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KEEP ON ROLLIN’

Many owners of modified motors think about taking their cars to a rolling road in order to discover how much power has been achieved after a series of engine modifications have been applied, but it’s just as important to get a reading in advance of any work being carried out. This way, you can be absolutely sure the car was operating without fault before you started tinkering. It’s also of vital importance to be able to compare and contrast dyno graphs (ideally registered on the same rolling road) before and after tuning has taken place, thereby giving you the opportunity to see what impact the changes you’ve made have had on the performance of your Porsche, where there might be room for improvement, and whether or not the results have met your expectations.

Even if you’re keeping an older car in a standard state of tune, it’s worth submitting it to a rolling road to see if factory prescribed poke is at the level it should be. If not, you’ll know

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