I am back from the dyno. We found a few issues down there, but none of which were causing my issues. Gerry also loaded it up for an 8 or 9 second run on two of the passes, and we could not get the motor to lay down. Therefore, the issue is not in the motor, and things are continuing to point to the possibility that pressure is being created under the hood when travelling down the track, which is pressurizing the carbs, resulting in a very rich condition, and causing the motor to lay down part way down the track. Simply venting the carbs up by the handlebars will fix this, if that is in fact the issue.
It is hard to compare the power it is now making because he has changed his dyno setup since the last time I ran this motor down there. The dyno is now reading somewhere in the neighborhood of 3-4% lower than his previous setup. My motor produced 261.x hp a few runs while we tested various things, which, in comparison, would put it in the 270hp range on his old setup, so there is some improvement in power over the last time I dyno'd it. If I were on another dyno such as down at Dynotech, I probably would have produced in the 280 hp range because his setup reads higher, or if I went to Jaws, it would have read lower. However, that isn't what I was trying to do.....I needed to compare gains from previous numbers.
Iantomasi still figures it should make more power than it is currently making. He things that the motor doesn't have enough case volume with the small Yamaha crank cases for the 83mm pistons I am running, and wants me to pull it apart and measure the case volume. If that is correct, and the case volume is too tight, there could be more power to be made.
All in all, it was a successful day. We found a few small issues, and the motor came home running, so I am happy.