377 cu in Scorpion Specs?
11-09-2013 | 06:26 PM
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mptrimshop - It does not seem like there are any upgrades that pencil out. Heads, cam, intake, throttle body, headers, and computer tune times two... plus new props for maybe 10 m.p.h.? Whipples would probably require forged pistons and stronger rods at a minimum, and headers. What goes in must come out. And Whipple recommends some good sized oil coolers so add another grand to that upgrade. I would also venture the Whipples might put the Brovo 1s near the edge. A lot of money to put into a 29' that would still probably not be any faster than a 35' Fountain with stock 496s. Maybe someone out there knows some affordable magic!
11-09-2013 | 08:08 PM
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I have the blue motors so I think I would be safe tossing a set of whipples on. I would do a lot more research befor I did something like that. But from my understanding I have all forged internals. I have no idea what speed I could excspect from that.... I don't ask cuz I don't want to sit at night a think about how cool it would be.
Now back to our regular scheduled fight
Burg came out swinging in the first round... Landed a few good shots
But I'm giving the the last 3/4 of the round to ICDE .... Seems to be doing well with his combo quotes.
Now back to our regular scheduled fight
Burg came out swinging in the first round... Landed a few good shots
But I'm giving the the last 3/4 of the round to ICDE .... Seems to be doing well with his combo quotes.
11-10-2013 | 11:38 AM
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Blue motors still have cast pistons. I've done a few small block Whipples. Doing 4 N/A 6.2 builds right now. I'll post some results when done. I also dyno'd and tuned a couple of 6.2's last spring for a fellow OSO member. He had a small cam upgrade and intake swap, and made 400 hp. If your target is in the low to mid 400 range don't give up on the 6.2.
11-10-2013 | 11:54 AM
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bobl - I would be interested in your dyno results. Also curious about what cam and intake were used. I know the 6.2s are rated 320 prop h.p. I wonder what the loss is from crankshaft h.p. to the prop on Bravo 1.
11-10-2013 | 01:53 PM
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From: Coal City ,IL
Damn... I was sure I had forged pistons.... Seems dumb that merc put all that work into this motor and put cast pistons on it
