Originally Posted by Alkatraz

Without an initial baseline run the final HP and TQ numbers are useless. Every dyno in the world will give different numbers on different days under different conditions. A car claiming 320hp and 260tq could actually be making less power than a car claiming lower numbers.

So many people seem to get hung up on these dyno numbers. Track and 1/4 mile times are the only real measures of whether you have actually made your car faster or not.