Re: 4.7 HP measured with Gtech

From: Jayson Woodruff (woodrufj@uci.edu)
Date: Sun Feb 18 2001 - 01:39:46 EST


That's almost exactly what I got. But my truck weighed "only" 4200lbs.

Jay W

WOT or waiting at a Red wrote:

> I just did my first series of runs with the Gtech in the Dak. We only had a
> short time to play this afternoon so the only measurement taken was
> horsepower. I would appreciate if you could let me know if the numbers look
> reasonable given the mods the truck has on it. Also any recommendations on
> the next mod that would be appropriate would be welcome.
>
> I weighed the truck at a local scale, the weight was exactly 5400lbs. The
> results were as follows.
>
> Run 1 188
> Run 2 196
> Run 3 208
> Run 4 206
> Run 5 204
> Run 6 206
>
> Average of runs 2 through 6 was 204hp.
> I discarded the 188 as an error according to the instructions in the manual.
>
> Patrick O'Day
> 2000 Dakota 4x4, 4.7L, CC
> Ztube w/9 inch big mouth filter
> 68 MM TB Ported and Polished
> Rancho 9000 Shocks
> Robert Shaw 755 180F Thermostat
> Mobil 1



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