Now that Lake Casitas is closed I have lost my "tuning grounds" and more than ever I am going to need to get the motor all dialed in quickly and right. I have redone everything  Bigger heads, ported, stainless valves, springs, bumped up the compression, studded the mains and heads, dual carb tunnel ram , mallory ignition (6al,mag ign,promaster coil), gear drives, and although I am sure I can get it dialed in (sooner or later) I don't want to spend half the summer working on it with the family standing around waiting. So how do I go about finding a place that can get it dialed in on a dyno, I should have everything pretty close, and I would like to take part in the wrenching and fine tuning, or at least know what changes are made. I am already into the Camping funds trying to get this dam thing out of the builders shop. I don't even know what the basic cost would be just to set it up and run through the process, it might be out of my leauge at this stage of the game, but if it can be done on a budget, this is the place to ask.
SOooo who has a DYNO machine that is reasonable to test on?
I can travel from SLO, to San Diego, So with that in mind who would be the best and most affordable?
Thanks, I know asking a skilled professional to do a budget job sucks, but I am willing to do the chitty parts and leave the fun parts to the guy in charge, and I'll bring cash!!
Thanks,
John

My friends book on dyno testing should be coming out in a month or so. If ya can wait it is all encompassing. How to find a competent one ,what to expect etc !!! Here's what the cover will look like.

I just got off the phone with them, very friendly, but 650.00 and 2-3 weeks out if I book a spot today. Not out of my leauge, just a bit more than I was expecting. Crap, more overtime 

Sweet!
 

Dyno services = spendy, but to me worth it on a decently priced motor.

If you're willing to go to East County there is a REALLY nice Superflow dyno, Jim is the owner's name and is very smart in dialing in or extracting horsepower.

HP Engine & Dyno Service

(619) 443-9990
14368 Olde Highway 80
El Cajon, CA

There are two more in east county also , the dyno shop and ed hale.

I thought the dyno shop was only a chassis dyno? And when did Ed Hale's shop get a dyno?

I like the sounds of that "EXTRACTING HORSEPOWER" it has a cool ring to it 

Thanks you guys, I will check it out tomorrow Its late and I just wanted to check in before I crashed out.

I will keep ya posted, I wont get the motor back til the end of tis week.....hopefully. They are prepping block # 2  now.

Here's the cover. It should be hitting books stores in a week or 2. If you can hold off till then.
I took some o the pics and my mug is in there a couple times.

Yes all better, I love the 2nd. rear end shot much better, I would ask to see the headlights/grill....but I won't push it  ...
 (at the rate my engine guy is going) I probably wont have it back by then anyway. I talked to a couple of the shops and I am seriously thinking about getting some new carbs , from what they told me on the phone, 90% of any adjusting they are going to do is going to be in the carb system anyway. Everything elsr is brand new, so the main reason for the dyno was basically to dial in the carbs , but if they are new I can get a jet kit, and play around with it in between pulling the kids around on the tube/ski's. But I will wait reguardless .... I am curious to see the article now.
Thanks Paul
is the "AA" an impeller size, or a mutual friend (Bill) 

I would just rebiuld yer existing carbs. Blow out all passages. Ignition timing under load car make a huge differance. Spacers, air cleaners,etc. Have them dyno it with the air filtration system that you are going to use. AA/Fuel Altereds, AA/Fuel Dragters, AA/Paul. Ive never waivered fromthe nostalga stuff for 20 yrs. Even in high school I was all retro cars and bikes. @ many to list.. 10 plus cars older than 1970, 11 plus choppers and bikes older than 1977.

I will probably go with the Castaic option, and If cant get it dialed then I will go from there, I will have some pics up soon of the motor going together, I am building a deck in trade for the machine work, and my part of the barter will be done tomorrow, he swears up and down the motor will be done when the deck is...But I think I have up against the ropes at this point, My block is sitting on the floor in front of the line boring machine, and the crank is on the floor in front of the balancing machine....... The rods and pistons are balanced ,and  arp rod bolts are pressed in and ready to rock, the heads are done, I have the metal head gaskets for it this time, and the motor will be completely studded 

I'm still working on getting the number, my friend's father used them about 6 years ago. I asked him about it, it's just a water filled pit to back your boat into they strap it all down and have a return for the water being blown through the pump. No dyno, just a convenient place to tune where you can hold it at whatever throttle position while standing still and wrenching.

Yep I will give the olds another summer, if it doesn't hold up then its chevy time. I love how it ran, keeping it that way is starting to get a little pricy.
 But there is nothing more satisfying than blowing by a BBC owner, especially when they converted over from an olds I did it a few times last summer and it almost better than sex