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I stopped by a local performance shop today to check on the price of some dyno time and it seems to be $100 an hour, is that reasonable?
 
Chassis dyno that's about right, and there might be a setup charge or a set price for setup and x# of pulls.
 
The chassie dyno i was on a few years cost $200.00 for setup, 3 pulls and adjustments that were made..i think he bought lunch too..lol
 
When you think of what has to be done for setup, pulls, tweaks and cleanup, around 500 bucks a day is not bad at all. No, 500 bucks isnt chump change, but if you;re several thousand dollars into it already, then screw it. might as well.

It's so worth the money to be able to say for sure "my engine makes 500 hp" without being pounded by the peanut gallery. Just whoop out the dyno sheet and everyone can eat their foot. lol
 
Brian at IMM Said he can do engine eynos and at good prices, I didnt ask but If I keep the engine in the car, I Might take it to the Place Car Craft has their cars dyno tuned at in SoCal, they said 350 for half day
 
Chassis dynos are cheaper, but engine dynos tell a more compete picture. I think $500 a day is a little steep for a chassis dyno. But it's close to $800 for a day in the engine dyno.
 
Lotsa old Precision Tunes had in floor dynos. You might try one of those if you have one close by. Or any similar tune up shop. Only trouble was with most of those, the dyno would only allow so much HP at the rear wheels. I remember the one in Macon I dynoed my 65 Valiant on only measured arond 350 RWHP. My car started smopking the tires on the rollers because they would not take anymore power and I knew it was above 350. If you can find one of those tune up shops, they probably have a flat rate fee for that. I remember I did mine for 49.95.
 
DynoJet 248c in ground chassis dyno price list example in CT at J&M motorsports:

1, Daily Dyno Rentals with Air Fuel (Bung or Tailpipe) $600.00 per Day

2, Dyno Tuning w/Air Fuel (Bung or Tailpipe) $170.00 per Hour

3, Three (3) Horsepower and Torque Pulls w/printout $600.00 per Day
 
The dragstrip's a lot cheaper. Those are the only numbers that really count.
 
pishta said:
DynoJet 248c in ground chassis dyno price list example in CT at J&M motorsports:

1, Daily Dyno Rentals with Air Fuel (Bung or Tailpipe) $600.00 per Day

2, Dyno Tuning w/Air Fuel (Bung or Tailpipe) $170.00 per Hour

3, Three (3) Horsepower and Torque Pulls w/printout $600.00 per Day
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Mike's gone up a little... I'm pretty familiar with that place.
 
Fst73_360 said:
Brian at IMM Said he can do engine eynos and at good prices, I didnt ask but If I keep the engine in the car, I Might take it to the Place Car Craft has their cars dyno tuned at in SoCal, they said 350 for half day
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Brians dyno is an engine dyno, so you'll need to take it out of the car. I don't remember what it costs, but it's not cheap.
 
Fst73_360 said:
keep in mind there the only ones for 100-200 miles, unless you drive to antioch or something
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DINAN ENGINEERING in Morgan Hill, does engine dynos. Yea, I know, they are A BMW performance warehouse, but call and ask for Dustin Renteria, he does classic engines as well...

100 dollars an hour for an engine dyno is common ground....dunno who would do it for less...
 
mopardude318 said:
DINAN ENGINEERING in Morgan Hill, does engine dynos. Yea, I know, they are A BMW performance warehouse, but call and ask for Dustin Renteria, he does classic engines as well...

100 dollars an hour for an engine dyno is common ground....dunno who would do it for less...
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Prices seem to be cheaper in so cal, but ill price around. If worse comes to worse, Ill just chassis dyno it somewhere
 
The price is about right for the PULL only....

The Dyno shops in Michigan, re curve dizzys and re spring carbs and adjust your everything until the HP output is all you are going to get from your set up. They will just pull it and tell you where it is...but why? when teh equipment is there to optiamally tune it as well.

Back in the day there was a dyno house in almost every suburban city around Detroit and at least 5 directly in Detroit. EVERY one of them had the rollers in the ground and I have personally seen them handle over 1000+ hp with EASE.
If you small block or street big block is smokin tires while on the rollers the rollers are hosed and the shop is just milkin you.

What I do not trust are the portable dynos or Rollers on a rack dynos....5 years ago at a place called Gibralter trade center , A kind of eternal swap meet for just about anything ( non automotive normally ) but once or twice a year they hold a pretty decent AUTO SHOW swap meet....during one, they had a portable dyno there and were doing HP pulls for $50 per pull....they ramp you car they belt it down and their driver stands on it and you get the print out. You also had to sign a waiver that if anything happened they were NOT responsible

they did like 15 cars and guys were going back into the swap meet to buy new intakes and new carbs ...it was funny.

The 16th car was a 77-789 firebird trans am with a 455 and a supercharger, a smokey & the bandit car on steroids...they hooked it up, their driver got in and they reset the dyno and the driver nailed it....it got to third gear, every hold down strap broke and the car launched off the platform over the heads of several people and landed about 60 feet north of the platform kinda like the dukes of hazzard...but without the TV cameras rolling.....what ever movie you see where a car does that from much higher in the air then the 8 foot off the ground dyno trailer....the car does not survive the impact, no car would.

The car hit almost flat the rears touching down a second or two behind the fronts...the front tires hit and both side of the suspension let go blowing both tires and blowing out both lower arms so the wheels were about horizontally even wither the top of the fender kinda like "wheel wings" the fenders were bent in such a way that it looked like an elephant had sat on them and the wheel wells were sh-rapped like an exploding cigar.

Then the rear end hit...the rear wind and both rear side windows blew out instanly the trunk and rear quarters were tilted upwardlike th frame or uni body had come off/loose /broke and the car just fell down at the rear window driving the rear end of the car UP at about a 20% angle.....one rear wheel and axel came out about a foot and all 4 wheels were either flat on the impact side or broken by belling out like an up side down V .......

The trailer-ed DYNOs have NO real effective way of stopping a vehicle that gets loose...and most of them are often exposed to the elements.

The in ground dynos have higher ratings and a rather large wall that "adjusts" to your car...if the straps and safeties break you can almost just use the wall with very little damage if any..

Been using in grounds since 1970 without a single failure, or hearing of a single failure on well maintained equipment. I have heard countless horror stories about the portables and I simply will not use them, period.

That is just MY opinion, no pissing match need take place, because I have no intention of being convinced to the contrary.
 
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