Dyno damage
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I've seen a few dyno disasters, plus it really stretches the limits of the vehicle without things going wrong. I just got my Powerstroke in one piece, so this precludes a pop to the platform of peril.
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Sure, driving it hard like I described is worse for wear than driving it nicely, but whether its a dyno run, a stop light WOT start, or a rolling start into a WOT, it hardly stretches the limits of a vehicle.
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Here is that same explosion, on FaceBook, but from the back side:
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Apparently it knocked the photographer for a loop, too.
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Apparently it knocked the photographer for a loop, too.
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If that were true, then people jumping on it WOT getting on the freeway or from a stop light stretches the limits of a vehicle, which it doesn't.
Sure, driving it hard like I described is worse for wear than driving it nicely, but whether its a dyno run, a stop light WOT start, or a rolling start into a WOT, it hardly stretches the limits of a vehicle.
Sure, driving it hard like I described is worse for wear than driving it nicely, but whether its a dyno run, a stop light WOT start, or a rolling start into a WOT, it hardly stretches the limits of a vehicle.
I'm not saying WOT is bad and never do it. I'm saying I don't feel all warm and fuzzy about strapping Stinky on stage and stomping on the steroid tune.
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Wot scares me because I'm sitting on top of a stock trans with no known prior maintenance and 230k on the clock 
Then again, I haven't pulled the inspection cover to look at the TC. May be a BTS In there for all I know. Considering the condition of the old fluid, I doubt that.
Then again, I haven't pulled the inspection cover to look at the TC. May be a BTS In there for all I know. Considering the condition of the old fluid, I doubt that.
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How a person drives it, or if the vehicle is on a dyno, can help facilitate that, but it doesn't stretch the limits of a vehicle.
Put a stock vehicle on a dyno and it doesn't do anything to stretch the limits of a vehicle. It will stay within the parameters it was engineered for.
Running a vehicle on a dyno does no more harm than accelerating at WOT on the street.
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I am in the same boat, I have never tried WOT yet either. I can get the truck sideways with half throttle, WOT? look out! My stock Trans is at 226k with no signs of giving up anytime soon, I'm hoping to keep it that way for as long as possible. Buttt..... I am dieing to see what it could do on a dyno.