Re: 1600 HP Pump Gas Procharged motor
 

I don't know much about the Prochargers, but I'm having a hard time believing this. 28lbs of boost on 93 pump gas. My engine is 9 to 1, and I couldn't get past 15 lb of boost on 94 pump gas with NOS booster.

Re: 1600 HP Pump Gas Procharged motor
 

Oh yee of little faith!! At least he has a dyno. which is more than you can say for some of the big marine shops that are selling big cube, big dollar "1000+ HP" motors based on guesstimated (and inflated) Hp ratings.
And yeah, Wette, I'm almost staring to feel good about my Eagle internals too!!

Re: 1600 HP Pump Gas Procharged motor
 

The thing that impressed me more than anything was that he can tune an 850 Holley to make that kind of power. The airflow thing I can understand, because I can only guess that an 850 under 20+ lbs of boost must flow like 1500+CFM. What I don't get is how the hell do you get the fuel flow to match! He must be running an alky calibrated carb!
I know only too well because I had run a long thread last year about my woes and trials with jetting my Holley 850 P/Charger setup and it was only with Tomcat's (and Turbojack and a few other members) help that I was able to figure out the problem, so I have nuff respect for the man.

Re: 1600 HP Pump Gas Procharged motor
 

A thousand horse is easy, with almost 600 inches, 1600 seems to be a little more difficult. If it's true, it's VERY impressive. He's doing something right.

Re: 1600 HP Pump Gas Procharged motor
 

GPM: I know. I noticed that there were no pictures of the intercoolers on his site, but I've seen a pic of one of Procharger's 2000HP-rated Air to Water inter-coolers and the thing is as big as a house! It was in an LS1 Trans Am that is running 7.94 secs in the 1/4 mile. They had to remove the whole right seat to fit it in the car!! NOT a practical way to keep inlet temps down, in my view.
The other thing is, he 's using 34 deg's of timing advance!
I say that we should introduce this man to Tom Robinson and see what they come up with..
If my memory is correct, Tom and Dean Nickerson have made like 950 HP on Dean's GM -iron-headed 496, so I would say at least 1200HP is do-able on a Dart 350CNC headed 572.

Re: 1600 HP Pump Gas Procharged motor
 

I wonder what RPM that power is made at? The heads are listed as 355 Dart Pro 1's which is almost as unbelievable as the carb. Those are great heads, but for that kind of power something like custom ported big chiefs comes to mind. All the talk about the thin decks on the Pro 1's causing head gasket problems makes me wonder how he does it. Again I feel pretty good about my 355 Pro 1's holding up on my NA motor after seeing these beasts!! :rolleyes:

Re: 1600 HP Pump Gas Procharged motor
 

1600 HP + Marine environment + 1st really good race =

Re: 1600 HP Pump Gas Procharged motor
 

The Heck With All The Claims Lets See One In A Boat On The Water That Is The True Dyno

Re: 1600 HP Pump Gas Procharged motor
 

http://www.procharger.com/multimedia.shtml

watch the interview with steve and he says the most he can make is about 1050 out of pump gas and a single carb....

plus the tech at procharger felt that getting that number out of a f-2 would be difficult with any fuel through a single blow through carb..... more likely to get that number in that setup up would be a f3 or f3r.... f2 is maxed out at 1600 HP at ideal effiency.....

Re: 1600 HP Pump Gas Procharged motor
 

How much horsepower do you think it takes to turn the Procharger at 28lb of boost?