[SnakeEyeSS]

Originally Posted by Gunkk

Those curves are not normal and the results are not normal. In fact nothing about it is normal except the hp and torque crossing at 5252. The author was clueless and the editors are idiots for publishing obviously bad information.

I've been hoping it's not actually an LT2. Like the 60's GTO fiasco Pontiac tried to pull. That would be very entertaining to watch unfold.


They didn't have enough sense to go to another Dyno immediately, who knows if they even looked under the hood

[Emoto]

Originally Posted by hotlap

Its a fanboy test. Don't believe it.

So, I "know" the owner of the shop where they took it to dyno from another forum unrelated to the automotive world. He (obviously) owns the dyno as well. Seems like a pretty stand-up guy who cares for his equipment and strived for accuracy. When they got the C8 numbers, they immediately put a Dodge pickup on the dyno, and its numbers came out normal (I forget what they were. much lower of course) so they don't think the high numbers are incorrect. Whether or not this car was a ringer is not something he knows.

[Callaway Chris]

Originally Posted by crankaholic

The 15% drivetrain loss number seems outdated even for front-engine cars with a torque converter these days - I would say a good mid-engine DCT combo is around 8%. So the 478WHP run translates to just under 520HP. Seems like the dyno is reading a bit high or something.

The other runs are harder to explain - except maybe they weren't taking the gear ratios into account correctly...

Originally Posted by Umbriel

Dynos can be set to or read all over the place,

Turns to to be unscientific nonsense, as most chassis dyno results are.