Free or cheap "mods", with dyno results

[TerryD]

Well, it doesn't look like I'm going to be getting in with the dyno people. The guy who owns the place doesn't do the work it looks like and he is a dyed in the wool Ford man anyways. The girl who answered the phone didn't hardly want to talk to me when I mentioned it was a GM truck.

But, I did get prices. They won't let me do the wrenching because it can't come off the dyno. It's $100/hr with the wheels turning and $75/hr in labor to swap the parts. I'm figuring around $300 for total with all the configurations I want to run tried.

That's a stock base line, stock air box and descreened MAF, then the Volant CAI w/ screened MAF, then Volant CAI with the descreened MAF. The guy said the would give me hp/tq numbers and the AFRs to match to see if it was leaning the truck out too much with the CAI installed.

So I guess now the question is if any of you are interested enough in this to help fund the dyno testing? I'll buy the parts and pay what ever I need to after that if anyone wants to chip in on it...

 

[VorTecxas]

I was thinking of doing the same thing. I have both big and small block trucks to test parts with if people want to pitch in

 

[TerryD]

I'd be willing to chip in to help you if you can get in with a dyno for a better deal than me. We can discuss what all we want tested so that everyone gets satisfied and we get the most for our respective monies. We are a group with maximum performance/$ in mind, I don't see why pooling our resources shouldn't be a good idea.

 

[VorTecxas]

Agreed Ill see what I can do. I know that just 3 power pulls is $80, but thats just a numbers run, they dont allow changing parts on that one

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[VorTecxas]

$125 an hour to have his tech run it, and I can change the parts out. Im going to start another thread on this, dont want to clutter this one up

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[TerryD]

$125 an hour to have his tech run it, and I can change the parts out. Im going to start another thread on this, dont want to clutter this one up

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I was going to suggest another thread too.

 

[VorTecxas]

Ill do it when I get home, dont feel like doin it on Tapatalk haha

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[VorTecxas]

http://www.gmt400.com/forum/showthread.php?21608-Dyno-Fund&p=610054#post610054

 

[TerryD]

I know it makes no power difference, but I pulled off the silent and blocked it off the other day. I really like the easy it made that old 5.7l sound on the interstate. Pulling that bed on the trailer put quite a bit of drag up in the air stream so I was doing back to 3rd on the bigger hills and it was really singing a tune. Now I'm really wanting that 70 series flowmeter and dual exits on this thing.

 

[VorTecxas]

So, I'm about to eat some crow concerning air filters. I was directed to this test that was done on gmtruckcentral.com by our very own Aloicious.

www.gmtruckcentral.com/articles/air-filter-study.html

I can tell you one thing. I'm never using K&N on a street truck again. I can only assume Spectre is the same, and my Volant is getting the stinkeye right now, too.