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- From: dcg@mogun.UUCP (David Gunsul)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Increasing power?
- Summary: the T/A from hell
- Message-ID: <182@mogun.UUCP>
- Date: 26 Jul 92 03:09:59 GMT
- References: <1992Jul24.133816.20347@bnr.ca>
- Organization: Hotrods `R' Us, Montgomery, IL
- Lines: 54
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- In article <1992Jul24.133816.20347@bnr.ca>, (Eric Youngblood) writes:
- >
- > Does anyone have any ideas on how to increase the power produced by a normally
- > aspirated V-8 engine?
-
- Hi Eric,
-
- My first suggestions would be a rear end gear change and some bigger
- tires in back.
-
- I think with just these two changes you would be at or very close
- to your goal of low 14's, depending of course on what gear ratio you
- use.
-
-
- > What I've got is a 77 TA w/ the Pontiac 400 cid engine. It was overhauled about
- >
- > I would like to push the 0-60 time down into the high five second range and
- > hopefully reduce the 1/4 mile time into the low 14's is this possible or am
- > I about at the maximum for a "street" configuration.
-
- As I said above, I think that the rear end gears are what's
- really slowing you down but if you want to take the T/A even
- further I would suggest looking into the Edelbrock Performer RPM
- power package.
-
- It includes: 750 cfm carb, an aluminum high-rise intake manifold,
- and, even though you already have a pretty big cam, a dyno matched
- cam.
-
- The Edelbrocks cam is a little bit bigger with: 488 deg lift and 510 exh.
-
- One more easy thing you might want to consider is reducing weight
- with either fiber-glass and/or aluminum.
- Reduced weight is free horsepower.
-
- Hope this helped.
-
-
- > Any experience or suggestions appreciated
- >
- > Thanks,
- >
- > Ericy
-
-
-
-
- |
- | David Gunsul
- | dcg@mogun.uucp
- |------------------------------------------------
- | It's amazing what 2,500 worth of big block
- | will do to 60,000 worth of high technology.
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