Gary, have you ever dynoed your truck stock to see what hp/tq it is? If so, what are the numbers? Have you ever dynoed your truck with the comp on 5x5? If so , what are the numbers?
Like Jetpilot said earlier, an EZ only gets about 30-35 hp. to the ground. I guess I got lucky and got 39 Hp on mine. If the comp box says it makes 120 hp, (?) , does it actually get that to the ground? Just curious.
Sure - here's my last dyno sheet from May Madness year before last:
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Note there is no torque figure included, so I had to figure it myself using the formula:
Torque = (HP x 5252) divided by RPM
Thus, at just under 311 HP (310. 6, actually) and at 68 MPH, I turn 1950 rpm on my truck - sooooo,
310. 6x 5252 = 1631271. 2, then divided by 1950 = 836. 5 torque
NOW, from the dyno graph, if I *really* wanted to display a high torque number, I could use the numbers at 60 MPH, where I turn about 1800 RPM and STILL get the same 310. 6 HP as at 68 MPH:
310. 6 x 5252 = 1631271. 2, then divide by 1800 = 906 torque
I didn't make a run there with the Comp off - but earlier dyno runs with it off gave 204. 9 HP and 437 torque - lets do the math:
the Comp delivered 310. 6 hp, minus 205 HP stock, = a
gain of
105. 7 HP - and a
GAIN of up to
*469 ft lbs torque*, depending on which point on the graph you base calculations.
In other words, the
Comp alone more than
DOUBLED my torque, while increasing HP by 50%!
Now, THAT'S not too shabby from an otherwise stock engine either! :-laf
But again, this is apples/oranges - the Comp and the CATCHER are designed to do different things for different folks with different needs - the Comp fits MY RVing needs perfectly, just as the CATCHER is exactly what OTHER users want - and *I* see no problem with that, AS LONG AS a CATCHER owner, OR MAKER, doesn't suggest he will get the same power from a CATCHER as *I* will from my Comp on a similarly modded truck.
Marco has never claimed otherwise as far as I am aware, so suggestions that I, or users LIKE me would be better off with a CATCHER instead of a Comp in *our* RVing type use are WRONG, even if he IS the maker of the CATCHER!
Sure, early on I had no idea WHAT the CATCHER would do, so asked LOTS of quesions and made lots of comments based on info as it was provided, nor would I have ruled out the possibility that I might buy one if it proved better than what I already had - but I NEVER made a claim that was my purpose!
And NO, I make no apologies for insisting on documented FACT over and above "seat-of-the-pants" guestimates - hell, I've talked with guys who SWORE a good wax job gave them an extra 50 HP - according to THEIR "seat-of-the-pants-meter"
