the underlying point here...

If it does put out 550 rwhp on one dyno, and you run down the road and put it on another brand and it only makes 500, which one is right?

That leads to discussions that involve, "That particular engine builder is apparently fluffing his numbers because it only made x horsepower on our dyno."
Given a certain DA and corrected dyno numbers, it would be the rwhp figure that most closely resembles a trap speed. Of course then you have to figure in driver error and what not, but it is at least more of a direct comparison.
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