FE ONLY OR 514ci. CRATE IN YOUR,....COBRA ?

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by FUNFER2

Patrick, why did you pay to have your engine dynode, just for tuning and not for power results ?

In the scheme of your FE's build costs, the cost to dyno it is next to nothing. And with a SFT cam engine, the break-in is a bit trickier than with a hydraulic. Having it broken in, and then checked on a dyno, was just "reasonably prudent," as we like to say. Stuffing it in under a Cobra's hood steals a few more horsepower, so I generally quote my number as an "honest 450HP," and she is the weak sister around here, although I would bet my car has a slightly higher number today than it did when I took delivery. I've spent a decade learning exactly what it likes, and she runs absolutely phenomenally at WOT, slow cruising and all points in between. And I don't know what I'd do with an extra 50 or 100 HP anyway, since she breaks loose now on hard acceleration at just about any street speed.

[FUNFER2]

They chassis dyno is a great tool. Why spend $500-$1,000 on a engine dyno, when most good,.... tuners with a chassis dyno is $75 per hr.

But, if a motor is a very high power machine and it's critical to get the best tuning, especially fuel delivery, a engine dyno is preferred.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by FUNFER2

They chassis dyno is a great tool. Why spend $500-$1,000 on a engine dyno, when most good,.... tuners with a chassis dyno is $75 per hr.

But, if a motor is a very high power machine and it's critical to get the best tuning, especially fuel delivery, a engine dyno is preferred.

My builder had an engine dyno, so the cost was next to nothing. As I recall, it was less than a hundred bucks, if it was broken out of the price at all.

[patrickt]

... and that's really not anything special. Several of the builders on 332-428 Ford FE Engine Forum like to post vids of their dyno pulls. Here, I pulled up Barry's because he came to mind first: https://www.youtube.com/user/Survival427FE?feature=mhee I think if you had any of those guys build you an engine they'd throw in a fast dyno pull for next to nothing.