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why did you ask....
Posted by chrisx (more from chrisx) on Thu, 19 Apr 2001 15:06:03
In Reply to: why did you bother..., nathanial, Thu, 19 Apr 2001 14:39:28
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you're right...and i apologize for being snappish. however my opinion is that asking us to guess at hp is like asking how many angels will fit on the head of a pin. Everyone always is asking to "guess a number" and to those of us who have spent a lot of time and money finding out exactly how how much power we have and getting it tuned and debugged it is a laughable question, irritating in fact and shows lack of understanding of what is truely involved when you start exceeding stock specs. you could have a bad spark plug and lose 10 hp right there. there are just too many variables to consider. if you want hp on a N/A you HAVE to go to solid lifters and a radical cam and defeat the Rev limiter. your problem is not going to be fuel..it is lack of air.
FYI I am not one of those who has others do my work for me while i shell out money to watch them do it. i port my own heads and do all my own rebuilds and have for 20 years. when i finally like the way it works i put it on a dyno, exercise the power band and instrument the run. it is worth every penny of the 120$ it takes to know that not only can you make the power, your engine is happy doing it. it may take 3 trips to the dyno b4 you are done. that is just part of the process of real performance work. save guessing for predicting the future.
Posts in this Thread:
- thoughts on RRFPR and big bore T/B on my non-T., nathanial, Wed, 18 Apr 2001 23:38:46
- They won't add squat., chrisx, Thu, 19 Apr 2001 11:54:25
- what are you smoking, Barf, Sat, 21 Apr 2001 00:13:38
- I have to disagree, dave n, Fri, 20 Apr 2001 15:55:10
- why did you bother..., nathanial, Thu, 19 Apr 2001 14:39:28
- RRFPR and C900 NA engine, Kevin K
, Thu, 19 Apr 2001 12:31:44
- wont get 190hp with just rrfpr and BBTB on a n/a... maybe 155hp??, 88SPG, Thu, 19 Apr 2001 00:42:17
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