Dyno Day with Mazdamaniac 8/21/2010 Nor-Cal / SF Bay Area
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MM, if I talk to the shop and get you 2-3 hours of dyno time on sunday morning, would you want to tune the guys car? He could pay you directly, $300? Plus he would have pay the dyno $100 an hour.
I'm mentally retarded.
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you better ask me before you let people touch my car.
I can't decide if I will drive the car in street trim or trailer it in race trim. I really should put the catless midpipe on if nothing else, maybe race rubber too. If I trailer it I can bring tools, a jack, a cooler with water and maybe a bbq.
I can't decide if I will drive the car in street trim or trailer it in race trim. I really should put the catless midpipe on if nothing else, maybe race rubber too. If I trailer it I can bring tools, a jack, a cooler with water and maybe a bbq.
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I think u should drive it in street trim so that maybe u can let me ride in it with u driving of course. Or maybe some other time since i live like 15 mins. from u. I just wanna see what an rx8 is like with more power hehe
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I am going to start on a am/pm time slot schedule tonight. If you have not put in your request, please do asap, or I will just plug you in wherever. PM me.
Excellent post Laythor!
quoting this in case anyone missed it.
quoting this in case anyone missed it.
Figure i'll post this up here as it comes in handy for the So Cal dyno days:
Surviving a dyno day:
Have your car in good working order. If it's been awhile since you've changed your plugs, air filter, tranny fluid, diff fluid, etc etc.. do it before the dyno day. Having some worries about plug wires, weird noise, strange smell? Get that stuff checked out before hand. There's nothing worse then seeing a car get up on the dyno only to find out something is wrong and no dyno can be done on it. There isn't time to run down gremlins and anything more then a minor issue (ie: oh, that vacuum line fell off.. that coupler is loose) will result in you wasting your time fixing it and then hoping there's enough time to get back on the dyno at the end.
I've been to a bunch of dyno days and outside of 1 time there has always been some poor guy who ended up having to frantically wrench on his car because of something that could have been fixed before he ever got to the dyno.
Highway8 (heretofore referred to as "da man") is the last word on slotting. He's setting up the rodeo and has put his time and energy into making it happen. He's making the list and checking it twice, so please be there on time. No one has to be there all day, but please be there when it's time for your run. This actually means earlier then your slotted time. You want to have time to get there, say hello, and then get your car ready for the pulls.
Depending on how the dyno operator wants to tie down the car you will either be strapped down using the front tires rear points.. or the tow hooks for the front bumper. Yes, everyone has two tow hooks located in the trunk of your car with the jack. If the dyno guy wants to use these then it's helpful for you to put them on once you get there.
Flexibility is king. Things will come up, people may get shuffled around, some cars might be on longer then others. This is usually unavoidable so be prepared to be flexible and calm. FI cars always take longer then NA cars to tune so be prepared if there's an FI car ahead of you.
Jeff is insane. The man is a machine when he's dyno'ing cars. Once he gets started he'll pretty much work like a hamster on crack till the shop keeper kicks us out or the last car is done. Outside of cigarettes and some crappy pizza, he'll be working on cars nonstop the whole time he's there. He's a great guy but understand that he's there to work so try not to "get up all in his chit" while he's working.
We're all there to have some fun. Treat others as you want to be treated... yadda yadda yadda.
Bring water. It's going to be a long day and having something to drink is key. Yes you can drive off to get a drink but then you miss the chance to see someone's car explode.. i kid, i kid.
Bring a chair. Yes standing around watching things happen is fun, but being able to sit down is nice
If you take nothing away from this but one thing, let it be this: Have your car in good working order. Go over all regular maintenance and change anything that needs changing
Surviving a dyno day:
Have your car in good working order. If it's been awhile since you've changed your plugs, air filter, tranny fluid, diff fluid, etc etc.. do it before the dyno day. Having some worries about plug wires, weird noise, strange smell? Get that stuff checked out before hand. There's nothing worse then seeing a car get up on the dyno only to find out something is wrong and no dyno can be done on it. There isn't time to run down gremlins and anything more then a minor issue (ie: oh, that vacuum line fell off.. that coupler is loose) will result in you wasting your time fixing it and then hoping there's enough time to get back on the dyno at the end.
I've been to a bunch of dyno days and outside of 1 time there has always been some poor guy who ended up having to frantically wrench on his car because of something that could have been fixed before he ever got to the dyno.
Highway8 (heretofore referred to as "da man") is the last word on slotting. He's setting up the rodeo and has put his time and energy into making it happen. He's making the list and checking it twice, so please be there on time. No one has to be there all day, but please be there when it's time for your run. This actually means earlier then your slotted time. You want to have time to get there, say hello, and then get your car ready for the pulls.
Depending on how the dyno operator wants to tie down the car you will either be strapped down using the front tires rear points.. or the tow hooks for the front bumper. Yes, everyone has two tow hooks located in the trunk of your car with the jack. If the dyno guy wants to use these then it's helpful for you to put them on once you get there.
Flexibility is king. Things will come up, people may get shuffled around, some cars might be on longer then others. This is usually unavoidable so be prepared to be flexible and calm. FI cars always take longer then NA cars to tune so be prepared if there's an FI car ahead of you.
Jeff is insane. The man is a machine when he's dyno'ing cars. Once he gets started he'll pretty much work like a hamster on crack till the shop keeper kicks us out or the last car is done. Outside of cigarettes and some crappy pizza, he'll be working on cars nonstop the whole time he's there. He's a great guy but understand that he's there to work so try not to "get up all in his chit" while he's working.
We're all there to have some fun. Treat others as you want to be treated... yadda yadda yadda.
Bring water. It's going to be a long day and having something to drink is key. Yes you can drive off to get a drink but then you miss the chance to see someone's car explode.. i kid, i kid.
Bring a chair. Yes standing around watching things happen is fun, but being able to sit down is nice
If you take nothing away from this but one thing, let it be this: Have your car in good working order. Go over all regular maintenance and change anything that needs changing