Is it ok to dyno in FWD mode?
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Don't listen to half of these clowns, it's been done before with no ill effects. Drop the driveshaft and go for it.
Just remember that your going to show more WHP than you actually make, since you're losing some drivetrain loss.
Just remember that your going to show more WHP than you actually make, since you're losing some drivetrain loss.
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This is not something you should be asking here, it is common sense. AWD means all four wheel are spinning when there is power output, how can you get correct reading on a FWD? if you are a mechanically inclined then I'd forgive you.
If you can't find a AWD dyno, then DON'T DYNO YOUR EVO UNTIL YOU FIND ONE.
My car is costum tuned using mail in flash, and I don't know what my car is making, but I felt big difference that's more important. Just as mentioned before, you can't tow an evo without a flatbed or using the right equipment.
If you can't find a AWD dyno, then DON'T DYNO YOUR EVO UNTIL YOU FIND ONE.
My car is costum tuned using mail in flash, and I don't know what my car is making, but I felt big difference that's more important. Just as mentioned before, you can't tow an evo without a flatbed or using the right equipment.
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It can be done, just whatever floats your boat. Most prefer not to do it, but people have done it and like I'm stock says it can be done. If you are not worried about hp measurements and just using the dyno as more of a tuning tool to dial in the timing then so be it.
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By the way, this is exactly how AMS dyno'd their AWD cars for so long up until two years ago or so. So everyone here who says that stuff will break or it won't be accurate or the tune will be off is completely retarded. Just because this is something that not many people are aware of doesn't warrant a stupid response. This guy has obviously done some sort of research on dyno's...enough so that he knows that one is capable of putting an AWD car on a two-wheel drive dyno.
Don't immediately spat off some ridiculous comments when you are so clearly ignorant of a situation. By the way, that's not an insult. Everyone is ignorant of something that they have no knowledge of. It's just so painful to read comments like these just because this topic hasn't been beaten to death like most other threads that litter Evo General and the Newbie section.
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I would love to dyno it on an AWD but my evo would take a beating having to drive it to canada or Washington and I don't like to put miles on her. To ship it there is costly and takes too long and the costs outweight the benefits. Especially when I just want to know my numbers. So with that in mind I had a local alternative of using a 2 wheel dynojet available.
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this is pretty common with the VW r32 crowd. they use a FWD dyno to tune. they just disconnect the driveshaft. not sure how you would do this on an Evo.
and yes its true, the HP numbers are inflated when you do this. i've seen 100whp off at the 6-700whp level.
just use a street dyno, it will get you really close.
and yes its true, the HP numbers are inflated when you do this. i've seen 100whp off at the 6-700whp level.
just use a street dyno, it will get you really close.
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I think I remember Buschur doing this back then to one of their Evos. If I remember correctly they had to weld their front differential remove driveshaft and plug up one end of the transfer case.I thikn they got about 250 to the front wheels off a stock 03 Evo, and about 220awhp with the same car. I think I remember correctly so if anybody else remebers anything like this you can chime in.