Words of Wisdom! Thanks for the reality check Errol. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Errol Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 11:19 PM Subject: RE: weber jets...
> I can disagree and will very strongly. > > I think a lot of time dyno operators produce a result you want. More > often the decision to buy a dyno is seen as a licence to print money. > > The people that run it have no ability how to use the equipment at even > 25% of its capacity for diagnostic purposes or do not care. The prime > purpose seems to be to relieve you of large amounts of money for no gain > or very small increases in performance. > > The bill for "dyno time" often represents about 5 - 8 times the actual > amount of time the dyno was used. A lot of work that should be done else > where is done "on the dyno" (parked of course) and you end up paying > exorbitant rates for a costly work bench :-) > > As for results, "The result you want is often achieved by no more than a > change of the air temp correction data or a change of wheel diameter" > until a suitable "ego massaging" positive result is obtained, regardless > of how driveable the machine is. > > There are a few who know how to use them and are conscientious. The > prices for their work seem to be a lot less than the high flyers and > often after 5 minutes they will take the car of the dyno and send it for > further work so the dyno time is very small. > > Some of the self promoting experts charge Tattslotto number for results > that could be achieved by a 3 year apprentice with a 20 year old vane > tune up scope. > > As for tuning webers, if you have been doing for 30+ years you should be > able to pick the setup to use on a car easil within a jet size or two, > have it run and be driveable immediately. Later have it dyno'ed to fine > tune mixtures with only a small amount of dyno time. > > When you see people getting a bill for 3 days of dyno time to set up an > ECU, you have to wonder about the person using the gear. Did they get > past first year apprentice engine tuning 101 :-0 > > Aaaaaahhh, that feels better. This is aimed at incompetent dyno tuners > who rip off Datto owners where ever they may be. There are a lot of them > who's bills should make them ashamed of claiming they are engine tuners. > > > When you see a professional on good equipment, you realise how bad some > dyno "experts" are. > > I am tired and going to bed. Night all, > > Feral Errol > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
