Camaro Dyno Result.....Questions??
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Camaro Dyno Result.....Questions??
OK, I know this guy that is really into autocross and has a 3rd Gen F-body with the 305 and the dreaded TBI (Toilet Bowl Injection). Now, I know these cars are dogs because I have a friend that had the exact same car. I was never curious enough about them to find out their specs, but now he has made me aware and I am relatively shocked. He has a catback and a filter and dyno'd at 155RWHP & 241RWTQ..........
I looked up his stock/crank numbers and they are 170HP & 255TQ.
I guess my question is.........what the hell is with that horsepower number? We are talking modern day FOUR cylinder horsepower numbers here (Nissan SE-R Spec V, GTI 1.8T, etc.)! I guess there was a reason I was never really into the 3rd Gen at all!!! I have even seen a worked 305 (H/C, headers, exhaust, gears, & NOS) tripping off 13.7s! What is the inherent flaw with these engines that make them so weak? Just curious..........:)
[Modified by johnso26, 9:50 AM 1/4/2002]
I looked up his stock/crank numbers and they are 170HP & 255TQ.
I guess my question is.........what the hell is with that horsepower number? We are talking modern day FOUR cylinder horsepower numbers here (Nissan SE-R Spec V, GTI 1.8T, etc.)! I guess there was a reason I was never really into the 3rd Gen at all!!! I have even seen a worked 305 (H/C, headers, exhaust, gears, & NOS) tripping off 13.7s! What is the inherent flaw with these engines that make them so weak? Just curious..........:)
[Modified by johnso26, 9:50 AM 1/4/2002]
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Re: Camaro Dyno Result.....Questions?? (johnso26)
Its very simple, the heads/intake on those cars SUCK badly. Our stock LS1 heads outflow even the best race-ported L98 heads. We are just spoiled by the LS1/LS6 motors, and lose sight of how sucky the previous V8 motors were.
By the way, my 4.6L SOHC Mustang GT only pulled 180 rwhp. My 90 GT pulled about 170 rwhp. Remember how fast people thought those 14-second Mustang GT's were 10 years ago? Bwahahaha!
We are living in a GREAT age for modern performance muscle.
Tony
By the way, my 4.6L SOHC Mustang GT only pulled 180 rwhp. My 90 GT pulled about 170 rwhp. Remember how fast people thought those 14-second Mustang GT's were 10 years ago? Bwahahaha!
We are living in a GREAT age for modern performance muscle.
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Re: Camaro Dyno Result.....Questions?? (NineBall)
Nineball - is there any performance difference between a 221/221 114 cam and a 220.5/220.5 113.5 cam on stock heads? Thought I'd ask the pro about this........
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Re: Camaro Dyno Result.....Questions?? (NineBall)
We are living in a GREAT age for modern performance muscle.
It just blows my mind that I saw a H/C and nitrous 3rd Gen 305 run a 13.7!?!?!? Someone once said, "the only mod worth doing to a 305 is a 350 engine swap" and now I am seeing why!!!! :yesnod: :cheers:
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Re: Camaro Dyno Result.....Questions?? (OliverM5)
""Nineball - is there any performance difference between a 221/221 114 cam and a 220.5/220.5 113.5 cam on stock heads? Thought I'd ask the pro about this........""
One's damn near a Pro-Stock cam and the other one's simply too small.
One's damn near a Pro-Stock cam and the other one's simply too small.
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Re: Camaro Dyno Result.....Questions?? (NineBall)
Remember how fast people thought those 14-second Mustang GT's were 10 years ago? Bwahahaha!
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Re: Camaro Dyno Result.....Questions?? (OliverM5)
OliverM5,
""Was that supposed to be funny Racerboy?""
Sorry and I apologize if you were serious. The productio variances on these cams are close to that. You could have two of the same cams and they could measure like that in fact. The slightly smaller and tighter cam could have an infitesimally amount more midrange possibly.
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""Was that supposed to be funny Racerboy?""
Sorry and I apologize if you were serious. The productio variances on these cams are close to that. You could have two of the same cams and they could measure like that in fact. The slightly smaller and tighter cam could have an infitesimally amount more midrange possibly.
:crazy:
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