so what is really our bikes top speed?

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That is all.

 

How fast have you gotten yours wth that supercharger ToeCuttter ?

 

TC rode past my hood so fast recently that I missed him by hours.

So what does an increase of 40-50 hp get ya at the top? Sphinter shrinkage?

 

WHY-WHO CARES ???? I would care if I was 18 again JMO

 

Many are having that same Viagara moment too.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that the point of this thread and the 32 page first thread on top speed? (I know I'm exaggerating but it was a lot of pages.) Also, I am not speaking for TC but if I spent $5K on a supercharger kit for my VFR, I would care about what I spent my money on, which ultimately boils down is to increased the speed and power.

 

One should include the cool factor in such a discussion as well. IOW, " I got and you ain't got".

Technically there is a great deal of difference in "dyno" runs. The popular truck or van mounted shootout type "dynos" are a pale cousin to a real dynamometer. An increase in both torque and horsepower from supercharging would call for a run on the former and a comparison to a stocker to see real numbers. Big bucks for that sort of thing...

If the increase in torque and HP is in the range of even 30-35%, assuming the boost pressure can be varied, the thing has got to go like stink. The problems are again the tall tales one could tell much like we see here with regard to top end (my mach 1 being the exception) and finding not only a suitable testing area but the instrumentation to validate such claims.

With all of the socalled pull maybe some "member" could convince Honda to let TC use thier 7 mile oval out on the Mojave just to see how good it goes.. Then ya got your nearby dry lakes just a few clicks from "Willow". The " lakes " have been up and running there for many years.

TC is basically, and I cannot speak for him either, saying the damn thing shits and gits and I believe that.

 

I wonder if these dynos are available at WalMart? Any calibration tips in case I buy one? A couple of runs and it would be amortized and the rest would be gravy.


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The shootout dynos show the torque/hp curves and thats about it. They are portable. Some promoters hire the rigs for multi-day events as long as the events are held in sort of remote locations. Kind of fun when some harleydood finds out that his 102 inch chugger is putting out 45 hp..

 

The shootout type are probably close for what they do. This opposed to the handjob in the link... Handjobs at WalMart? YIKES..

Check this out.. This is my go to guy in Seattle. George had a shop servicing nearly all makes for several years. Now he builds engines. Sold the shop to his head wrench. For an overview of a real engine dyno. www. GDRE.com or Google George Dean Racing Engines.

 

I agree that if you have done a serious mod or had some engine tuning done a competant shop doing the dyno is important.

But the point of these threads is to re-tell the tales of open road full throttle rolls ons and report the triple digit speeds seen on the speedometer. Add some 170-180 mph embelishments until corrected by the onboard GPS states 139mph.

In short, runs like that get boring and mundane, just like these top speed threads.

BZ

 

You would know him if you saw him as he is currently dating Oprah.

BZ

 

George is a trip. Very conservative sounding when it comes to engine builds. He is a techhies tech. I was in his shop one day and he had a turboed F4 on the dyno that was cranking out some serious HP.. One of the locals was yammering about he was going to get one of those for his ride.. George says, (paraphrasing) Yep, you'd go like hell for about a half mile and then it would blow. George was de-tuning the F4 engine.

DNF is DNF any way ya read it..

 

i don't trust dyno shops, when we supercharged my brothers bmw m3 we took it to 3 different dyno shops to see how much hp he was getting and the difference was huge, one shop had him at 420hp to the rear wheels and another one had him up at 615hp to the rear wheel. and between those 2 dyno runs we didn't change anything with the setup so i don't trust dyno runs that much unless its a professional shop that only works on performance cars/bikes. and for people saying don't worry about top speed blah blah, its just our preference some people like comfort, some people like handling and others like speed. to each his own don't hate on someone because they like something your not that into. but for me in the end handling is way more important than top speed to be honest love getting my knee down on a corner no better feeling.

 

Bubba Zanetti does not follow the post modern thought process of "I'm OK you're OK". This is a dilussion as nobody is OK.

I am not against top speed, but seriously, do we need another fucking how fast can your VFR go in a straight line on the street thread?

BZ

 

Isn't it more like 65-70hp over stock? I heard a rumor the SC was up around 175 at the wheel.

 

That about covers all the bases. I do hope you have knee pucks.