Madmax;
If you have never dynoed a motor or even been to a shop doing it, you have no idea what's involved.........Last motor I did (small block Ford), this is how it went.........
I backed up my truck at the shop with the motor in the back, ready to go, it took us probably 30 minutes to get it out of the truck and thru the shop and over the dyno station, then took three of us the better part of an hour to bolt it down, bolt on headers, bolt on flywheel, connect to dyno, connect to water cooling system,connect the
oil pressure/
oil temp lines,connect all the electricals needed (MSD)(O2 sensors and the like),bolt on a starter, connect to the fuel system, fill the carb, pull the distibutor and prime the oiling on the motor and re-install the distibutor and double check everything before attempting to fire it up.........then the operator has to get the computer up and running and plug in all the needed info (motor info/weather info) before you ever fire up the motor........
By the time we were ready to fire it up, about 2 hours had passed.......the motor started up on the first crank and we ran it for 25 minutes at 2,000 rpms for break-in....thankfully nothing leaked or broke, so we shut it down, I changed the plugs and we hooked up the timing light and began to make the first "pull"....We made 11 or 12 pulls, trying different timing settings and running it up to different rpm levels.....had hit the carb jetting right off (by accident)and only had to adjust the idle mixture and timing the whole time.......
Allowing for some cool down time bewteen pulls, we finally shut it down for good around 2:00pm and we never stopped for lunch..one of the shop guys ran out and got us some burgers which we ate while making pulls..........
Then after the motor cooled down "some", not nearly enough, but time is money, we started "unhooking" everything....water lines/
oil lines/electrical lines/headers/bellhousing/flywheel/motor mounts and then you have to load it back up in the truck and drive 2 hours home and unload it again..............
Well, I guess you get the idea, a day is shot by now,heck it was almost dark when I got home.....and the good part was, NOTHING went wrong!!!!!!!!!! no oil or water leaks, no changing jets in the carb, no changing of anything,picture perfect day, for me, that is.........
Heading back to the dyno a week from today to do the same race motor, recent freshening and change of the cylinder heads, I hope all goes as good as last time..........
David