What would you test?

I am doing some research at school and have an engine dyno waiting for me to work with. I have located a 4.8L that I would like to do some testing on because I am already familiar with this gen of engines.

I only have a few months to get the dyno set up and do testing so it has to be a pretty simple test. However I dont want it to be something that is really obvious like a larger intake/exhaust provides more power. I would like to try something that hasnt been tested too much yet. Some of the things that were recommended to me were ethanol, fuel economy and emissions because this is what the auto makers are beginning to focus more on.

Any ideas are extremely appreciated!

thanks

 

IMO, If it doesnt have anything to do with going fast, I really dont care.

 

Put the screen/no screen MAF argument to rest! Document it!

 

Acetone In Fuel Said to Increase Mileage theory
https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...hlight=acetone

 

I'd do HUGE cam vs. properly sized cam myself, so I had graphs to post for all those 27x/32x type cam threads

 

i would test the big arguement over porting stock throttlebodies, also like said above about the screen/descreened MAF

 

All the ones mentioned above would be great. I'd like to see how nasty of a cam a 4.8 could get by with. Basically what the 4.8 is capable of in terms of n/a power.

 

if you had access to the ls6 and/or ls1 intake, i would like to see a direct comparison against the truck intake.

 

all the above

 

How about multi-fuel capabilities and power output of each.