Ok time to sign up and guess the horsepower on the dyno

pyagid

bring it down yesterday? :idea:

Blown7

Yes I did, Gregg has a Panterra engine on the dyno now that won't rev over 4 grand. After thats squared away mine goes on. Probably will be loaded in the dyno at the end of next week, then I have got to go down and hook it up ( I have too many tubes for him to figure out, plus I modified alot of wiring. Jeff

Mudrat

Still think between 12 and 1300 on NO2 :wink: what's the winner of this contest get??? A RIDE!?!?!?!? :t:

jeepsr4ever

Jeff you are totally teasing us...ENOUGH!! :mrgreen:

Blown7

Mudrat wrote
Still think between 12 and 1300 on NO2 :wink:
what's the winner of this contest get??? A RIDE!?!?!?!? :t:

If thats what the winner wants he/she's got it.

Right now I'm finding out that Nitrous suppliers are few and far in between in New England. My welding gas supplier (ABCO) in Waterford, CT doesn't carry Nitrous "Plus". Only New Bedford Welding supply does, (they are located in New Bedford, MA. about 75 miles away) Seems like I gotta spend another grand or more to buy a "L" or "M" size tank and fill pump. I just wanted a tank but all new supply tanks have a siphon hose so you can't just flip the supply bottle upside down and fill the 10 LB bottles.
I can get all the Nitrous I wanted but pure Nitrous Oxide requires a FDA license. Which I can't get.

Always something.

Jeff

Mudrat

Blown7 wrote
... I can get all the Nitrous I wanted but pure Nitrous Oxide requires a FDA license. Which I can't get.

Always something.

Jeff

Bummer :smile:

radamx

I still say 750 + Nitrous but that is only if the front of the crank doesn't break off with the pully that far away from the main and no crank support. it is pretty but AMC engines are known for just that thing .So please be careful.

fifesjeep

It makes me sad to see a sweet looking AMC motor getting ready to be destroyed by Nitrous... "ALL THROTTLE NO BOTTLE".... That's my vote. I'm still sticking with 819hp (Without Nitrous)

Patf10

im thinkin my glass body cj5 will be fun with a 360. that thing is gonna be so much fun. Ive had dreams of a cj with a blower stickin through the hood. But im in college so im havin trouble even affording those dreams :mrgreen:

Mudrat

MC, you got these stickers ready yet??? :lo1l:

fifesjeep wrote
"ALL THROTTLE NO BOTTLE"....

radamx

I like
ALL BOTTLE NO THROTTLE
I spray more Nitrous than most people have HP.
500 hp spray

Goose

Nitrous is effective. no doubt about it..(Caution old fart rambling story follows) When the mustang II came out with the turbo we swiped the 2000 4 banger into the pinto and used one of the early nitrous systems and went hunting camaros.. Funny stuff for about 10 passess then the bottom end would go "SPANG!" and we would go back and grab another short block and do it again..(we didn't know you shouldnt really put the squeeze on it until it was wound up a bit.. we were pounding on it out of the gate..) only time we got spanked was by some smart guy in a purple VW Karmen Ghia had a 2135cc stroker and a bunch of go fast stuff..with n2o he nailed us so bad we went home.. Oh we came back next week with my small block vega..and busted his butt..

1980_Cj7

C'mon Jeff! When are we gonna find out who won the guess the horsepower award??? The suspense is killin' us!

fifesjeep

I'm guessing that the motor blew-up on the dyno and he's sort of down in spirit.. :t: But we would sure like to know... Something. 111!!!

Blown7

fifesjeep wrote
I'm guessing that the motor blew-up on the dyno and he's sort of down in spirit.. :t:
But we would sure like to know... Something. 111!!!

Well nothing to know yet Greg is still setting up the engine in the dyno. AMC's aren't the most common thing in the engine dyno world for a DTS dyno. All the hold downs and mounts have to be hand made plus we have to machine a flywheel adapter to bolt to the crankshaft/flywheel to turn the driveshaft.

Maybe the end of this week or next for the "pulls"

Jeff

Blown7

I spent a couple hours down at Gregs shop today so heres some pics of where it's at
The front door

The dyno room

What has been taking so long making up the drive coupling to drive the shaft

Found a use for the old engine mounts

Now after all is complete the engine moves to the right

Down this chute which is in front of the control console a big fan on the roof blows a 40 MPH wind down when the test cell is running to get air for cooling

What we sit behind while we watch all the pretty parts scatter

On a side note the next project Gregs getting going it's a straight eight from a 1937 Mercedes SK something (I'm not familar with it) this engine needs new connecting rods, pistons, valves, springs. This will be a years worth of work and approximately 150,000 dollars in money. No parts are available for it so everything will be custom made the crank will be manufactured in England. The block alone is worth 250,000 dollars. The car from what I'm told is worth 4 millon. ( Makes our little 401's look like paupers). Greg told me this is a "Pebble Beach Car" I didn't want to seem dumb but I have no idea what that means.

I thought I got a pic of it but for some reason the camera didn't get it.

This is what he has a contract for on a yearly basis buildin these little Subarus for Jetboats he gets a little over 500HP out of these 4 bangers

Jeff

Mudrat

Ok, your off the hook for another week :wink:

But what I want to know is; What in the heck keeps a 4 popper together at 500 HP :shock: Gotta be some massive internals and one hell of a balance job :t:

Blown7 wrote

This is what he has a contract for on a yearly basis buildin these little Subarus for Jetboats he gets a little over 500HP out of these 4 bangers

Jeff

ironman_gq

i've seen a 4 banger civic with over 500hp and 300ft/lbs of torque. the guy had way too much time and money in it and way more boost than i thought was sane.

tarior

Try a turbo'd Mitsubishi or Nissan 4 banger with 1000 hp! 50+ psi boost!

Blown7

Did find a pic on the net of the Mercedes 540K that holds the straight eight engine. Apparently there are only 10 units ever made in the world.

If you need a new engine for that do you put a ad on Craigslist?
Related link http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/2598/

And it has a Roots Blower to boot!
Bwhaaaa
Jeff

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