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01.09.09

Setting Loose the Horses on Dyno Day

It's a moment fraught with exquisite anticipation and dread–the moment when your car's true power is laid bare for all to see.

By Stephan Wilkinson Posted 05.03.2004 at 3:00 pm 0 Comments

I need to find out, once and for all, how big it is. I need to see if I measure up to the other guys, if I have what it takes. And to do that, I’ll have to hang it out in public, let them size it up, in a very open display of the one quantity most important to the American car guy. Horsepower.

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