Dyno Pulls
 
The wagon on the dynoThe wagon on the dyno
 
I thought after all these modifications that it would be a good idea to see if my money had been 'well' spent.  I know that estimating one's horsepower is a beloved pastime of any automotive enthusiast but I decided to make sure.  I went to Austin's Pro Max in Tacoma, Washington where they have a Dynajet Chassis Dynamometer.  It costs $55 for 2 pulls and they give you tabular and graphical printouts of your performance.  It is really weird standing next to your car, staring at your motor doing 5500 RPM.

Basically my car pulled a SAE corrected 200 ft lbs of torque and 165 hp at the rear wheels.  Depending on if you use 80% or 90% efficiency, this comes out to be between 222 to 250 ft lbs of torque and 183 to 206 hp.  I was pretty happy with this level of performance with the stock T cam.  You can really see from the graph that the T cam dies at about 5000 RPM.  I am looking for a cam to replace the T and can now use these pulls as a baseline for comparing future mods.

Tabular data for pull #1
Tabular data for pull #2
Graphical data for pulls #1 and #2
 

What happens when you pull in too fast! Just kidding :)
 
 
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