Chasing the Ghosts of LeMans - Thunder - Project 487 Super Snake

[Ripped]

A couple more;

[FETorino]

I don't see any dyno sheets. Is there a problem with photobucket?

[Flash68]

Dyno or not.. that is lookin like a bad mamba.

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by Flash68

Dyno or not.. that is lookin like a bad mamba.

SHHhhhhh DG don't tell Doug ....... but his heads are 43lbs lighter than mine......

[Ripped]

Originally Posted by FETorino

SHHhhhhh DG don't tell Doug ....... but his heads are 43lbs lighter than mine......

Don't tell Rob but my Trainer has me on a 2 week cut.
43+10 = 53lbs LOL

All things being on track I expect to see something more from Brent in the way of numbers, next weekend.

[Ripped]

To coincide with the soon to be coming engine, I have 2-3 custom emblems coming, from Jim and his wife at custom billet works. And as I understand it, his wife came up with the design idea.

They do custom badges, so no-one else will have the same design

The artwork looks really good.

I'll post up the pictures, when the badges arrive.

Pretty nice stuff, they do







For now, I am patiently waiting for news on the engine front

[Ripped]

Got an email tonight, engine is ready;

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by Ripped

Got an email tonight, engine is ready;

Ok all I've seen is engine pictures for months. Let's get a moderator in here to move this thread to the engine section.

At this point Doug you need to post your specs in the two dyno days one winner thread and join the fun.

What are your target #s

[Ripped]

Originally Posted by FETorino

Ok all I've seen is engine pictures for months. Let's get a moderator in here to move this thread to the engine section.

At this point Doug you need to post your specs in the two dyno days one winner thread and join the fun.

What are your target #s

Hmmm numbers, well I didn't specify a number when we started the build.

I specified what I was using the car for;
Road racing = 5-10%
Drag racing = 1-2%
Long highway driving / twisty roads going through the gears = 30-40% +
Local street driving = balance

Plus I have Power steering & A/C

And that I wanted reliability, and to say goodbye to my oiling and bearing woes. I also wanted manners. Choppy = okay, surging popping and rowdy, not so much

Broad nice even torque curve, and to be able to run all day at the track

Based on the engine and components, I have a guess at what those numbers might be, but I don't know the camshaft. Trusting Brent on having a good idea on this.

So based on all that I'd hazard a guess that it'll be 10+ hp and 15+torq over one of those funky tunnel ports LOL

I'd probably have to pull a couple spark plug wires to make it completely fair, for you

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by Ripped

So based on all that I'd hazard a guess that it'll be 10+ hp and 15+torq over one of those funky tunnel ports LOL

I'd probably have to pull a couple spark plug wires to make it completely fair, for you