Mayf.... we're both in basic agreement with you.... 540hp was way down from
what we expected.... BUT the one thing we know is that this motor is doing
this at a much lower RPM and it should do it reliably for extended periods
of time.... it's not a Drag motor.... it's a Bonneville Motor... and that
was the goal.... 540hp is a bunch more then I had with my cast iron motor
and quite honestly I have ZERO fear of this things bottom end being over
stressed at 800hp.... ( I'm knocking on several pieces of wood as I speak )
I'm pretty sure the motor has the butt to squeek out a gas record.... but
ONLY and MAYBE.... not with the confindence of what I'm about to say....
800hp that stays together for the whole course is MORE then enough to set a
record in my car. That simple.... now you have to have a car that goes
straight and is totally ready to race.... OUTTA the Trailer... not on Day
three of speedweek...
Boy.... I wish it was as easy to get a Red hat as it is to say your going
to....
that will happen when it happens... in the mean time I'm going to have fun
doing it....
Keith
----- Original Message -----
From: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: Dyno junk
> Keith, did you correct the hp for Bonneville altitude? Curious about that.
> And a 260 hp shot is a little bit of nitrous? By my way of thinking that
is
> a lot of squeeze to haul down the track for 4 or 5 miles at full boogie. I
> was hoping that this motor would have the beans to get 99% of the way to
the
> record and then the final push would be on the bottle...different
> philosophies, I guess. Anyway, if you could send me the dyno data
printouts
> and what the motor specs are, I woud be grateful...wanna calibrate my
> software... Congrats on having a good motor!
>
> mayf
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 11:13 AM
> Subject: Dyno junk
>
>
> > Well Dave just finished the pulls..... they worked on a bunch of things
> > trying to get more power on the motor but the intake seems to have an
> > issue...and the headers are a bit large.... but it seems to wake up a
bit
> > on the bottle....
> >
> > I don't have the sheets but we have around 540hp on the motor and 800 on
> > the small hit of Nitrous..... so it seems the motor is a player....
I'll
> > let Dave fill us in on the 2 day's..... and the actual manners of the
> motor
> > but according to him it's fine... not where he want's it... but Fine....
> >
> > Life is GOOD...
> >
> > Keith
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