so why not publish the flow numbers you got and compared for everyone? don't
forget to list the pressure they were tested at and what model head with valve
sizes..
Dave
Dick J wrote:
>
> --- DrMayf <drmayf@teknett.com> wrote:
> > That little DeSoto hemi would drop right in. No
> > problem at all. But, I am a
> > Ford Man... and Sunbeams came with Ford motors
> > so I am stuck. Besides, I
> > think I will make more horsepower anyhoo.
> > Lighter also. Nice try though....
> >
> > mayf
>
> I'm not so sure you would make more HP. I am
> currently running a SBC because they are
> plentiful and easy to run. Dollar for dollar,
> they will give the cheapest horses! HP in any
> motor though, as you are well aware, is a
> complex formula of a lot of variables, but the
> final determining factor of voumentric efficiency
> is the ability to flow. Being a hemi man, I
> recently dug up some numbers to see how well an
> old hemi might do against a SBC. At the
> beginning of lift, the SBC leads. Half way
> through they are about equal. On the top end of
> lift, the hemi is so far ahead of the SBC that it
> isn't funny. Therefore, if both a hemi and a SBC
> (or Ford) were treated to all the same buildup
> goodies, I believe the hemi would put out more
> power than either the Ford or the SBC. I am also
> firmly convinced that it would be the most
> expensive to build.
>
> So there, now we have a good controversy to keep
> our "cyberlink" busy during the coming "between
> the lokidays" days off work!
>
> Dick J
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