small block hp?? Dart sportsmanII
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From: Olmsted Falls,Ohio Marblehead,Oh
I am using a set of dart sportsman II heads on a stock lower end with a decent cam 114lca 212/[email protected] and .446/.459 lift with a edelbrock dual plane and 650 holley,desk top dyno says 430 hp,I KNOW that is not right,anyone running a similar combo?
This is my band aid until I buy a new boat,hopefully gain a couple MPH.
This is my band aid until I buy a new boat,hopefully gain a couple MPH.
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Sounds mighty high to me, I have a 388 with a [email protected] cam, .512 lift on similiar heads, 9.7:1 and I only get 350 Horse.
I do not trust the actual #'s off desktop dyno, but I do think the torque curve shape is somewhat accurate, not the actual #s, but where it peaks and valleys.
I do not trust the actual #'s off desktop dyno, but I do think the torque curve shape is somewhat accurate, not the actual #s, but where it peaks and valleys.
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Originally Posted by jmherbert
Sounds mighty high to me, I have a 388 with a [email protected] cam, .512 lift on similiar heads, 9.7:1 and I only get 350 Horse.
I do not trust the actual #'s off desktop dyno, but I do think the torque curve shape is somewhat accurate, not the actual #s, but where it peaks and valleys.
I do not trust the actual #'s off desktop dyno, but I do think the torque curve shape is somewhat accurate, not the actual #s, but where it peaks and valleys.
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I would expect somewhere between 370 and 400, for my motor. Your motor seems way high... I add 38CI and biggerr cam, I should see more HP than yours.
I know of a engine that is running the same cam and compression, but it is a 355, and he got around 360 actual dyno (corrected) His heads did not have quite the porting work done to them as mine. I do not have DTD #s for it
My buddy is building a similar engine, he DTD his combo(s) with a 3.5" crank, and a 3.875 incher. The power levels dropped dramatically with the bigger crank. That makes absolutely no sense, at least to me. This part is what discredits DTD for me. Maybe the algorithm cant handle certain levels of bore / stroke
I know of a engine that is running the same cam and compression, but it is a 355, and he got around 360 actual dyno (corrected) His heads did not have quite the porting work done to them as mine. I do not have DTD #s for it
My buddy is building a similar engine, he DTD his combo(s) with a 3.5" crank, and a 3.875 incher. The power levels dropped dramatically with the bigger crank. That makes absolutely no sense, at least to me. This part is what discredits DTD for me. Maybe the algorithm cant handle certain levels of bore / stroke
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