Alfa Romeo 8C on the Dyno

"Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)" (6speedhaven)
10/30/2013 at 17:36 • Filed to: alfa romeo, 8c, dyno

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DISCUSSION (8)

04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches. > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
10/30/2013 at 17:38

Who does a full 1-4 on a dyno? Digital 1/4 mile maybe? lol

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > 04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches.
10/30/2013 at 17:44

The 8C owner was being really nooby, in another video they had him do like 2 or 3 pulls in higher gears, I think all in 4th or could be 6th.

Casper > 04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches.
10/30/2013 at 17:54

I was just thinking the same thing. That was weird... and wouldn't be approved by a lot of dynos. It doesn't test anything doing that.

04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches. > Casper
10/30/2013 at 18:10

I've done 3-4th before, 4th being my 1:1 gear. But that was just because I was having issues with fuel cut between gears. On a factory car there would be no purpose I agree other than trying to look cool.

dogisbadob > 04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches.
10/30/2013 at 21:23

What's wrong with it?

04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches. > dogisbadob
10/31/2013 at 09:30

To get a power reading from a car, which is the only reason you'd go on a dyno, you all need to run a full RPM pull in whatever gear is a 1:1 ratio. So in the 8C all you need to do is run all the way through 4th. Flooring it from 1-4th is doing nothing but trying to look cool and putting people in danger (god forgive if those straps snapped or came loose from the impact of shifting gears). Doing a dyno pull in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd are just going to give you false readings because the gear ratio is not 1:1, therefor it's multiplying torque.

dogisbadob > 04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches.
10/31/2013 at 09:35

Thanks!

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > 04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches.
10/03/2014 at 00:40

Scrolling through my old posts.

A shop local to me had a dyno day and when I attended they were indeed running quarter miles on the cars. It was 3 runs on the dyno for $40 — the first as a warm-up, the second that would have more accuracy on the power and torque output, and the third a virtual quarter mile. Even including wheel spin.