For those wondering if I talked with S&R about my car before posting, the answer is yes and no. I asked about the load parameters three times. First answer I got was that the load is not ajustable. This was on the first day when I could clearly see there was too much load. Second time I inquired the answer was yes we learned it was user error. That was on the second day minutes before throwing my car on the rollers. The third time I brought up the subject Jim just walked away with no desire to discuss it. This was just a few days ago . Its been clear to me from day one that the dyno was placing too much load on pulls. The problem comes from S&R not understanding what too much load means and what it unded up doing to my car. I wasn't present when the Suby dynoed but it appears it suffered a similiar fate for the same reason. I didn't see the point in argueing the point that they damaged my car when they dont even understand the concept of too much load. The only way to duplicate a 13 second pull from 3000-5200 with my car would be to hit the brakes and the gas at the same time and hold it for 13 seconds..That will never happen on the street. They would first have to admit that the dyno should not have been loaded the way it was. And that it was their resposibility to see that it was. They spent 80,000 on a dyno, sent Jim off to the training class so he could operate the dyno correctly but failed to operate it correctly if you ask me.

I also spoke with Bobby about what happen on the dyno. He did approach me with geniune concern. I said at that time that the blown gasket was likely due to having a low spot on the cylinder head. I did blow a gasket at the track when the alky pump failed on me. The gasket blew on the same number one cylinder. At that time I already and a 2.3 shortbock built so in it went. I later found the blown gasket and saw that it was not blown in the same spot.
So it wasn't some fault in the cylinder head just waiting to happen. And besides the pull at the track resulted in audible detonation all the way through 3rd and 4th gear. I didn't let up because I was racing the guy next to me. The damage to the engine was nothing more than a blown gasket. And this was on the stock cast pistons which are perfect. The meltdown occurred on forged pistons. No matter how I slice it, and I have had plenty of time to diagnose correctly, the damage to my car would not have happen if the dyno was loaded correctly. It is a real shame that cars were damaged. I feel real bad about it. I wish it were just one of those things that just happens in the performance world.