{"id":13633,"date":"2012-07-04T09:45:24","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T14:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=13633"},"modified":"2012-07-04T09:45:24","modified_gmt":"2012-07-04T14:45:24","slug":"virtual-dyno-building-a-sample-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/virtual-dyno-building-a-sample-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Dyno building a sample set"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Dyno<\/a> is a program by Brad Barnhill that can be used to analyze the performance of your car based on a dyno-like presentation of data logs.\u00a0 I discussed Virtual Dyno in more depth here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"2008<\/a>

2008 Cadillac STS-V<\/p><\/div>\n

Today I captured 3 relatively controlled test runs over the same stretch of road with the goal of measuring repeatability.\u00a0 It is important to control as many variables as possible in order to ensure the test is measuring what you think it is measuring.\u00a0 All runs today for safety are in 2nd gear; on an actual dyno runs are done in the gear closest to 1:1, so 4th gear.<\/p>\n

\"Virtual<\/a>

Virtual Dyno Cadillac STS-V [click to zoom, back to return]<\/p><\/div>What the graph shows is 3 test runs. Each test run is with the STS-V manually selected and locked in 2nd gear.\u00a0 The runs are shown top to bottom in the sequence they occurred.\u00a0 They range 393, 396, and 419 whp.<\/p>\n

Note that this is a dyno-like estimate of power at the wheels — so divide by 0.8 for the average automatic, or perhaps a bit more for the STS-V 6 speed to account for drive-train losses to get to crank horsepower.\u00a0 The 393\/.8 = 491 crank hp, and the three in sequence would be 491, 495, and 524 hp.\u00a0 My STS-V is factory rated at 469 hp but has intake and exhaust mods.<\/p>\n

Still a bit of variance from 5500 rpm on; this may be a variable valve timing effect.\u00a0 We also see that the first run in a set is often much higher than follow-on runs.\u00a0 Not sure if this is an intercooler heat effect.<\/p>\n

\"Virtual<\/a>

Virtual Dyno Cadillac STS-V SAE [click to zoom, back to return]<\/p><\/div>To study the differences, I also put in the temperature and pressure for an “SAE” adjustment.\u00a0 This reduced the results to 386 whp, 387 whp, and 410 whp.<\/p>\n

\"Virtual<\/a>

Virtual Dyno Cadillac STS-V Shelquist dyno adj [click to zoom, back to return]<\/p><\/div>Finally, to account for our local altitude I used the Shelquist Engineering calculator here<\/a>to get a dyno factor, and joined that dyno factor multiplicatively with the dynojet factor in Virtual Dyno.\u00a0 (1.09 x 1.038 = 1.13142).\u00a0 This raised the results at sea level to 409-435 whp.\u00a0 This adjusted result is only useful for comparison to results from other regions which might be closer to sea level.<\/p>\n

Virtual Dyno adjustments<\/h2>\n

From these choices I am inclined to use the SAE adjusted, which addresses temperature and pressure, but not adjust for altitude except if comparing runs from different locations.\u00a0 I can note that runs are at our 600 feet altitude.<\/p>\n

\"HPTuners<\/a>

HPTuners Gauges Cadillac STS-V First Run Peak HP<\/p><\/div>\n

This is a screen capture of the HP Tuners gauge set for the first run at HP peak.\u00a0 These were what I call ‘cold’ runs — with the STS-V at temperature but not heat soaked as I do for testing the intercooler cooling system.<\/p>\n

\"July<\/a>

July 4 with 3 runs second run Hptuners<\/p><\/div>\n

This is the gauge snapshot for the second run.\u00a0 There was a difference of 9F in the engine coolant temperature between the runs.<\/p>\n

Virtual Dyno Conclusions<\/h2>\n

The Cadillac STS-V appears to be performing well in these tests.\u00a0 The tests suggest it is running 386-410 whp, which using 20% losses is 482-512 hp.<\/p>\n

The tests didn’t cost me anything but gas and time, and could be done at my choice of times.<\/p>\n

With the intake and exhaust changes, the STS-V makes power all the way up to 6,700 rpm.<\/p>\n

Obviously I want to look for variables that will cut this range of same-day, same road results.\u00a0 I plan to continue collecting data runs and try to characterize the results further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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