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Correct rwhp ??

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can someone help work out what roughly rwhp I have as I run into the 11.2 to 11.5s in my vz ss 6l I have been on 4 different dynos and keep getting different readouts ranging from 380rwhp upto 440rwhp but strange thing is when I bought the car it had some previous work done with power readout in the 396rwhp and when I took it down the 1/4 I managed a mere 12.6, since then I rebuilt engine changed cam keepin it natural aspirated now my dyno readouts have dropped less but running in the low to mid 11s? I cant seem to find out why, so im trying to find out with running them times what rwhp I have? thanks in advance
 

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dyno max figures are crap, all comes down to the dyno config, how tight or loose it was strapped down and how much power they told you they could get you.

If you look at the power sheet though it should tell you where your 'peak power/torque' range is along with the curve, you might have moved that into a better spot for drag racing over the old setup with a different cam setup.

So you might have more downlow or in the midrange which is getting you down the strip faster then before or more top end pushing you harder up higher etc etc etc.
 

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different dynos give different readings, strapping the dyno differently will give a different reading.
 

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ok yeah I tried them et calculators to they give me different readings as well all I know is I seem to run low to mid 11s with good and bad 60fts just trying to work out on a average what power I could have at the wheels.
 

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according to the et calculator it reads 467rwhp?
 
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