OFFICAL: HPF Dyno Day

[84driver]

+14 on the BASELINE. Probably should have included that in my argument, but figured that was a given.. Either way, cheap dyno time is cheap dyno time, take it when you can. Plus, I have seen people hop on to a dyno just for Shitz n Giggles and come to find out they did have a problem they weren't aware of (say weird drop in AFR or a HP/TQ that does something funky.)

Or you can just stand around and laugh at my POS. The choice is yours.

Hmm maybe I should bring out the stock 300K 318i for the basest of baselines...

[smonkbmw]

Blue? Gold? umm.... the 335 is what I meant. What were you talking about? Jason's car?

yeah i was thinking jasons car cause that used to be ed's too. right on. who is driving it up?

[DeM3n]

Blue? Gold? umm.... the 335 is what I meant. What were you talking about? Jason's car?

[smonkbmw]

Jeff, hope you can make it out man. Ed's car is gonna be there.... the other one :)

blue or gold?

[djjerme]

+14 on the BASELINE. Probably should have included that in my argument, but figured that was a given.. Either way, cheap dyno time is cheap dyno time, take it when you can. Plus, I have seen people hop on to a dyno just for Shitz n Giggles and come to find out they did have a problem they weren't aware of (say weird drop in AFR or a HP/TQ that does something funky.)

Or you can just stand around and laugh at my POS. The choice is yours.

[e30austin]

Austin, most people doing this dyno are doing it for BASELINE reasons. It's always great to see how your car progresses after you add more mods further down the line. I'm keeping you on the list as a maybe :)

Fair enough :)

/hijack

[DeM3n]

Austin, most people doing this dyno are doing it for BASELINE reasons. It's always great to see how your car progresses after you add more mods further down the line. I'm keeping you on the list as a maybe :)

p.s. I hope Davids car doesnt slaughter mine on the dyno...

-Mac

I hope it does... lol. j/p ;)


Jeff, hope you can make it out man. Ed's car is gonna be there.... the other one :)

[MacBudd541]

What I like is that we are getting all these e30s with different engines together on the same dyno on the same day so that we can contribute to the e30 community by showing real side by side engine coparos. Make people really consider what engine to swap.

p.s. I hope Davids car doesnt slaughter mine on the dyno...


-Mac

[e30austin]

^ I disagree. Getting a baseline is one of the most important things you can do BEFORE you start upgrading any further. Know exactly where you're at... AFR, area under the curve, etc. Then when you add your turbo, cams, etc you can see the incremental increases you've made. You may even catch little problems, or find that a particular "upgrade" you made actually netted less power in some RPMs.

I know it sounds expensive, but the right way to do it is to baseline, then dyno after every major upgrade (on the same dyno in as similar as possible conditions). Knowledge is power, literally in this case.

This is the kind of response I was looking for. I'll think about it for a while...should be saving for M Systems though, but we'll see what happens. Thank you very much!

i already know Davids car will destroy everything numbers wise.

You've got that right! Hahaha.

[smonkbmw]

+1 the idea is to establish a baseline. then add to see what mods do.

but its your car. i already know Davids car will destroy everything numbers wise.

[IronJoe]

^ I disagree. Getting a baseline is one of the most important things you can do BEFORE you start upgrading any further. Know exactly where you're at... AFR, area under the curve, etc. Then when you add your turbo, cams, etc you can see the incremental increases you've made. You may even catch little problems, or find that a particular "upgrade" you made actually netted less power in some RPMs.

I know it sounds expensive, but the right way to do it is to baseline, then dyno after every major upgrade (on the same dyno in as similar as possible conditions). Knowledge is power, literally in this case.

[e30austin]

^^^you are missing the point than, it's not really just to try and beat everyone else, it's just an excuse to run our motors at full tilt! I am not expecting my worn out, "stock" motor to put at best 130 hp out, but I am curious to see what leaks, falls off, catches fire or is just plain humdrum at wide open.

Just strap your shit on the rollers and have some fun..

No, I'm not missing the point. My point was not to try to beat everyone else. I have a stock M50, I'm pretty sure there are a lot of cars on here that would kick my car's ass (MacBudd, DeM3n, Darin, etc) and that's totally fine because it's not a competition and I haven't done shit to my car (at least, not yet.)

My point was that we all know what a basically stock M50 puts down at the wheels (like Wishno said earlier) and it would make more sense for me to save my money and dyno the car after I've done some more upgrades to make it a more worth it to me.

[djjerme]

^^^you are missing the point than, it's not really just to try and beat everyone else, it's just an excuse to run our motors at full tilt! I am not expecting my worn out, "stock" motor to put at best 130 hp out, but I am curious to see what leaks, falls off, catches fire or is just plain humdrum at wide open.

Just strap your sh*t on the rollers and have some fun..

[e30austin]

What. Boooooooooo.


That thing sounds mean, I want to hear it on the dyno!

Thanks man! I'd like to also, but I think it would make more sense once I've done some more upgrades (turbo, cams, etc.) It's just a stock M50TU, so I don't think it's gonna be all that impressive. It's still a few weeks out, so we'll see.

[IronJoe]

You know, David...I think I'll just sit and watch on this one. You can take my name off the list.

What. Boooooooooo.


That thing sounds mean, I want to hear it on the dyno!