I found 1250 cheap reliable horse power !!
 

Here it is . 427 chevy chevy with a good set of heads , mild hydraulic cam , loose 6-71 blower ,injected on alcohol . MAkes 1250 hp ! It has been runnign since 1988 !!:eek: Thats 14 years ! How's that for reliable . Obviously this guy is giving me some tips on my new motors .

Now what would you do if this guy said he was stuck in CHicago and wants you to take this to a race and run the hell out of it !!!:D

COOL:cool:

now that's my kind of redneck racing!!!!! we got our local Hudsonville Fair this week with Truck and Tractor pulls, everything from nitro injected turbo diesels to a turbine powered one called "hummingbird"

that one looks like it has plowed a few fields in it's day!!

The secret's in the alcohol. Very forgiving fuel. 'cept you gotta pump twice as much through you're motor at about 15:1 or turn the boost up to a zillion pounds to get the same power as the same quantity of gasoline.

Bingo! On gasoline, that thing's about 750-800, and will need much more cooling capacity.

FULL PULL!!!!

I have a spare 454 and the idea of making one of those did cross my mind a few times....

NO cooling problems hear ! It's air cooled ! Yup ,the air goes in the front of the block and back out the intake . Just pull out all the plugs and let it breath ! Alcohol does run cooler and makes more power but not THAT much more . I think it was good for around 10% which would knock it down to around 1000hp . Not too bad for a stock bottom end 427 with 11 to 1 compression ,GM iron heads , an OLD 6-71 blower with no teflon . This thing is unbeleivable ! IT always wins 2 or 3 classes . It even wipps several 2 and 3 engine machines on a regular basis !:cool:

SO what to do Thursday night ?
1)Paint my engine compartment .....
or
2) Go scream this thing down the track !
:D

What kind of boat is that in the background ????

Better get that cat uncovered Dave Said He is comming out ta paint:cool: :D oooooooo what the he_ _ take the tractor out one more weakend won't hurt.

The engine isn't air cooled it is alcohol cooled. The large amount of alcohol evaporating inside the engine cools the engine. The alcohol dragsters have a hard time getting the engine hot enough.