85' vette question
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85' vette question
take a 1985 vette with a mini ram intake setup..knock off long tube headers..home made intake, and an off the shelf exhaust system what would the horse power to the wheels be?
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Wild a** guess.....about 215 at the rear wheels. You don't mention changing the cam or heads. 85 stock iron heads suck. Stock at the block is 230. So I figured adding 15 for headers (85 really benefits from exhaust mods), another 5 for the exhaust and 10 for the intake (generous here). The heads and cam will be your downfall.
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The only way he could have 400 HP is if he added a bunch of Summit, Jegs, and other racing decals all over the car...oh...and painted the brake calipers red..
My guess at 260 from the 230 at the block was more than GENEROUS. And no, the miniram does NOT free up the 75 to 100 HP you indicated. The 85 heads just do not flow to support any where near those HP numbers. Think of the heads as the center of the hour glass....Big in (miniram)....small center (head) and large out (headers). HP Just is not going to happen...keep adding decals!
My guess at 260 from the 230 at the block was more than GENEROUS. And no, the miniram does NOT free up the 75 to 100 HP you indicated. The 85 heads just do not flow to support any where near those HP numbers. Think of the heads as the center of the hour glass....Big in (miniram)....small center (head) and large out (headers). HP Just is not going to happen...keep adding decals!
Last edited by John A. Marker; Jan 9, 2013 at 03:44 PM.
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Thread Starter
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Joined: Apr 2004
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From: pueblo co
The only way he could have 400 HP is if he added a bunch of Summit, Jegs, and other racing decals all over the car...oh...and painted the brake calipers red..
My guess at 260 from the 230 at the block was more than GENEROUS. And no, the miniram does NOT free up the 75 to 100 HP you indicated. The 85 heads just do not flow to support any where near those HP numbers. Think of the heads as the center of the hour glass....Big in (miniram)....small center (head) and large out (headers). HP Just is not going to happen...keep adding decals!
My guess at 260 from the 230 at the block was more than GENEROUS. And no, the miniram does NOT free up the 75 to 100 HP you indicated. The 85 heads just do not flow to support any where near those HP numbers. Think of the heads as the center of the hour glass....Big in (miniram)....small center (head) and large out (headers). HP Just is not going to happen...keep adding decals!