[Shotimes] Re: 300 hp

[Mark Nunnally]

Gary M. claims he spoke to one Walt Clark, ran Ford's race program for
awhile back in the day, they had played around with the SHO V6 using
individual port throttle body's on the head intake runners, and got over 300
hp on an otherwise stock SHO engine.  This sounds like it was totally
isolated from the production work being done on the motor, and purely a
"test toy" for the race R&D department.

Personally I don't think it matters if they did or didnt'!  I still bet the
torque curve sucked on it if they did :)

mark

----- Original Message -----
From: "dean james" <djshov8@hotmail.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 1:06 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Re: 300 hp


> You guys are trying to put too many conditions on this.  The original
> question was basically "did the SHO V6 ever make 300 HP in some form
during
> its development".  What rpm's this would occur at, what the torque band
> would look like, how the engine would feel in a 3400# car, these are all
> interesting discussions but not related to the original question.  Maybe
the
> engine is capable of 300 HP, maybe some were made in this form, maybe it
> would be impractical in a 3400# car, maybe, maybe, maybe....   But, did
the
> dyno ever break 300 when that block and heads were mounted to it?  Cams,
> pistons, manifolds, fuel and spark control- those are all variables that
> could have been changed for the sake of testing.
>
>
> >Guess I don't see anything "magical" about cams that would get 300 HP out
> >of
> >it. Mark mentioned it back in an earlier post......at what rpm is that
300
> >HP at, and what does the torque curve look like? I think it would be
> >incredibly easy to make cams that would spin the motor to 8,500-9,000 rpm
> >and pull 300+ HP. If this motor was in a 2,000 # Miata, getting the 300
HP
> >would be no big deal. In a 3,400 # SHO, plus another 1,000 #s of
> >passengers,
> >luggage, etc, it would be a pig.
>
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