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Has this been tuned yet or shakedown?

I've worked at the wharf on and off for 10 years, Webb Dock - Port Melbourne. I only ever drove cars, I had nothing to do with containers other than occasional chain lashing. Cars come in with the absolute minimum of fuel. If they stall on the ship, a support crew with jump starters and fuel is radioed. Obviously they put fuel in the car, but if that doesn't get it running they tow it. This applies to new and used cars. Porsche don't put there 300 thousand dollar plus cars in containers and I wouldn't either. The ships are purposed built car carriers. Yes the cars are parked within 100-150mm on both sides and within 300-500mm end-to-end but they are well tied down and driven by professionals. By professionals I don't mean Craig Lowndes, I mean people who drive around at 25km/h and park and unpark all day long, and nothing else. And do so safely such that typically per 100,000 cars only 2 or 3 are damaged, and those could be so minor the dealer buffs it out. Cars are not moved with forklifts. That's just silly.

Hi Chris, Can you please confirm what your definition of "fwhp". I assume you mean flywheel horsepower (bhp) and not front wheel horsepower? I prefer to use wheel horsepower (whp) or brake horsepower (bhp). Also you say it was measured on a Dyno Dynamics (wheel) dyno. How does the dyno calculate "fwhp" when it measures tractive effort, wheel speed and weather conditions only? Is the engine speed also measured by the dyno? Could you upload an image of your dyno printout? Pictures speak 1000 words. Sincerely David.

Sorry to bump an old thread but those pistons are not cooling channel. The following image, taken from here http://www.skylinesa...ost__p__4639613 is of tomei cooling channel pistons.