JeffYoung
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Spent a couple of hours on the dyno Saturday morning. This is a .020 over Rover V8, good headers but no dyno work on the exhaust, carbs have been maximized for IT, head has a very rough IT gasket match -- really needs to be cleaned up. In other words, there is probably significant head and exhaust work to do on the car.
Made 160 whp with fueling issues -- car was very lean in the powerband. Need to work on carb jetting looks like. Made 188 torque at the wheels. Didn't get a plot printed. The evil secret on the torque is that it maxes at 3800 rpm and drops fast after 5k. Probably need to rethink running the car to 6k RPM.
With 15 more horsepower at the wheels the car is probably pretty close hp/weight to where I need to be in S, and way up on the RXs on torque. Many other negatives to the car though -- live rear axle, rear drums, crappy front brakes, 85 inch wheel base (can you say spin like a top?).
Interesting car to work on and develop, and the torque/V8 makes it fun to drive. Probably need another year or so development before the car is maxed out, and it might be competitive on "torque tracks" like CMP. We will see.
Made 160 whp with fueling issues -- car was very lean in the powerband. Need to work on carb jetting looks like. Made 188 torque at the wheels. Didn't get a plot printed. The evil secret on the torque is that it maxes at 3800 rpm and drops fast after 5k. Probably need to rethink running the car to 6k RPM.
With 15 more horsepower at the wheels the car is probably pretty close hp/weight to where I need to be in S, and way up on the RXs on torque. Many other negatives to the car though -- live rear axle, rear drums, crappy front brakes, 85 inch wheel base (can you say spin like a top?).
Interesting car to work on and develop, and the torque/V8 makes it fun to drive. Probably need another year or so development before the car is maxed out, and it might be competitive on "torque tracks" like CMP. We will see.