I don't know about event chassis dyno pulls anymore. Did mine at the Fling last year and it came back at about 350 hp. Brand new...about 600 miles...couldn't figure it out and the operator was rushed. Had a "hotfinger" probing him.
Well...we discovered a limiting factor...or rather Buckley did a couple of weekends ago at Redding (a year later). It was bugging him as much, if not more, than it was me. He jumps out of his car when we stop for a cool drink, has me shut down the motor, flips the air cleaner off and tells me to floor the gas pedal.
Pat starts grinning ear-to-ear and tells me I owe him dinner. Seems my linkage was hitting the fan relay before the secondaries were being opened. I looked for myself...the secondaries weren't opening even a little.
We had the motor pulled just before the Fling to correct a cam plug problem, and I guess the mechanic thought he had put it back in right. I never really had floored the new motor before the engine was pulled or the Fling...and the burnouts and 1/8 drag starts seemed fine to me coming from a previous small block.
So...duh on me...duh on the guy who pulled and reinstalled the motor (we've since had a funny, but pointed discussion)...and duh on doing event chassis pulls where everything's a bit rushed. Sounds like you guys did it right with just your club.
Let's just say I gots a few more horsies running around now.
And NEVER presume anything!!!!!
