What are your business hours?
We do not keep regular business hours. We dyno on Weekend Days and most evenings, appointment only!

I've Heard Dynos Eat Tires?
Yes they Can!! If you have a higher powered car, we have found DRAG RADIALS and certain soft compound slicks tend to shear rubber off the tread. This results in lower power numbers measured, and rubber all over the dyno. The best tires are regular street radials, or har compound slicks.

What will the results/graphs look like?
You can get data in various ways, including a report style page ("Power Graphs"), and in numerical form as well (both raw or filtered). We can also overlay power graphs for "before and after" runs to highlight power differences.

Can you tune my XYZ fuel injection system/controller/add on injector driver?
Yes, we can tune anything that is tunable. Lets face it, the aftermarket has exploded with different systems/controllers, and we don't pretend to have experience with more then a small fraction of them. However, most systems work on the same principals, and with feedback from the dyno, the wideband 02, and our experience, we can tune your system properly. Of course it helps if you have the instructions, or are familiar with the basic functioning of your particular unit.

What do I need to bring?
Bring everything you want to try, and the special tools you may require for your particular car. Bring you and the car, make sure you have enough fuel in it. We do not work on cars, and only keep limited tools on hand for your convenience.

What preparation should I do?
Check your tire pressure, tire condition, all oil and fluid levels. Make sure your tires are in good shape. We prefer a fairly clean car, especially underneath since we need to strap it down.

What Spark Plugs/Wires do You Recommend?
For most applications, we stay away from MSD wires. They tend to show a lot of RF interference, and have on occasion interfered with our RPM pick-up. Taylor is an excellent inexpensive brand. For Spark Plugs, we prefer regular NGK plugs. Higher compression motors in a 6 or 7 heat range, mild forced induction in a 7 range, high boost/bigger nitrous shot in a 8 or higher range.

Can you dyno front wheel drive cars?
Yes, of course.

Can you dyno AWD/4wd cars/trucks?
Some. Cars/trucks with selectable drive modes where one set of drive axles can be switched off will work. Other vehicles that have a removable prop shaft can also be tested. Full time AWD cars cannot be tested on our dyno.

Can I compare power numbers to the XYZ dyno at shop ABC?
Not if you want to be accurate. All dynos should theoretically report the same numbers, but unfortunately they do not. Besides the dyno itself, other factors also come into play:
•testing procedure and type (inertia only, step test, loaded etc.),
•load applied by the dyno (and hence run duration and acceleration rates).
•Vehicle preparation (tire pressure, downward strapping pressure, tire style/type, driveline temps etc).
•Weather Station type and correction used (SAE or STD etc).

How do the HP numbers from your dyno compare to a Dynojet?
We have had numerous cars tested back and forth, and depending on power level, and other factors, our customers typically see 9 to 13% more on a Dynojet. Sometimes higher if the Dynojet does not load hard enough for the car to reach full boost. We have also seen poorly tuned Knock Sensor equipped cars lose much more on our dyno as the improper tune causes knock sensor timing retard to engage which did not occur under the lighter loads on a Dynojet.

Also, certain dynos now actually have a artificailly high reading "DynoJet Mode" that the user can select. In the end, a dyno is a tuning tool, so don't worry about "the number" as much as the shape of the curve, repeatability, and improvements.

Do you accept credit cards, checks, interac?
We accept Paypal, Email money Transfer, Cash, and in certain cases, Checks (primarily for our jobber customers). We d0 not take personal checks (company checks ok), we DO NOT accept Interac at this time.

I have heard that too much load is bad for my engine...is this true?
No. As long as your dyno operator is aware of thermal loading, and engine temps are monitored, there should not be any issues.

Shop XYZ told me the dyno test HAD to be done in fourth gear (or 1:1). True?
HORSESHIT! Find a new shop to listen to. With the Canadian dollar doing well, and dynos springing up everywhere, there are many newbies on the scene that simply do not understand dyno operation, concepts, and engine dynamics. What's worse, many of thes shops take a couple day tuning "course", and then proceed to "learn" on customer cars! I am extra concerend about this trend because I have lost count of times I have had to "fix" other shops tunes, and fixing something is often more intensive then doing it right from the start.

I did not write this FAQ to educate the newb "shops", so I wont go into details. As a hint for these shops, I will ask... What gear do you make a dyno pull in when you are working on an engine dyno?? ;~) lol.

My automatic equipped vehicle is showing very low HP numbers....why?
Automatic transmission and non lock-up torque converters "use" a lot of power! We are finding anywhere from 15 to 25% less power then a vehicle with a similar engine but with a standard transmission. Superflow did a test in fact where they put a motor on an engine dyno, and then put it in a car and did a rear wheel horsepower test with an auto trans, and non lock-up converter, and lost 30% of their power!

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