Don't be freak'en out on an engine Dyno. Great for tuning in the shop. I never had one engine Dyno ever. Chassis Dyno is more useful in real world conditions anyway. Real chassies dyno numbers are made on the strip.
I agree, but I would still love to do it this one time. I don't really care if both engines are run on a dyno......I just thought it might not cost much more to do both since they will be already set up to do one. I wouldn't think it would be that hard to switch from one to the other if I took them both the same day. The way things are going they will probably both end up being finished about the same time. (Which seems like farther and farther away the closer I get to being finished.)Don't be freak'en out on an engine Dyno. Great for tuning in the shop. I never had one engine Dyno ever. Chassis Dyno is more useful in real world conditions anyway. Real chassies dyno numbers are made on the strip.
My guy years ago charged $500 for the day.
Well if they charge something like that FOR THE DAY......and I could get both engines run then I might go for that. Maybe even just this one for $500. It will probably depend on whether I can come up with a better intake and if things drag out long enough for me to save up for the dyno.I was quoted 7 fitty.
Exhaust valve clearance notches. The amount of material we had to remove was so slight that we went ahead and shot for approximately .800" lift without a head gasket. Notice that the actual size of the notches varies greatly from one cylinder to the next. We figure that is due to core shift. I figure it's in the cylinders.......Randy says he would suspect the valve locations being off more than the block being out that much. Either way there is a visible difference. #8 needed very little and #1 could have gotten by with no notch at all as it didn't hit until .765" before notching. View attachment 35529 View attachment 35531 View attachment 35532 View attachment 35533 View attachment 35535 View attachment 35538
You're very welcome. I'll try to put as much info and pictures in here as I can to maybe help future first time W builders. Even if I post something that's not quite right.....there are enough people on here that know this stuff to point it out and keep this thing in check.Thank you Jason for sharing your info and pictures .......
YES...I plan on it. Gotta do that before final cleaning and cam bearings too. Thanks for reminding me.Are you tapping oil galley plugs bores for NPT plugs
So if gross lift is.693 your allowing .107 clearence plus gasket thickness before you'd make impact.....???
I never got a reply from the place I emailed. I'll try to call them tomorrow. I did talk to Reeves Performance in Warner Robbins. He said that his dyno wasn't good for much over 550 HP and he mostly used it for 350" dirt track motors. He recommended a new shop in Macon that would be even closer to me. Said the owner worked for him for about 20 years and had a new Superflow dyno that would hold around 1000 HP. I haven't been able to get anyone on the phone there although I did leave a voicemail Monday and no reply from them either.
The more I think about it the more I believe it'd be best for me to just wait a year or two until I find a better intake and have the heads ported. I guess about all a dyno session would do for this go 'round would be to confirm that stock ports and 881 intakes suck on a stroker.
http://www.348-409.com/forum/threads/rojeski-walden-hp-2x4-2-piece-intake.30018/Well I had pretty much talked myself out of running either of these, I talked to the owner of the place in Macon and he told me it would be $350 to dyno one of them. He said that was for pretty much a day and included hooking it up to the dyno. Warm up / break-in....and basic tuning such as timing/jetting/carb spacers/etc. I asked about something slightly more involved like an intake swap and he told me it shouldn't be more than an extra $50.
I did not ask him about the possibility of doing both engines in one day, but got the feeling that he'd be willing to give me a fair price for that.
That sounds pretty good to me especially since we should have a lot of the basics covered since we are going to break it in on a test stand similar to the one Ronnie uses.
Now if I only had an intake or two besides the 881 to do some testing with.
fuel to tow, tolls, entry, race fuel, and some nachos, I'm guessing I get about 8.It's called a time slip.How many of them can you get for 400.00 dollars?
On the other hand, curiosity is a powerful thing!
I'm pretty sure the intake Jack listed sold on Ebay almost immediately upon being listed....and a crossram he listed the same day. He was very cool in listing them here first so everyone had a chance before Ebay. I almost jumped at the Rojeski intake but put it off a few days to think about it and thought too long and the auction had been stopped. Ya snooze ya loose....right??
Keith, Don is not only smart, but he is also WISE. I value his advice and he's very right about the dyno numbers being for bragging rights .How come your so smart Don...........