Justice R8
29-08-2006, 10:02 AM
One of Sams customers went out to WSID for the test and tune on the weekend and ran 8.86.
The car is a full chassis FJ ute running;
400ci chev
Brodex heads
Engler Injection
Diamond pistons
This was an interesting engine. The owner told Sam what he wanted to do, what the car weighed and what times he wanted to run and left the engine up to Sam.
The car went out and was running in the high 9's with the customer asking Sam what was wrong. Sam advised him that there was nothing wrong with the engine as it was making over 800hp on the engine dyno and with the weight of the car etc will run 8 sec passes all day. He advised that he should be looking at the driveline and or setup.
It was discovered that there was a problem with the US converter and another was ordered from the US. After it all being fitted up and no other changes being made to the car, the car picked up a second and ran the above time also picking up a couple of MPH as well.
This is one of the big advantages of using an engine dyno when building engines. You can test run the engine and know exactly what power it makes and what it should run in a well set up car. If the engine hadnt been engine dyno'd there would have been the qustion of whether the engine makes enough power to run 8 or whether the driveline is killing the power. Thankfully for the owner, knowing what the engine genuinely makes, made it easier for him to find the problem with the converter.
Well done boys
The car is a full chassis FJ ute running;
400ci chev
Brodex heads
Engler Injection
Diamond pistons
This was an interesting engine. The owner told Sam what he wanted to do, what the car weighed and what times he wanted to run and left the engine up to Sam.
The car went out and was running in the high 9's with the customer asking Sam what was wrong. Sam advised him that there was nothing wrong with the engine as it was making over 800hp on the engine dyno and with the weight of the car etc will run 8 sec passes all day. He advised that he should be looking at the driveline and or setup.
It was discovered that there was a problem with the US converter and another was ordered from the US. After it all being fitted up and no other changes being made to the car, the car picked up a second and ran the above time also picking up a couple of MPH as well.
This is one of the big advantages of using an engine dyno when building engines. You can test run the engine and know exactly what power it makes and what it should run in a well set up car. If the engine hadnt been engine dyno'd there would have been the qustion of whether the engine makes enough power to run 8 or whether the driveline is killing the power. Thankfully for the owner, knowing what the engine genuinely makes, made it easier for him to find the problem with the converter.
Well done boys