Need Opinions. Have nothing to compare to.

AJ/FormS said
Now why in the world the dyno operator would set the power timing to 45* all-in-including-the-can, is a mystery to me.Only he would know why.

If you are describing "Power Timing" as full mechanical curve, then timing is not 45*. Full mechanical advance at a steady 2600 RPM was 35* on his light (33* on my light) with vacuum disconnected and capped off. 45* on his light was at a steady RPM of ~2500RPM (with vacuum connected) using his light. When using my light I was seeing 50* at a steady RPM of 2500-2600 RPM. As you said, when the throttle opens and vacuum drops, the only advance that should remain is the 33* from mechanical advance. With the vacuum disconnected and capped off, and at a steady 2500-2600 I am getting 33* of timing.

AJ/FormS said
I'm still trying to figure out why you would state this combo with an A833, assuming it's in an A-body, is lazy,lol.
>Looking at the dyno-chart, she looks to have a nice fat midrange. If you converted that back to torque, I think it would actually look pretty healthy in that zone.You can do that using this formula, which is the same as the first but just rearranged to spit out torque.

Please don't get me wrong,... I'm not saying the car doesn't have any power. "Lazy" is how the shop owner described it, presumably because he thought it seemed to take a bit to build RPMs on the Dyno. That may be because it was running in third gear with 3:23 gears. The car is actually fairly snappy on the road. If I am cruising along in second gear and stomp the throttle, it will break the back tires loose and want to go sideways. Not bad for straight acceleration and no clutch drop.

Like I said above,.... I just have nothing to compare it to, and when looking at the numbers, they seem lower than what is called out for my Challenger and what others say they are getting. You comparing it to a '69 340 and your 360 (<4000RPM) really helped because it tells me not to worry about the numbers so much and appreciate that it is respectable output with a nice wide power band. Hence my first post of:

Frnknsteen said
I really have nothing to compare to determine if I should be happy with the output for this cruiser, or if there are some little things I could do to wake it up a bit.

Oh,..... And I do appreciate the information in the previous posts! I have learned a ton about all this and from what people have posted! That's why I have come to love this sight. The members here are extremely helpful and patient!