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Let's face it, Nabush doesn't understand that there are vast differences in a manufacturer like Ford achieving an SAE rating for its engine and what he sees on the internet. Furthermore, he doesn't understand that the whole SAE process exists due to the inaccuracy of dyno's, and the manipulations that can easily be done by the operator/company. A tightly controlled dyno that is maintained well can be very useful in measuring output and gauging increases or decreases in said gains; while a cheap dyno that isn't well maintained and not tightly controlled will be all over the place.
If Ford went through the process and is stating the SAE number you can bet that if you pulled the engine out of a brand new car, and ran it as required on the dyno per the SAE testing standard you would get that SAE number. That's the whole point of the process!
All of these rediculous posts stem from well intentioned people that truly have no idea how a dyno works and the software calculations that are involved. If you lined up 3 different dyno's in a parking lot I could make any or all of them output just about whatever HP and TQ you wanted to see. Sorry, but that's the truth of it and why the SAE stepped in and gave us the process that manufacturers now use.
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