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Old 04-07-2009, 02:01 AM
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My friend and I just dyno'ed his supercharged 09 tc....he has trd axleback, and intake. Since the exhaust and intake at BEST give u 5 hp how come the car just touched 235 hp
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My friend and I just dyno'ed his supercharged 09 tc....he has trd axleback, and intake. Since the exhaust and intake at BEST give u 5 hp how come the car just touched 235 hp
Intake gave him a lot more than 5 hp I am guessing around 15- 19hp (if its cold air) its on a s/c not going to be the same gains like n.a. and dynos are off, PTuning's dyno will probably give him 197 whp, if this is dyno jet numbers.
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it could just be the dyno...tell him to check his afr's to make sure he isn't running lean. cause if he is, he won't have 235hp for long
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im not an expert but intake/header/exaust/sc will give u about 215 at the wheels at most
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^ not even, with s/c alone it's only putting down about 180 to 185 to the wheels, probably even less.
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Definitely check for the car leaning out.
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235hp sounds like a dynapack.
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Old 04-07-2009, 07:02 AM
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lol at 235...I WISH!

bone stock s/c which is WHAT HE HAS (intake won't do much[if anything]) for you. So you should be at a rough 190-195
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i think its the type of dyno that gave that good looking numbers, try it on a mustang or dynodynamics
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Yea i dunno about 235 on just s/c lol - we dyno tuned a s/c tc here (a friends that is now turbo) and it made 208whp on the s/c with mmw header, and full catback exhaust along with a modded cai. With a 50 shot on top he made 252 whp. This was all being tuned with the fic.
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dynojet had to be
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lol @ 15-19 hp for a CAI, definatly not 235. even if it was another crazy dyno that reads high seems to much post a dyno sheet up
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Dyno is off.

And for the 05-06 S/C'er only setup, people get on average 180-195. With the 07-09 models it's more like 200whp even.

My boy has a 2006 with I/H/E + 9 lb pulley on his S/Cer. He dynoed 238whp.

So, doubt your friends S/C'er is pushing a true 235whp.
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Ive seen a Supercharged tC do some pulls on our mustang dyno with a 9.5lb pulley, intake, and axle back exhaust. The final numbers I saw was about 170 horsepower. 235 seems to be a little extreme.
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yeah, that dyno is way off. even with my set up i only dyno'ed 225 whp on an inground dynojet. where was this done exactly?
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the wife's 05 sc w/ axleback, 110, and some old plugs was in mid 190's. Maybe we'd get a couple more after running with new plugs ( meaning getting it running at top efficiency, not adding hp per say ). 200 tops w/out full exhaust and smaller pulley seems to be the average. So something can't be right on the machine used.
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it was prob a dynapack..

there about 10-15% off..

usually people dyno tune on a mustang and throw numbers out on a dynojet or dynapack
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arite thanks for clarifying that for me...i was quite confused for a little while there...thanks everyone
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No prob.... Most people dont know theres a diff!
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