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    Video: First Toyota FT-86 coupe dyno'd
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    Well, that didn't take long. The First Toyota FT-86 (a.k.a. Scion FR-S) has made its way to the dyno courtesy of the good people at HKS. How'd it do? The vehicle managed to spin the rollers at 170 rear-wheel horsepower, which dovetails with the 200 crank horsepower announced by Toyota and Subaru ...

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    Video: 2012 BMW M5 gets dyno'd, all ate up with power
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    A German tuning outfit called PP-Performance has put the 2012 BMW M5 on a Maha dyno, and the numbers returned were 444 horsepower at the wheel, 553 at the engine, and a "corrected number" of 574 hp. Max torque came in at 532 pound-feet (721 Newton/meters). Compare those figures to the official ...

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    AEM lets you hook up your car to a dyno at home with Dyno-Shaft
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    Unless you happen to own a dyno, accurately keeping track of which modifications benefit your vehicle may be a seat-of-the-pants operation. AEM is hoping to change that for people who are serious about wringing the absolute most out of their vehicle with the unfortunately-named Dyno-Shaft. While ...

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    Video: Russian tuner squeezes 1,000 horsepower into a Fiat Coupe
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    You may remember a fun little hatchback called the Fiat Panda 100HP. All it took was a hundred horsepower to turn a ho-hum supermini into what European editors knew and loved as one of their favorite driving machines. That was a little overshadowed by the Fiat 500 that offers the same powertrain, ...

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    Video: BMW 1 M Coupe gets strapped to the dyno
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    It's no secret that manufacturers sometimes underrate horsepower and torque figures for certain high performance models. This practice has been going on since the muscle car wars, and we don't see it stopping anytime soon. Inside Line wanted to find out what the 2011 BMW 1 Series M is putting ...

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    Video: Scandinavian homemade dyno is dangerously awesome
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    Tuning an engine can be a delicate procedure. There is a lot of time and patience required to dial things in just right. You can spend hours and big dollars adjusting parameters on an expensive professional dynamometer –or you can be a crafty Scandinavian and homebrew a dyno right in your ...

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    2011 Dodge Charger R/T hits the dyno
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    Lift the hood of a 2011 Dodge Charger R/T and you'll find a powerful 5.7-liter Hemi V8 engine bursting at the seams. It's a joyous site that gets better when armed with the knowledge of the Hemi's prodigious power – 370 horsepower and 395 pound-feet of torque, to be exact. But just how ...

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    Video: 2011 Dodge Charger R/T and Challenger SRT8 392 make more power than expected
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    2011 Dodge Charger R/T and Challenger SRT8 392 – Click above to watch the video after the break
    As part of its Hemi Highway Tour, a country-wide tour that started in November of 2010 and just recently came to its end, Dodge decided to stop and spend some quality time with the boys and girls ...

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    Video: Hennessey Venom GT rocks the dyno, spits fire
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    Hennessey channels Top Gun with its Venom GT – Click above to watch video after the jump
    The Hennessey Venom GT is a beastly two-seater that produces as much power as a small sun. An LS9, taken from the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, is massaged to produce an astonishing 933 horsepower and 874 ...

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    Video: Mitsubishi Evo can't be tamed by dyno
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    Mitsubish Evo dyno disaster – Click above to watch video after the jump
    Under the right conditions, testing a vehicle on a dyno is a safe way to get a good idea of how much power your engine is producing. It's also an excellent tool for precision tuning, so if you're into squeezing all you ...

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