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Initial Dyno Setup and Discussion

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LSXcalade Hits The Dyno: Makes INSANE HP at PFI Speed! (8,000 RPM Twin Turbo LSX 427)

What happens here

Inside the PFI Speed garage, the team prepares the Cadillac Escalade for tuning. The vehicle is carefully backed onto the dynamometer, ensuring it's properly aligned for testing. This positioning allows the front of the vehicle to face outwards, which is ideal for cooling and exhaust ventilation during high-power runs. While setting up, an example of a failed oil pump from a Honda Civic is shown, emphasizing the stresses of high-performance tuning. The shop's dynamometer record is noted to be 2000 horsepower, setting a high bar for the session.

Goal: Position the Cadillac Escalade correctly on the dynamometer and discuss dyno capabilities.

Tools and materials

  • Dynamometer Dynojet — Measuring horsepower and torque at the wheels
  • Laptop with Dyno Software — Monitoring and controlling dyno runs
  • Oil Pump Honda — Demonstrating engine component failure
  • Safety Earmuffs 3M — Hearing protection during loud engine tests

What they say

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the black lip like screw it is it blowed up that's what a one two one does to a oil pump in a honda civic it's blowed up what is the dyno record for this dyno we've maxed it out before what's that 2 000 okay so we're probably not going to do that today i mean we could sure have to try we could we could try brent says he knows how to use ms3 really well yeah people ever tell you you look like a honda guy some days i'll go out and i'll try and look nice and those are like you still look like a hunger game how that car pulled in that way instead of me pulling and being way over it i'm gonna back in so the front's out this way yep i have no idea what it's going to do hasn't been on dyno since october of last year so not touching anything oh yeah we're gonna we're gonna see what it does all right let's get this thing loaded up fingers crossed we do a good job i feel like a foreign exchange student from another country i don't i don't speak the language in here but we're all in the same classroom bumped out the rear bars because you know as i sleep back there for drag week which i actually came back there last night that is rad i'll be camping on in race week too this is cool are you going on the second race week yeah i am oh cool we'll see you there oh yeah we'll be doing it in the deal truck so oh man it's going to be cool i've never actually heard this thing

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