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We stopped tuning because the tire was rubbing too much. With an eye to the future we figured the best solution was a frame notch, mini-tub, and 6pt.roll cage from http://www.JWRacing-fab.com We also decided to do some suspension upgrades while we were at it. As Bobby said: “I can build you a motor that can run 10.20’s all day but can you get that power to the ground?”. With a stock 25+ yr.old suspension? No. Work should be finished this weekend then it is off for some ‘Dino’ tuning with Otto J J

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Did you pay extra for the pink crayon? :) All that looks very very nice~!
 
[quote="Glad its coming together for you!!! Subscribed to follow your progress."/quote]

Thanks! :) Seems like it's been a lot of years and a lot of money - but we're getting there! LOL
 
[quote="Did you pay extra for the pink crayon? :) "[/quote]

The pink crayon is Otto's ;) I was dying to ask about it but I wasn't sure I wanted to hear the answer! LOL
I'm hoping it's something that makes the car go faster!!! :confused:
 
[quote="Looks very nice!/quote]

Thanks, AG! :) Now YOU'RE car, it's freakin' AWESOME!!!
 
RARE?

Up next: Dyno tuning.
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cool stuff
I regret driving past his shop and not stopping (gate was down but his MB was out front) i figured he didn't want to be bothered.
 
Dyno Tuning


10/19/13 Finally, after 3 months, Otto’s and my schedule match up to get the car dyno tuned. For dyno
tuning we went to see Jimmy Kakaletris at ‘The Shop’ in Norwalk, CT. Tuning was on a Mustang
Dyno.

Long story short, Otto wanted to do a ‘safe’ tune, 20-22lbs boost on 93/Alky. I was fine with that. Once
we see how it runs we can always turn it up. Otto’s always telling me don’t worry about dyno numbers. They
don’t mean much. A dyno is simply a tuning device that allows you to tune at WOT in relatively steady, safe,
and reliable conditions. That’s it. If you want numbers, go to the track.

Well, secretly I was hoping for 500rwhp - it such a nice number! LOL Of course I didn’t tell Otto that. It
didn’t happen. After 3-4 pulls he had it dialed-in to his satisfaction. The results were:
BOOST = 21.5
HP = 469
TQ = 630

We tried to get a printout of the pulls but the printer wasn’t printing. We waited around as they
were rebooting and trying to fix the problem but after 30 minutes we had to go. Otto mentioned
if I wanted real numbers then stop at Lebanon Valley Dragway on 10/25. There was a track rental
and he would be there tuning a couple cars.

Next: To The Track!



All we got from 'The Shop'
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[quote="Who needs 500hp when you have 630 tq!!! Nice numbers, glad you got to start dialing her In" :)[/quote]

Thanks! :) I was surprised by the torque number! In getting it all together, it's been a long road, a little wheel,
and it took a lot of turns to get there!
 
The rpm on that dyno appears to be incorrect.


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The rpm on that dyno appears to be incorrect.


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Why do you say that? Isn't HP and Torque supposed to cross at 5454? It seems like it is heading in that direction :confused:
 
Why do you say that? Isn't HP and Torque supposed to cross at 5454? It seems like it is heading in that direction :confused:
They would cross at 5252 just because of the formula for hp. There's no way to load a convertered car that hard at that low of an rpm and why would the test stop at 4700. A heads cam engine will make useful power to at least 5500. Looks like torque should be moved to the right approximately 1000rpm. This would raise the peak hp number and lower the peak tq number. Probably more like 530whp/510ft lbs peak numbers


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I wondering if the dyno rpm pick up was set up for 8 cylinder instead of 6. That would make the graph from 4400-6250 rpm. Making the hp value higher and the torque value lower
 
I wondering if the dyno rpm pick up was set up for 8 cylinder instead of 6. That would make the graph from 4400-6250 rpm. Making the hp value higher and the torque value lower
^^^this


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Looks like owes you a another dyno tune session.....Glad to see Otto still messin with the bufords glad i got to meet him and bison when i passed thru connecticut hauling cars before he closed up shop...
 
not sure why the graph only shows to 4700rpm. The graph was the best we got out of them after close to a week! Maybe not even mine! LOL I guess the main thing was Otto dialing it in.
Where we went to the track Otto logged the runs and it was dialed in pretty good. I guess when I get the car weighed we can use the time slips to figure the real horse power?
 
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