F355 Dyno

[soloracer]

Held a dyno day and decided to strap down the F355. Here is the result:

[soloracer]

Was a little concerned about the numbers but found a bunch more F355's dyno'd on the same kind of dyno as mine that showed similar results:

[soloracer]

(Delete this please)

[soloracer]

And another:

[soloracer]

I found a couple others with higher numbers but they were on a different brand of dyno so hard to compare:

[soloracer]

And yet another:

[Redlined_8000]

Not bad for a 3.5L V8. Im sure its a fun ride! Might be a little bit slow at this altitude tho. Maybe 250whp in calgary.

[never]

Originally posted by Redlined_8000
Not bad for a 3.5L V8. Im sure its a fun ride! Might be a little bit slow at this altitude tho. Maybe 250whp in calgary.

If the dyno is in Black Diamond, the elevation is higher there than Calgary. And the pull was corrected so it shouldn't matter much.

[soloracer]

Not sure why that other dynojet sheet showed up wrong. I found a total of three separate sheets that all said the same thing. Here is the third sheet:

[M.alex]

That seems kind of um ... disappointing?

[Cooked Rice]

Not too surprising, they didn't have that much to begin with, kind of an old car.

[Maxt]

Originally posted by M.alex
That seems kind of um ... disappointing?

Only in that i think Ferrari's factory number was probably on the optimistic side. Given the era and the engine size its actually pretty good. Ive been on a dyno with a 30,000.00 small block chevy stroker that only made 10 more rwhp.

[rage2]

Originally posted by never
If the dyno is in Black Diamond, the elevation is higher there than Calgary. And the pull was corrected so it shouldn't matter much.

I think he's referring to actual power to the ground here, not dyno numbers. Can't get correction in real life without turbo haha.

[never]

Originally posted by rage2

I think he's referring to actual power to the ground here, not dyno numbers. Can't get correction in real life without turbo haha.

Oh maybe. All the OP would have to do to figure that out would be to make a pull in STD, not SAE. But I think the OP was going more for comparison rather than actual power to the ground here.

[benyl]

Crazy how the horsepower wars have made cars like this seem weaksauce.

I think my car makes more power at idle than this.

[Ca_Silvia13]

Originally posted by benyl
Crazy how the horsepower wars have made cars like this seem weaksauce.

I agree, very underwhelming numbers for such a highlight car from my childhood.

[BavarianBeast]

You have some pretty unique cars there soloracer.

Always thought the C4 vette or viper was a better buy in the 90s.

[Hallowed_point]

Where's the torque man?? It probably sounds amazing though.

[soloracer]

Originally posted by M.alex
That seems kind of um ... disappointing?

You have to remember the era. The F355 came out in 1995. I did a search for your hero, the Chevy V8, as found in the Corvette at that time and found stock dyno results of 253.69 RWHP, 281.48 torque. And that was from a big old 5.7 litre - not a 3.5 litre like in the F355.

[soloracer]

Originally posted by benyl
Crazy how the horsepower wars have made cars like this seem weaksauce.

I think my car makes more power at idle than this.

Agreed 100%. Amazing how much cars have improved over the last 15 years. We are really living in a time of big, reliable, comfortable and easy to drive horsepower.