They Built you a Nice Engine how much over 400 CFM was it at what Vavle Lift. what type car are you put the engine in what are your Goals for ET.
That is the plan Mike. This car won the 2007 Super 16, so would like it to be there for the reunion. Have a lot of work though to get there. Motor has to go to chassis shop to have headers made, rack installed, and finish chassis upgrade to 25.5 spec. then motor goes back to see what happened to the rear main seal. The seal is the high vacuum one and hoping for a part failure and not a design issue we need to address, that could be a game changer. Trans and converter were waiting on dyno sheet so they are moving now, just need to decide on gear and get that going.
The flow test was done on a 4.375 bore not the 4.5 we changed to later in the build. The numbers should be a little higher than the low 400 numbers I have stated. I did not re flow them after we solved the high lift flow issues. The hard part and a lot of time went into getting the flow from .600 to 1.000 to keep increasing and not go backwards. ET goals are 8.2 in ideal conditions at weight 3025 Milan all motor and 2987 NMCA NA 10.5
Is that Milan dragway you are refering to in Milan Michigan? If so,when will you be there? I would love to see what 1,000+ Buick HP can do!:TU: Nice job!! Derek
Congratulations on your achievement Wayne. What a beautiful engine and attention to detail. Can you really call those torque and power curves? Looks more like flats to me. It really hangs on instead of dropping like a rock. I see we both have the same intake so I'm wondering if you found any power in the spacer under the carb. I see we both have the same goal which is to run the N/A 10.5 class and an 8.2 e.t. There are only about 8-10 cars out here on the west coast running in the NMCA West in that class. So I am happy, inspired, and upset. I'm happy for you, inspired to re focus on my car and upset because there goes my zero balance on my credit card. I'm sure Mike will see a bump in his cash register from this. I'm going to start it as soon as I get done with this message. Kudos to your head porter. I know exactly what they were up against with the drop off and trying to overcome it without killing the flow. Far beyond my skill level. It's still tough to say Buick, 8000 rpms and 56 lbs. of oil pressure in the same sentence. The block is a real game changer. Hope you make it to BG this year. Perhaps this can be the start of a new heads up class for V-8's at BG. Great job!! Bruce Kent
Thanks Bruce, We started with the 2in spacer and did not try anything else, I have a 1in of the same but never tried it, will do that on the next test when we fix the main seal leak. The talent was Chuck Millen from Best Machine Racing Engines I just provided the Bitching and keep telling him I wanted more, and of course the funding lol I am all for a new heads up class. If I can get this thing together and shake it out maybe you and I could do a best 2 out of 3 exhibition race to get it started in BG. I may need some of your knowledge to help me sort it out though, so I do not embarrass myself getting this thing down the track.
Yes, Derek Milan Mi Starting tomorrow and running straight every weekend until the end of July, (except for the 2ed weekend in July). I will be the Fat Guy with the Cigar (Crew Chief) Standing behind my daughters JR Dragster. So hopefully I will be at Milan with the Buick July 12 and 13 if everything goes well. I have just as much fun tuning her 29 HP and seeing her do good, as I do working on my stuff. So that will be my main focus the next 2 months. <a href="http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/buickgsx455/media/MidMiwin5414_zpsf5848d7d.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y467/buickgsx455/MidMiwin5414_zpsf5848d7d.jpg" border="0" alt="5 3 14 Mid Mi win photo MidMiwin5414_zpsf5848d7d.jpg"/></a> <a href="http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/buickgsx455/media/Milan512142winday_zps3b63cff0.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y467/buickgsx455/Milan512142winday_zps3b63cff0.jpg" border="0" alt="Milan Double Win photo Milan512142winday_zps3b63cff0.jpg"/></a>
I am very interested in seeing the many dyno sheets to see the oil pressure in our TA blocks. Although mine is a street/strip motor, my oil pressure is up in the high 60s. If I can drop it back 10psi and be safe, I want to. With the 20w50 that Mike told me to run, I think it puts unnessecary load on the dizzy gear, and would like to limit it. Cheers
This is a dry sump, not using the Buick oil pump. Oil PSI was set from Dailey, You tell them the RPM window and they set the pump up as you want it. This run was with Joe Gibbs brake in oil 30w.
Thanks Wayne. I thought it better to start my own thread as not to contaminate your impressive thread. When will you be back on the dyno? Cheers
I think the 2 out of 3 is a great idea. Glad to help where I can. I was very tentative with the Apollo after the weight loss plan it went through and the new engine. Plus I had some people in my ear that didn't help. But other than the bump in the track at about 1000 feet it was a non-event. Things happen faster but pretty much on a string going down the track. My guess is that your car has the same attention to detail as your engine and probably a no compromise set up so you'll be fine. If you have concerns throw Bobb Makely in the car like we did a few years back. He'll drive anything.
Not to get off track but seems I forgot to tell Bobb that I had forgotten to move the wheelie bars down on Oliver's old GSX that we asked him to drive. I think I remembered as he was staging the car, my bad. Made for a good wheels up launch and a fade over to the wall. Picture looked really good on the T-shirts.
Wayne, Beautiful work. Congrats on the numbers. It really gives guys motivation to build a max effort engine! I can't wait to see and hear it..
Motor is going to the chassis shop so they can move forward with the updates, will be there 2 or 3 weeks then back to the engine shop to repair the seal. I hope we can find something wrong and we do not have a design issue. Then back on the dyno, Hopefully the end of June
