Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Horsepower

Today in class my team dynoed our engine with our new modifications. We now have AFR 65 CC cylinder heads, 1.5:1 roller rocker arms, A high-rise dual plane intake manifold, a 750cfm carburetor with a spacer and a velocity stack, and large tube exhaust headers.

We pulled 339 horsepower with a 650 carb, and then put on the 750 carb, and pulled 343 horses. This is only our second round of mods and we have already pulled enough horsepower to earn NOS. We are the first team to get this much horsepower, the rest are still around 240.

Next we will put a bigger camshaft, a high-rise single plane intake manifold, and maybe an even bigger carburetor. So we have already gotten enough horsepower to earn NOS and we will still get even more. We are hoping to get 370 horsepower next time around.

After our next round of mods we will chemically supercharge it(a fancy way to say spray NOS into it) I cant wait to see the engine I helped build get over 400 horsepower. Its exciting for me.

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