Why new Dyno

[Keithc8]

I believe someone ask why new dyno at the shop. Well sometimes they come out with new stuff and options that they did not have when you purchased yours. SuperFlows new dyno has rear mount starters so we do n ot have to hasle with starters every time we get ready to test a engine. The other thing about the new dyno is the fact that you can unhook the engine from the water brake and roll it into the shop if you want to changr something or work on it some where else.
I guess it is like buying a new Cobra when the one you have is just fine. I can also get more for my dyno while it is in good working condition.
I have said this more than one time, I have the cars at the track to back up my dyno's numbers, just look inthe NHRA record books. A 3000 pound car with a 440C.I. Super Stock 428 engine with 10.8 to one, solid roller, single plane intake and a factory 735 carburetor that goes 9.06 at 146, that computes to 740HP not on my dyno but fact. It takes that much HP to go that fast and this same engine made 725 on my dyno.
Then we want to say well these engines may be race engines but not street cobra engines and that is not correct. They idle at 800RPMs, run on pump gas and have hydraulic rollers. That is not how I build a race FE. The one n ice race FE we did last year was 489 with 14 to one high riser heads, single plane intake with a dominator, solid roller and made 870HP, now that is a race engine and this 64 Falcon goes 8.30s at a 157 mph.
Boy there sure are a lot of non believers out there but the fact is we have the people doing this. The engines we build for these Cobras are easy compaired to the 2000HP turbo small blocks and NHRA legal Super Stock engines we do.
I am sorry we have offended so many people with more HP for less money, I guess we should have charged more and there would be no problem. Chris at Shelby told me I was selling these engines to cheap. I am sorry some people have paid more and got less. I think Gary hit the nail on the head there.
I also have no problem goingf to another dyno that is calibrated correctly. This is done with weight on the strain gauge which is the device that measure torque. Anyway subtract 50 to 60HP and we still make more power for the dollar and I thought that was a good thing. I just build what my customers ask for and try to do a nice job in the process.
There is another market we are getting into where the guys are getting charged to much for the power they are getting and we will be geting a lot of that business soon because we will deliver better product for the money. This just happens to be a Chevy engine that is untapped and about 10 years behind the 5.0 Ford.
Lets just trey to get along and have a good time because that is what we are suppose to be doing. Thanks Keith Craft