By Karan Singh

StreetFire.net

Nothing is sweeter to our ears than the sound of an exotic car letting out its howl on the dyno. And this particular exotic just happens to be a badass Ferrari F40. Enjoy the music at 10,000 RPM!

Ferrari Twin Turbo on dyno. 10,000 RPMS!

By Chris Bicknell

Bick66

Tuesday was my big 3-0, and the guys at Drift Office in Auburn were kind enough to get me in in the morning for a few happy-birthday dyno pulls in my Corvette. As always, Drift Office had a ton of cool projects in the works, including a 350Z that they don’t know what they’re going to do with yet, and the front half of a JDM Lexus they had shipped in from Japan as a parts donor. As for the ‘Vette, it didn’t do all that great, having actually lost a few horsepower as a result the reduced back-pressure provided by my new Flowmasters. It looks like it’s time to call in Corvette expert Vince from Trifecta Performance for a refresh tune to help get the car all sorted out again. I’ll keep you posted.

By Karan Singh

StreetFire.net

Nelson Performance shows off their latest beast: a 1200HP ZR1 that’s looking to break the Corvette 6-speed world record in the very near future.

1200+WHP TWIN TURBO CORVETTE ZR1 – DYNO & STREET

By Mark Gearhart

powerTV Media

The new 5.0 liter engine from Ford is proving to be a hot commodity among aftermarket shops. By itself the engine makes 412 horsepower and 390 ft-lbs of torque. Let a bunch of aftermarket specialists at it and you better be prepared for some seriously impressive torque numbers. And the engine is surprising even the most optimistic engineers.

Why just 6 psi you ask? Well the new 5.0 has a very high compression of 11.0:1. Forced induction is a fan of low compression engines (usually around 9.0:1 or even lower) which allows the engine to run higher psi. For an otherwise stock engine though, those are some great numbers. Fastlane makes a similar kit for the 2010 Camaro, which through an automatic transmission makes around 530 whp. That 5.0 looks better and better every day.

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By Chris Bicknell

Bick66

My weekend started early Friday afternoon, when I drove my Corvette to Drift Office in Auburn, WA to meet Rob and Jen for a little dyno testing and video shooting. Bob and Nathan from Drift Office ran the big Dynojet while we tested to see how much power gain the new ACDelco iridium plugs and 8.5mm MSD Super Conductor wires would give my Corvette over its stock equipment. Then Vince from Trifecta Performance custom tuned the Corvette’s PCM for a net rear wheel gain of 26hp and 21ft-lbs of torque. Subsequently, I spent the rest of my weekend trying to keep my right foot off the floor.

How about you?  What did you do this weekend?

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It’s hard to believe they can get 800 hp out of such a tiny, naturally-aspirated V8—current F1 regs call for a displacement of only 2.4L. Watch it rev to 18,000 RPM on the dyno, below.

At nearly every Carlisle show, Axcelerated Motorsports trucks in their mobile dyno-in-the-sky for participants to test their cars on. While I recall the price being a little steep, remember that this is small-town Pennsylvania, and a lot of people who come from all over the region for the shows at Carlisle live in places where they can’t get their rides dyno’d locally. I shot a video of them dyno-testing this 4.6L Mustang, and was suprised that they didn’t seem to be pushing it too hard at all. I guess those new-fangled rides are always in danger of hitting their rev limiters, but of course the RPM’s are also set by the car owners—during testing, the dyno operator won’t push the engine any further than the max RPM the owner has agreed to.

I’ve seen plenty of videos where cars jump off the dyno, but this is the only one I’ve seen where it looks like someone actually could have gotten really hurt. This Nissan EXA—or Pulsar in Stateside speak—comes off in a big way, nearly clipping the wall and the dude standing next to it. Yikes. 

While it sounds cruel, it’s important to acknowledge that one of the funniest things any human being can do is fall down. That said, I certainly don’t have any ill will toward the gentleman in this photo, and I’m sure he’ll be in great shape well before he’s conscripted to play Santa at the mall next year. So laughing at this face-plant doesn’t make you a bad person, just like posting it doesn’t make me one. Right?