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Originally Posted by JLMounce
This would work the same, however heat is the issue. If your car's cooling system is up to repeated WOT pulls and light throttle work without airflow from a vehicle moving through the air, it's certainly doable.
As testimony by all the cooling threads there are around these parts, for many people that's not realistic.
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I think that part is more concerning. The amount of people that can't keep their engines cool tells me they have other issues and probably won't survive much street driving anyway without causing worry.
When it comes to drivability tuning with loads and real world conditions there is nothing better than a chassis dyno. I've used them several times with no issues of any of the cars running hot. They are used all the time for consistent loads and part throttle tuning. Extremely popular with the computer and fuel injection crowd. Most of them I've been on have excellent air flow with large fans and can pretty much nail down an excellent tune in a matter of hours that would take days of driving on the street.