More random pics of shiny bits
Here is the finished product on the dyno…
This is a brief clip of the engine when the cam was being run in…
http://s1005.photobucket.com/user/gr...2d739.mp4.html
This was the first power run… due to the expletive used by the dyno guy at the end.. this one may be NSFW
http://s1005.photobucket.com/user/gr...09b89.mp4.html
So where did we end up on the first power pull…. 665.9HP…. oh & as the dyno room is on a hill I’m claiming the .1HP too as an atmospheric variance… so I’m calling that 666HP & we had 582ftlb’s of torque… that’s 789NM in the new money I think… & whilst racers like big HP numbers… as we all know HP is just how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you move it… in heavy Muscle cars a bit of Torque is what you want…
Now my builder reckoned that there is another 20-30HP in the tune & Carb changes… we managed to get max of 691HP out of it on the dyno & he reckons that if I swap the cam for something with a more aggressive lift lobe then we’ll be well into the 700HP range… I’ve told him, that if I get bored with it being 666HP+ on the mild tune… I’ll let him know… I went out with a trailer & picked up my new engine & it’s now sitting in my garage as a constant reminder for me to get my finger out & get cracking on getting the XB ready for it..
